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* [[1991]]: [[UAB Blazers basketball team|UAB Blazers]] basketball player and assistant coach [[Rob Williams]] was born Greenville, Mississippi. | * [[1991]]: [[UAB Blazers basketball team|UAB Blazers]] basketball player and assistant coach [[Rob Williams]] was born Greenville, Mississippi. | ||
* [[1915]]: [[Miles College]] president [[Lucius Pitts]] was born in James, Georgia. | |||
* [[1911]]: Businessman [[Mortimer Jordan IV]] was born in [[Birmingham]]. | * [[1911]]: Businessman [[Mortimer Jordan IV]] was born in [[Birmingham]]. | ||
* [[1878]]: Developer [[Robert Jemison Jr]] was born in [[Tuscaloosa]]. | * [[1878]]: Developer [[Robert Jemison Jr]] was born in [[Tuscaloosa]]. | ||
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February 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2016: Cosmo's Pizza closed.
- 2014: The Haskell Slaughter law firm closed its Park Place offices.
- 2006: Birmingham City Council passed a resolution to invest up to $2.5 million in infrastructure improvements for Pemco, an additional $5 million for development of the Railroad Park, and $11 million in incentives for Eastwood Village.
- 1972: WJLD-AM moved its studio from downtown to Mason City.
- 1960: The A. G. Gaston Building was dedicated.
- 1954: Gene Autry headlined an all-star stage revue at Municipal Auditorium.
- 1946: Tenor Lawritz Melchior performed with a 30-piece orchestra at Municipal Auditorium.
- 1936: Aviator Amelia Earhart delivered an address at Phillips High School's auditorium.
- 1919: The USS Osmond Ingram was launched at Quincy, Massachusetts.
- 1905: The first class of Hillman Hospital's Training School for Nurses was graduated.
- 1890: Richard Hawes was hanged by Sheriff Joseph S. Smith for the murders of his wife and daughters.
- 1889: The town of Avondale was incorporated by the Alabama State Legislature.
- 1876: At Oxmoor Furnace the first viable pig iron was produced using coke from Birmingham District coal instead of charcoal.
Births
- 1991: UAB Blazers basketball player and assistant coach Rob Williams was born Greenville, Mississippi.
- 1915: Miles College president Lucius Pitts was born in James, Georgia.
- 1911: Businessman Mortimer Jordan IV was born in Birmingham.
- 1878: Developer Robert Jemison Jr was born in Tuscaloosa.
- 1871: Pratt City Mayor Joseph Lacey was born in Seale, Russell County.
Deaths
- 2011: Dewayne Davis, founder of UAB Gospel Choir and More Than Conquerors Faith Church, died.
- 2010: Brookwood Medical Center co-founder Charles Speir died.
- 2009: Buffalo Rock Company chairman Jimmy Lee, Jr died.
- 1967: US Army Sergeant Matthew Leonard was killed in action in Vietnam.
- 1951: Retailer Joseph Loveman died.
- 1941: Architect Wallace Rayfield died.
- 1890: Richard Hawes was hanged by Sheriff Joseph S. Smith for the murders of his wife and daughters.