January 29

January 29 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2014: Freshfully closed.
• 2009: Lite Box Gallery opened its first show, Cuba: Inside-Out.
• 2000: A rare snowfall brought 3.0 inches to Birmingham.
• 1998: The New Woman All Women Clinic in Southside was bombed by Eric Robert Rudolph, killing police officer Robert Sanderson.
• 1984: Prisoner rights activists Don and Mary Kay Beard were married.
• 1951: Theatre in the Round debuted at the Redmont Hotel.
• 1942: Elliott Dent enlisted in the Army Air Force.
• 1936: A rare snowfall brought 3.0 inches to Birmingham.
• 1930: A rare snowfall brought 5.5 inches to Birmingham.
• 1926: The 1926 Mossboro Mine explosion killed 27 miners.

Basil Manly, born January 29, 1798

Births

• 2014: Wynter Dobbins was born at home during the 2014 winter storm.
• 1944: New York Jets linebacker Paul Crane was born.
• 1921: Businessman Frank Samford Jr was born.
• 1798: University of Alabama president Basil Manly was born in North Carolina.

Deaths

• 2015: Urban historian Ray Mohl died in Boca Raton, Florida.
• 2012: Five people were found shot to death at a home in Ensley Highlands.
• 2012: Soul singer Kell Osborne died.
• 2011: Retired Samford English professor Sam Mitchell died.
• 2004: Sportscaster Dick Hawley died in Memphis.
• 1998: Police officer Robert Sanderson died in the bombing of the New Woman All Women Clinic in Southside.
• 1996: Former mayor of Leeds James Bailey died.
• 1926: 27 miners were killed in the 1926 Mossboro Mine explosion.