August 17

August 17 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2013: The "Before I die" art installation was erected on the 14th Street South side of the Wood Wade building.
• 2012: Trussville landmark Velma's Place lost their lease.
• 2008: Ridgecrest Baptist Church dedicated its new sanctuary in Trussville.
• 2006: Engineer Linda Figg presented schematic designs of an elevated tollway over U.S. Highway 280 to the Progress 280 Task Force.
• 2002: Peoria Pirates 79 - Birmingham Steeldogs 33 at the BJCC arena.
• 1949: The Birmingham Business League, Birmingham Emancipation Association and the NAACP co-sponsored a mass meeting to protest the growing list of racially motivated bombings in the city.
• 1887: Educator A. H. Parker arrived in Birmingham.
• 1883: Woodward Furnace No. 1 was blown in.
• 1805: Hosea Holcombe was ordained as a Baptist minister in Padgett's Creek, South Carolina.

Births and deaths

• 2011: Barton-Clay Fine Jewelers co-owner Sperry Snow died.
• 1990: Major League Soccer player Chandler Hoffman was born.
• 1973: Singer Paul Williams was found dead in Detroit, Michigan, an apparent suicide.
• 1942: Entrepreneur Harold Ruttenberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 1939: Industrial High School principal A. H. Parker died in Birmingham.
• 1933: Third baseman Jim Davenport was born in Siluria.
• 1927: Planner Robert Juster was born in London, England.
• 1913: Baseball player Rudy York was born in Ragland.
• 1859: Attorney Mitchell A. Porter was born in Elyton.
• 1851: Attorney and Chancellor John Altman was born in Sumter County.
• 1847: Avondale founder and Mayor of Birmingham William H. Morris was born in Troup County, Georgia.