October 8

October 8 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2005: SouthTrust Bank signage across the city was replaced with Wachovia Bank's logos.
• 1992: A historical marker was dedicated at the Auburn Women's Club clubhouse.
• 1989: The 55th Place thrift store opened in its current location in Woodlawn.
• 1983: The Hoover Public Library first opened at River Oaks Village.
• 1966: Johnny Cash, the Statler Brothers and the Carter Family performed at Municipal Auditorium
• 1955: The 1955 Alabama State Fair concluded.
• 1945: The first freshman classes began at the Medical College of Alabama.
• 1913: The Convent of Perpetual Adoration and Blessed Sacrament Academy in West End were dedicated.
• 1906: Rhett Goode succeeded Benjamin Wyman as dean of the Birmingham Medical College.

Beth Shelburne

Births

• 1976: Computer engineer and cyclist Brian Toone was born.
• 1974: Television anchor Beth Shelburne was born in Birmingham.
• 1943: State Senator Priscilla Dunn was born.
• 1939: Freedom Rider, educator & jewelry store owner Catherine Burks-Brooks was born in Birmingham.
• 1920: Surgeon William Maddox was born in Abbeville, Henry County.
• 1884: Governor Chauncey Sparks was born in Barbour County.

Deaths

• 2010: Former Auburn University dean of student affairs James Foy died.
• 2010: Businessman and former murder defendant Mel Powers died in Houston, Texas.
• 2007: Kayla Fanaei was murdered following a robbery attempt in the parking lot of Glen Iris Elementary School.
• 1997: Architecture writer and photographer G. E. Kidder Smith died at home in New York, New York.
• 1992: Banker Frank Yeilding Jr died.
• 1890: Train robber Rube Burrow was gunned down in Marengo County.