January 15: Difference between revisions

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January 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: Actor Jim Nabors married long-term partner Stan Cadwallader in Seattle, Washington.
2008: Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford delivered the 2008 State of the City address.
2008: The Cleveland Church of God was damaged by fire.
2001: Condoleezza Rice became National Security Advisor.
1979: Howell Heflin was sworn into his U.S. Senate seat.
1978: The Kopper Kettle in Auburn was destroyed by a natural gas explosion.
1971: Keith Blayney became the first dean of UAB's School of Community and Allied Health Resources.
1934: B. O. Hargrove was promoted to Chief of the Birmingham Fire Department.
1928: The new Hillman Hospital was dedicated.
1924: Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff returned to Birmingham for a second performance.
1914: George Bodeker founded the Bodeker National Detective Agency in the Brown-Marx Building.
1909: Foundation work for the Empire Building was completed.
1907: E. L. Higdon succeeded Andrew Burgin as Jefferson County Sheriff.
1890: The William Nabors residence was purchased and later demolished to make way for the Steiner Building.
1885: Samuel Truss succeeded Thomas Anderson as Jefferson County Sheriff.
1879: The Alabama State Bar Association was founded with Governor Thomas Watts presiding.

1984: UAB tennis player Julia von Samson was born.
1961: NFL player Jeremiah Castille was born in Georgia.
1943: Congressman Glen Browder was born in South Carolina.
1919: Actor Tod Griffin was born in Birmingham.
1912: World War II veteran and Birmingham police officer Leon Medlock was born in Albertville.

2015: Sam Wehby, founder of All South Properties, died.
2015: Gonzo, a bald eagle at the Birmingham Zoo, died.
2010: Former judge Charles Crowder died.
2010: UAB endocrinologist Constance Shen Pittman died.
1901: Ironworker, saloonkeeper, jailer and Birmingham Alderman Sylvester Daly died.

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 ==Deaths==
-* [[2015]]: [[Gonzo]], a [[bald eagle]] at the [[Birmingham Zoo]], died.
+* [[2015]]: [[Sam Wehby]], founder of [[All South Properties]], died.
+* 2015: [[Gonzo]], a [[bald eagle]] at the [[Birmingham Zoo]], died.
 * [[2010]]: Former judge [[Charles Crowder]] died.
 * 2010: [[UAB]] endocrinologist [[Constance Shen Pittman]] died.