December 14: Difference between revisions

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December 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2007: David Cutcliffe was hired as the head football coach at Duke University.
2005: The sign on the City Federal Building was re-lit after being refurbished.
1991: Former Birmingham Zoo gorilla Husani was born at the Bronx Zoo.
1989: Patty Moise ran the record closed course run for a female at 216.607 mph at Talladega Superspeedway.
1979: The McAdory Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
1964: The Supreme Court ruled in Katzenbach v. McClung that Ollie's Barbecue was subject to the public accommodations clause of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
1963: Blues singer Dinah Washington died in Detroit, Michigan.
1962: Bethel Baptist Church was bombed for a third time.

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 * [[1963]]: Blues singer [[Dinah Washington]] died in Detroit, Michigan.
 * [[1962]]: [[Bethel Baptist Church]] was [[List of racially-motivated bombings|bombed]] for a third time.
+* [[1904]]: The [[William Elias B. Davis statue]] was dedicated at [[Capitol Park]].
+* [[1881]]: [[W. F. Orr]] leased property on [[1st Avenue North]] for a livery stable.
+* [[1819]]: The State of [[Alabama]] was admitted into the United States of America.
+==Births and deaths==
 * [[1956]]: Football coach [[Tony Nathan]] was born in Birmingham.
+* [[1940]]: [[Willie Perry]], the Batman of Birmingham, was born.
 * [[1931]]: Former governor [[William Jelks]] died in Eufaula.
 * [[1928]]: [[Hueytown]] namesake [[Jesse Huey]] died.
-* [[1904]]: The [[William Elias B. Davis statue]] was dedicated at [[Capitol Park]].
-* [[1881]]: [[W. F. Orr]] leased property on [[1st Avenue North]] for a livery stable.
-* [[1819]]: The State of [[Alabama]] was admitted into the United States of America.
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