February 15: Difference between revisions

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February 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2017: The first vendors in the Pizitz Food Hall opened for business.
2008: New Hope Baptist Church pastor Gregory Clarke began serving a 21 month sentence for filing false tax returns.
2006: Kwanzaa the lion went on exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo.
1958: The 1958 Salute to Italy came to a close.
1953: The new building for St Theresa Catholic Church in Leeds was dedicated.
1876: Charles Hooper married Carrie Lee Harrell in Blount County.
1859: James Luckie married Eliza Fielder in Newton County, Georgia.

Carlton Molesworth, born February 15, 1876

2009: Edward, a Baringo giraffe, was born at the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri.
1981: Birmingham Federation of Teachers president Richard Franklin was born in Birmingham.
1963: Siberian tigers Olga and Ivan were born at the Birmingham Zoo.
1949: Activist, police officer and minister Gwendolyn Webb was born in Birmingham.
1922: Roosevelt City mayor Freddie Rogers was born in Sumter County.
1876: Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame player/manager Carlton Molesworth was born in Frederick, Maryland.

2008: Joey Jones was announced as the first head football coach for South Alabama.
1956: The Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City A's cancelled an exhibition at Rickwood Field due to segregation ordinances.

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 ==Deaths==
+* [[2023]]: Auto mechanic and watchmaker [[Daniel Bailey]] died.
 * [[2022]]: [[Shelby County District Court]] judge [[Danny Crowson]] died.
 * [[2022]]: Teacher [[Nena Biddle]] died.