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* [[1919]]: [[Birmingham Vulcans]] head coach [[Marvin Bass]] was born in Norfolk, Virginia. | * [[1919]]: [[Birmingham Vulcans]] head coach [[Marvin Bass]] was born in Norfolk, Virginia. | ||
* [[1902]]: [[Bessemer]] [[Bessemer Police Department|police officer]] [[John Flowers]] was killed in the line of duty. | * [[1902]]: [[Bessemer]] [[Bessemer Police Department|police officer]] [[John Flowers]] was killed in the line of duty. | ||
* [[1819]]: [[Levi Reid]] took office as the first [[Jefferson County Sheriff]]. | |||
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August 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2008: Samford defeated Division II West Georgia 21-19 at Seibert Stadium.
- 2008: Jack Bulow, director of the Birmingham Public Library, died.
- 1993: World War II fighter pilot Elliott Dent died.
- 1971: Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black admitted himself to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland due to poor health.
- 1963: Reverend Al Sutton was born.
- 1959: Artist Don Stewart was born.
- 1943: 28 miners were killed in the 1943 Sayreton No. 2 Mine explosion.
- 1938: Aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan made a public appearance in Birmingham shortly after his "unintended" trans-Atlantic flight.
- 1928: Alabama Crimson Tide football star Ed Salem was born in Tucson, Arizona.
- 1923: In a public referendum, Birmingham voted to outlaw private "jitney" services.
- 1919: Birmingham Vulcans head coach Marvin Bass was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
- 1902: Bessemer police officer John Flowers was killed in the line of duty.
- 1819: Levi Reid took office as the first Jefferson County Sheriff.