February 6

February 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2014: Good Friends Chinese & Seafood Restaurant owner Chun Hin Chang shot at a customer who complained about a roach in her food.
• 2009: Regions Bank acquired the assets of Georgia-based FirstBank Financial Services from the FDIC.
• 2007: Worcy Crawford was honored by a mayoral proclamation recognizing him as "an entrepreneurial trailblazer in the struggle for equality."
• 2001: Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1 held their first meeting in their new meeting hall on Winewood Road.
• 1994: "Objects of Desire" opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
• 1963: Ground was broken for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway's Red Mountain cut.
• 1956: Autherine Lucy was suspended by the University of Alabama because of the school's inability to provide a safe learning environment.
• 1913: Rotary Club of Birmingham was organized as the 56th chapter of the national organization.
• 1906: Central High School, Birmingham's first dedicated high school, opened on 7th Avenue North.
• 1818: Tuscaloosa County was established.

Joseph Riley Smith, born February 6, 1818

Births

• 1975: Golf coach Jason Buha was born in Dearborn, Michigan.
• 1967: Birmingham Business Alliance CEO Kenneth Coleman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
• 1929: Businessman and real estate developer Bud Coleman was born in Birmingham.
• 1927: Hardware dealer Vance McBride was born in Sewickly, Pennsylvania.
• 1920: Golf coach Conrad Rehling was born in Peru, Indiana.
• 1909: Author Wyatt Blassingame was born in Demopolis.
• 1875: Banker Oscar Wells was born in Platte County, Missouri.
• 1818: Developer Joseph Riley Smith was born.

Deaths

• 2020: Journalist and peace activist Jerry Levin died.
• 2004: UAB psychology professor Humphry Osmond died.
• 1998: Methodist minister, activist and author Petric Smith died.
• 1963: Sumangalo, Buddhist priest and monk, died in Penang, Malaya.
• 1891: Robert W. Huffman died in the community that bears his name.