December 7: Difference between revisions

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December 7 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2006: The Bluff Park Substation was opened in Hoover.
2005: Corrections officer Deborah Thomas saved an inmate who had hanged himself in the Birmingham City Jail.
1985: Auburn tailback Bo Jackson won the Heisman Trophy.
1984: The Newboys debuted at Gallette's in Tuscaloosa.
1966: Bull Connor suffered a stroke.
1941: Birmingham native Julius Ellsberry was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941: Milton Grafman was named Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El.
1893: Auburn and Georgia Tech tied, 0-0.
1892: David Fox and his slate of Democratic Aldermen won the 1892 Birmingham municipal election without opposition.
1853: Ground was broken for the construction of the Northeast & Southwest Railroad.

2013: Newspaper publisher Lee Walls died in Birmingham.
2009: Attorney Jack Bingham died.
2009: BPD East Precinct commander Gary Childs died.
1974: UAB Blazers basketball player Fred Williams was born.
1947: Alabama Slammers hockey head coach Garry Unger was born in Calgary, Canada.
1941: Birmingham native Julius Ellsberry was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941: Shelby County Reporter publisher Wayne Rasco was born.
1936: ASHOF inductee Lloyd Nix was born in Carbon Hill.
1934: Former Governor of Alabama William Brandon died in Tuscaloosa.
1920: U.S. Marshal Dick Griffin was ambushed by moonshiners and killed at Coolie Springs.
1814: Elyton Land Company President and Mayor of Birmingham James Powell was born in Virginia.

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 * 1941: [[Milton Grafman]] was named Rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
 * [[1893]]: [[1893 Auburn Tigers|Auburn]] and Georgia Tech tied, 0-0.
+* [[1892]]: [[David Fox]] and his slate of Democratic Aldermen won the [[1892 Birmingham municipal election]] without opposition.
 * [[1853]]: Ground was broken for the construction of the [[Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad|Northeast & Southwest Railroad]].