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'''August 15''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''August 15''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2017]]: Primaries for the [[2017 U.S. Senate special election]] were held.
* 2017: Mayor [[William Bell]] ordered that the [[Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument]] at [[Linn Park]] should be covered.
* [[2014]]: [[Paul Finebaum]]'s sports talk show began airing on ESPN's [[SEC Network]].
* [[2008]]: Radio station [[WWMM-FM]] went on the air at frequency [[FM 100.5]].
* [[2008]]: Radio station [[WWMM-FM]] went on the air at frequency [[FM 100.5]].
* [[2006]]: [[Aubie]] was inducted into the national Mascot Hall of Fame.
* [[2006]]: [[Aubie]] was inducted into the national Mascot Hall of Fame.
* [[2003]]: The final [[Furnace Fest]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
* [[2003]]: The final [[Furnace Fest (2000s)|Furnace Fest]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
* [[2001]]: The [[Alabama Slammers]] women's football team was licensed in the WAFL.
* [[1981]]: The [[Eternal Word Television Network]] debuted.
* [[1953]]: Mining engineer, inventor and philanthropist [[Erskine Ramsay]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1978]]: Cheap Trick headlined a show at [[Al's Crossroads]].
* [[1973]]: The Osmonds and Springfield Revival played a [[WVOK-AM|WVOK]] "[[Shower of Stars]]" [[List of concerts at Legion Field|concert at Legion Field]].
* [[1972]]: Birmingham signed a "[[Birmingham Sister City Commission#Other|Ciudad Compañera]]" pact with [[Cobán, Guatemala]].
* [[1963]]: [[Loveman's]] department store was targeted by a tear gas bomb.
* [[1948]]: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]].
* [[1948]]: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]].
* [[1944]]: Soul singer and producer [[Frederick Knight]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
* [[1944]]: [[Mother Angelica|Rita Rizzo]] (Mother Angelica) joined the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio.
* 1944: [[Mother Angelica|Rita Rizzo]] (Mother Angelica) joined the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio.
* [[1936]]: The [[1936 Central Park plane crash]] killed two people.
* [[1941]]: Baseball player [[Tommie Reynolds]] was born.
* [[1930]]: Baseball player [[Guy Tutwiler]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1931]]: Pitcher [[Ivy Andrews]] debuted with the New York Yankees.
* [[1927]]: Former governor [[B. B. Comer]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1926]]: The [[Ritz Theatre]] opened downtown.
* [[1926]]: The [[Ritz Theatre]] opened downtown.
* [[1925]]: The [[Alabama Legislature]] passed a law returning the [[Birmingham City Commission]] to three members.
* [[1923]]: [[Lake Neely Henry]] on the [[Coosa River]] was created by the [[Henry Neely Dam]].
* [[1923]]: [[Lake Neely Henry]] on the [[Coosa River]] was created by the [[Henry Neely Dam]].
* 1923: The [[Birmingham City Commission]] was reduced from 5 members to 3 by a newly-passed state law.
* 1923: The [[Birmingham City Commission]] was reduced from 5 members to 3 by a newly-passed state law.
[[Image:James Powers.jpg|right|thumb|James Powers, born August 15, 1851]]
==Births==
* [[1975]]: U.S. Representative [[Elaine Luria]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1944]]: Soul singer and producer [[Frederick Knight]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
* [[1941]]: Baseball player [[Tommie Reynolds]] was born.
* [[1916]]: Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop [[Joseph Raya]] was born in Zahlé, Lebanon.
* [[1916]]: Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop [[Joseph Raya]] was born in Zahlé, Lebanon.
* [[1851]]: [[List of University of Alabama presidents|University of Alabama president]] [[James Powers]] was born in Lauderdale County.
* [[1869]]: [[ACIPCO]] president and [[McWane Inc.]] founder [[James McWane]] was born in Wytheville, Virginia.
* [[1841]]: Educator and reformer [[Julia S. Tutwiler]] was born in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[1841]]: Educator and reformer [[Julia S. Tutwiler]] was born in [[Tuscaloosa]].
==Deaths==
* [[2016]]: Founding [[Mervyn H. Sterne Library]] director [[Paul Spence]] died.
* 2016: World War II aviator and librarian [[Mary Helen Foster]] died at The Woodlands, Texas.
* [[1985]]: Real estate tycoon [[Sidney Smyer]] died.
* [[1953]]: Mining engineer, inventor and philanthropist [[Erskine Ramsay]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1936]]: [[Fred McQueen]] and [[Frank Hamlin]] died in the [[1936 Central Park plane crash]].
* [[1930]]: Baseball player [[Guy Tutwiler]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1927]]: Former governor [[B. B. Comer]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1913]]: [[List of University of Alabama presidents|University of Alabama president]] [[James Powers]] died in Florence.
==Sports==
* [[2001]]: The [[Alabama Slammers]] women's football team was licensed in the WAFL.
* [[1931]]: Pitcher [[Ivy Andrews]] debuted with the New York Yankees.


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August 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

James Powers, born August 15, 1851

Births

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Sports

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