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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
* [[2024]]: [[Moyo]], a rhinoceros at the [[Birmingham Zoo]], was euthanized. | |||
* [[2022]]: [[Jim Hilyer]], first head coach of the [[UAB Blazers football team]]. | |||
* [[2012]]: [[Bo Smith]] was shot to death during a robbery at [[Torme Associated Foods]] in [[Bessemer]]. | * [[2012]]: [[Bo Smith]] was shot to death during a robbery at [[Torme Associated Foods]] in [[Bessemer]]. | ||
* [[2010]]: Art collector [[Paul R. Jones]] died in Atlanta, Georgia. | * [[2010]]: Art collector [[Paul R. Jones]] died in Atlanta, Georgia. | ||
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January 26 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2021: Walter Wilson won the 2021 Birmingham Board of Education special election.
- 2010: William Bell was sworn in as Mayor of Birmingham.
- 2009: Alabama Crimson Tide basketball coach Mark Gottfried was fired.
- 2008: Magic City Motor Scooters held its grand opening.
- 2005: Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State after the departure of Colin Powell.
- 1999: The Furnace Master's Restaurant at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park burned down.
- 1995: Newberry's department store closed to make way for McWane Science Center's IMAX Dome Theater.
- 1964: New Hope Baptist Church held their first services in their new sanctuary at 1154 10th Avenue South.
- 1887: Woodward Furnace No. 2 was blown in.
- 1871: The organizers of the Elyton Land Company met in Josiah Morris' bank office to divide up shares in the venture that founded Birmingham.
- 1839: The Alabama Legislature established a penitentiary system.
Births
- 1982: Writer and filmmaker Billy Ray Brewton was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1967: Attorney Giles Perkins was born in Lufkin, Texas.
- 1959: Police shooting victim Bonita Carter was born in Birmingham.
- 1944: Activist Angela Davis was born in Birmingham.
- 1927: Grocer and CEO Anthony Bruno was born.
- 1877: Birmingham Barons pitcher and manager Irvin Wilhelm was born in Wooster, Ohio.
Deaths
- 2024: Moyo, a rhinoceros at the Birmingham Zoo, was euthanized.
- 2022: Jim Hilyer, first head coach of the UAB Blazers football team.
- 2012: Bo Smith was shot to death during a robbery at Torme Associated Foods in Bessemer.
- 2010: Art collector Paul R. Jones died in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1983: Bear Bryant died in Tuscaloosa.
- 1934: Stenographer and railroad purchasing agent Zennie Tomlinson died.