June 29

June 29 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2013: Druid City Brewing Company opened their taproom at the Parkview Shopping Center in Tuscaloosa.
• 2008: Four people were killed when their plane crashed near Blackwater Creek in Walker County.
• 2008: Former BSC Panthers pitcher Connor Robertson was called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 2006: Mayor Bernard Kincaid commenced the demolition of Eastwood Mall.
• 2006: Hoover Schools superintendent Connie Williams was dismissed and Andy Craig was named interim superintendent.
• 2001: Birmingham Steeldogs 69 - Baton Rouge Blaze 48 at the BJCC arena.
• 1996: Olympic symbols were displayed on the four sides of the Regions Center as the 1996 Olympic Torch Run passed through the city.
• 1985: Birmingham Stallions 22 - Houston Gamblers 20 in the first round of the USFL playoffs at Legion Field.
• 1958: Bethel Baptist Church was bombed for the second time.

Births and deaths

• 2013: Former Birmingham Americans head coach Jack Gotta died in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
• 2009: Former Episcopal Bishop Robert Miller died after bypass surgery.
• 2009: Shifu, a red panda, was born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Northern Virginia.
• 2008: Four people were killed when their plane crashed near Blackwater Creek in Walker County.
• 2006: Broadcast engineer and disc jockey Joe Dentici died of complications from leukemia.
• 1969: Soul singer, songwriter, and record producer Shorty Long died in a boating accident on the Detroit River.
• 1969: Case worker and Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority board member Patricia Bozeman-Henderson was born.
• 1941: Pizitz Middle School science teacher Elizabeth Garner was born in Anniston.
• 1929: "Cousin Cliff" Holman was born in Mobile.
• 1919: Country singer Happy Wilson was born in Haleyville.
• 1918: Grocer J. D. Hill, Jr was born in Phenix City.
• 1901: Auto dealer Luther Coggin was born in Mississippi.