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'''February 28''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''February 28''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


*[[2006]]: [[Birmingham City Council]] passed a resolution to invest up to $2.5 million in infrastructure improvements for [[Pemco]], an additional $5 million from a future bond issue for development of the [[Railroad Park]], and an $11 million incentive package for the Wal-Mart anchored [[Eastwood Village]] development.
* [[2016]]: [[Cosmo's Pizza]] closed.
*[[1941]]: Architect [[Wallace Rayfield]] died.
* [[2014]]: The [[Haskell Slaughter]] law firm closed its [[Park Place]] offices.
*[[1890]]: [[Richard Hawes]] was hanged by Sheriff [[Joseph S. Smith]] for the [[Hawes murders|murders]] of his wife and daughters.
* [[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 [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]].
* [[1946]]: Tenor Lawritz Melchior performed with a 30-piece orchestra at [[Boutwell Auditorium|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 [[Hawes murders|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==
[[File:Lucius Pitts.jpg|right|thumb|Lucius Pitts]]
* [[1991]]: [[UAB Blazers basketball team|UAB Blazers]] basketball player and assistant coach [[Rob Williams]] was born Greenville, Mississippi.
* [[1984]]: Musician [[Sanders Bohlke]] was born in Sardis, Mississippi.
* [[1970]]: [[Daxko]] CEO [[Dave Gray]] was born.
* [[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==
* [[2015]]: [[Nora Nash]], dance studio and costume shop owner.
* [[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.
* [[1976]]: Music patron [[Rosalie Leventritt]] died in New York City.
* [[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 [[Hawes murders|murders]] of his wife and daughters.


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February 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Births

Lucius Pitts

Deaths

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