July 15: Difference between revisions

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July 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: Capers on Park Avenue opened in the Bluff Park Community Center.
2002: President George W. Bush visited Birmingham. He gave a speech on national security at the Alys Stephens Center and attended a fundraiser for Governor Bob Riley at the BJCC.
1998: The BellSouth Building was officially renamed BellSouth City Center.
1997: Compass Bank acquired Central Texas Bancorp of Waco, Texas.
1996: WFFX-FM (95.7 The Fox) changed over to WBHJ-FM (95.7 Jamz)
1994: Birmingham signed a Sister City agreement with Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
1972: The Buzzard Roost Bridge in Colbert County was destroyed by fire.
1960: Paul Hardin was elected a bishop of the Methodist Church.
1948: The pageant "The Yankees Are Coming" was staged by the Birmingham Historical Society on the grounds of the Arlington plantation.
1918: A rockslide at the Labuco coal mine killed two miners.
1909: The Birmingham & Edgewood Electric Railway was incorporated.
1903: Hillman Hospital opened a new four-story facility on 20th Street South.
1891: Louis Pizitz married Minnie Smolian.

William Rushton Sr, born July 15, 1846

1953: Attorney Hugo Black III was born in Birmingham.
1952: Pro basketball player Allen Murphy was born in Birmingham
1942: Vivian Malone, the first black graduate of the University of Alabama, was born in Mobile.
1936: Howard College of Arts and Sciences dean Rod Davis was born in Guntersville, Marshall County.
1924: Senator Jeremiah Denton was born in Mobile.
1922: Sister Mary Joseph was born.
1908: Organist Lee Erwin was born in Huntsville.
1846: Birmingham Board of Education president William Rushton Sr was born.

2015: Radio announcer and sportscaster Doug Layton died in Vestavia Hills.
2015: McDonald's franchisee and Clairmont Avenue "Santa Claus" Ed Levins died.
2014: Pathologist June Fore Shaw died in Birmingham.
2012: Historian Jerry Bentley died.
2011: Sewanee School of Theology Dean Guy Lytle died in Winchester, Tennessee.
2006: Architect Marion Bradford died.
1999: TCI product representative Harry U. Gilmer died.
1990: Architect Edgar Mims died.
1982: Musician Bill Justis died in Nashville, Tennessee.
1947: Former congressman Archibald Carmichael died in Tuscumbia.
1945: Business executive Herbert Tutwiler died of a heart attack in Ponte Vedra, Florida.
1918: Miners Bert and Jean Tucker died in a A rockslide at the Labuco coal mine.

2006: The Birmingham Steeldogs lost 47-52 at the Macon Knights.
2000: The Birmingham Steeldogs lost 61-50 to the Tennessee Valley Vipers in Huntsville.
1961: A paved quarter-mile track opened at the Birmingham International Raceway.

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 '''July 15''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2015]]: [[Capers on Park Avenue]] opened in the [[Bluff Park Community Center]].
 * [[2002]]: [[List of Presidential visits|President George W. Bush]] visited Birmingham.  He gave a speech on national security at the [[Alys Stephens Center]] and attended a fundraiser for Governor [[Bob Riley]] at the [[BJCC]].
 * [[1998]]: The [[AT&T City Center|BellSouth Building]] was officially renamed [[BellSouth City Center]].
 * [[1997]]: [[Compass Bank]] acquired Central Texas Bancorp of Waco, Texas.
 * [[1996]]: [[WFFX-FM]] (95.7 The Fox) changed over to [[WBHJ-FM]] (95.7 Jamz)
+* [[1994]]: Birmingham signed a [[Birmingham Sister Cities|Sister City]] agreement with [[Székesfehérvár, Hungary]].
 * [[1972]]: The [[Buzzard Roost Bridge]] in [[Colbert County]] was destroyed by fire.
 * [[1960]]: [[Paul Hardin]] was elected a bishop of the Methodist Church.