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'''December 21''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''December 21''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[1993]]: Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] died.
* [[2011]]: [[Charles Samuels]] was appointed director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
* [[1990]]: [[Chan Gailey]] was named head coach of the [[Birmingham Fire]].
* [[2010]]: New multi-space [[parking meters]] were installed on [[Short 20th Street]] in front of [[Birmingham City Hall]] on a trial basis.
* [[2009]]: A truck carrying steel pipes [[List of interstate accidents involving dropped steel loads|overturned]] on the entrance ramp from [[1st Avenue North]] to [[I-20]] east.
* [[1952]]: Pastor [[Charles Bowles]] dedicated the new Sunday School wing at [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]].
* [[1902]]: Streetcar service on the [[No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line|No. 5 Ensley line]] began.
 
[[File:Bill Voigt.jpg|right|thumb|Bill Voigt, born December 21, 1938]]
==Births==
* [[1989]]: Heisman Trophy winner [[Mark Ingram Jr]] was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
* [[1946]]: Theater director [[Lyn Spotswood]] was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
* [[1938]]: Civic leader [[Bill Voigt]] was born in San Luis Obispo, California.
* [[1924]]: [[University of Alabama]] administrator [[John Blackburn]] was born in Malta Bend, Missouri.
* [[1924]]: [[University of Alabama]] administrator [[John Blackburn]] was born in Malta Bend, Missouri.
* [[1912]]: Former [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in Ne York City.
 
* [[1902]]: Streetcar service on the [[No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line|No. 5 Ensley line]] began.
==Marriages==
* [[1912]]: Former [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in New York City.
* [[1898]]: Educator [[A. H. Parker]], twice-widowed, married [[Anna Parker|Anna Gilbert]].
* [[1886]]: Attorney [[Mitchell A. Porter]] married [[Hattie Porter|Hattie Earle]] of Tyler, Texas.
* [[1886]]: Attorney [[Mitchell A. Porter]] married [[Hattie Porter|Hattie Earle]] of Tyler, Texas.
==Deaths==
* [[2010]]: [[James Head]], founder of [[James A. Head & Company]] and notable civic leader, died.
* [[2001]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football]] star [[Ed Salem]] died.
* [[1993]]: Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] died.
* [[1921]]: Joseph Mantione, 32 and his wife, Susie, 20, were [[Axe syndicate|robbed and killed]] at their store on [[32nd Avenue North]] and [[Church Street]]. The murderers set fire to the store to cover up the crime. Thomas Price ran into the burning building and rescued their 10-month-old son, Pete. The weapon, an ax, was found under the stove at the scene. Three suspects were indicted by a Grand Jury in January 1922. [[Lillie Byrd]], who owed money to the Mantiones, was convicted of both murders, tried in April 1922, and sentenced to two 99-year terms.
* [[1909]]: Engineer [[John A. Milner]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1871]]: Former [[Governor of Alabama]] [[John Winston]] died in Mobile.
* [[1868]]: Former [[University of Alabama]] president [[Basil Manly]] died in South Carolina.
==Sports==
* [[1990]]: [[Chan Gailey]] was named head coach of the [[Birmingham Fire]].
* [[1979]]: The Atlanta Flames' [[Garry Unger]] set an NHL record for consecutive regular season games with 914.
* [[1974]]: A [[Kenny Stabler]] pass into a "sea of hands" (including [[Mike Kolen]]'s) was secured by [[Clarence Davis]] for a game-winning Raiders touchdown in an NFL playoff game against the reigning Miami Dolphins.


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December 21 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Bill Voigt, born December 21, 1938

Births

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