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 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.
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.
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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 * 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]].
+* [[2005]]: Corrections officer [[Deborah Thomas]] saved an inmate who had hanged himself in the [[Birmingham City Jail]].
 * [[1985]]: [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] tailback [[Bo Jackson]] won the Heisman Trophy.
 * [[1984]]: [[The Newboys]] debuted at [[Gallette's]] in [[Tuscaloosa]].