December 14

December 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2007: David Cutcliffe was hired as the head football coach at Duke University.
• 2005: The sign on the City Federal Building was re-lit after being refurbished.
• 1979: The McAdory Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
• 1964: The Supreme Court ruled in Katzenbach v. McClung that Ollie's Barbecue was subject to the public accommodations clause of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• 1962: Bethel Baptist Church was bombed for a third time.
• 1904: The William Elias B. Davis statue was dedicated at Capitol Park.
• 1891: Samuel Gompers presided over the 11th Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor at Erswell's Hall in Birmingham.
• 1881: W. F. Orr leased property on 1st Avenue North for a livery stable.
• 1819: Alabama was admitted into the United States of America as the 22nd state.

Willie Perry, born December 14, 1940

Births

• 1993: Birmingham Legion FC forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen was born in Cotonou, Benin.
• 1991: Former Birmingham Zoo gorilla Husani was born at the Bronx Zoo.
• 1956: Football coach Tony Nathan was born in Birmingham.
• 1951: Pianist Walter Knapp was born in Tampa, Florida.
• 1940: Willie Perry, the Batman of Birmingham, was born.

Deaths

• 2015: Former Birmingham Bulls coach Glen Sonmor died in Paris, Ontario.
• 2014: Chef, food stylist and drummer Tonya West died.
• 2001: Attorney Orzell Billingsley died at Princeton Hospital.
• 1963: Blues singer Dinah Washington died in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1931: Former Governor William Jelks died in Eufaula.
• 1928: Hueytown namesake Jesse Huey died.

Sports

• 1989: Patty Moise ran the record closed course run for a female at 216.607 mph at Talladega Superspeedway.