December 7: Difference between revisions

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December 7 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Attorney Jack Bingham died.
2009: BPD East Precinct commander Gary Childs died.
2006: The Bluff Park Substation was opened in Hoover.
2005: Corrections officer Deborah Thomas saved an inmate who had hung 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.
1936: ASHOF inductee Lloyd Nix was born in Carbon Hill.
1920: U. S. Marshal Dick Griffin was ambushed by moonshiners and killed at Coolie Springs.
1893: Auburn and Georgia Tech tied, 0-0.
1853: Ground was broken for the construction of the Northeast & Southwest Railroad.
1814: Elyton Land Company President and Mayor of Birmingham James R. Powell was born in Virginia.

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 * [[1920]]: U. S. Marshal [[Dick Griffin]] was ambushed by moonshiners and killed at [[Coolie Springs]].
 * [[1893]]: [[1893 Auburn Tigers|Auburn]] and Georgia Tech tied, 0-0.
+* [[1853]]: Ground was broken for the construction of the [[Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad|Northeast & Southwest Railroad]].
 * [[1814]]: [[Elyton Land Company]] President and [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[James R. Powell]] was born in Virginia.
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