July 16: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:35, 10 August 2012

July 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Master engraver Harald Herglotz died in Tuscaloosa.
2011: Judge Ira De Ment died in Montgomery.
2011: Football coach Jim Currier died in Birmingham.
2010: Floyd & Beasley Transfer closed.
2008: Birmingham Airport Authority approved renaming the airport for Fred Shuttlesworth.
2007: Demolition of the 1917 Birmingham News building began.
2005: Brandee Skinner's BMW plunged into the Cahaba River, killing her two children.
2005: The Birmingham Steeldogs won 23-20 on the road against the South Georgia Wildcats.
2001: Bank marketing consulting firm Bancography was founded.
1992: Pro football Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan died.
1976: Black Creek Bridge in Fultondale was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
1970: Former Wake Forest football coach Peahead Walker died.
1961: First Lutheran Church named Reverend Martin A. Buerger as pastor.
1937: Soccer coach Ray Woodard was born.
1934: Judge Tennant Smallwood was born.
1932: Charles Gratton, proprietor of the downtown Green Acres Cafe, was born.
1932: Satchel Paige pitched his first no-hitter in the Negro League.
1913: Mayor George Seibels was born in Coronado, California.
1903: The National Weather Bureau established a full-time "First Order" Weather Forecast Office in Birmingham
1845: Former Howard College President Benjamin Frankin Riley was born in Pineville.

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 * [[1992]]: Pro football Hall of Famer [[Buck Buchanan]] died.
 * [[1976]]: [[Black Creek Bridge]] in [[Fultondale]] was placed on the [[Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage]].
+* [[1970]]: Former Wake Forest football coach [[Peahead Walker]] died.
 * [[1961]]: [[First Lutheran Church]] named Reverend [[Martin A. Buerger]] as pastor.
 * [[1937]]: Soccer coach [[Ray Woodard]] was born.