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'''July 15''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''July 15''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2006]]: [[2006 Birmingham Steeldogs|The Birmingham Steeldogs]] lost 47-52 at the Macon Knights.
* [[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]].
* [[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]].
* [[2000]]: [[2000 Birmingham Steeldogs|The Birmingham Steeldogs]] lost 61-50 to the Tennessee Valley Vipers in Huntsville.
* [[1998]]: The [[AT&T City Center|BellSouth Building]] was officially renamed [[BellSouth City Center]].
* [[1997]]: [[Compass Bank]] acquired Central Texas Bancorp of Waco, Texas.
* [[1997]]: [[Compass Bank]] acquired Central Texas Bancorp of Waco, Texas.
* [[1990]]: Architect [[Edgar Mims]] died.
* [[1996]]: [[WFFX-FM]] (95.7 The Fox) changed over to [[WBHJ-FM]] (95.7 Jamz)
* [[1961]]: A paved quarter-mile track opened at the [[Birmingham International Raceway]].
* [[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.
* [[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 Antebellum Home & Gardens|Arlington plantation]].
* [[1918]]: A [[1918 Labuco rockslide|rockslide]] at the [[Labuco|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 Pizitz|Minnie Smolian]].
[[Image:William Rushton Sr 1922.jpg|right|thumb|William Rushton Sr, born July 15, 1846]]
==Births==
* [[1953]]: Attorney [[Hugo Black III]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1952]]: [[List of NBA players born in the Birmingham area|Pro basketball player]] [[Allen Murphy]] was born in Birmingham
* [[1952]]: [[List of NBA players born in the Birmingham area|Pro basketball player]] [[Allen Murphy]] was born in Birmingham
* [[1942]]: [[Vivian Malone Jones|Vivian Malone]], the first black graduate of the [[University of Alabama]], was born in Mobile.
* [[1942]]: [[Vivian Malone Jones|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.
* [[1922]]: [[Sister Mary Joseph]] was born.
* [[1903]]: [[Hillman Hospital]] opened a new four-story facility on [[20th Street South]].
* [[1908]]: Organist [[Lee Erwin]] was born in Huntsville.
* [[1891]]: [[Louis Pizitz]] married [[Minnie Pizitz|Minnie Smolian]].
* [[1846]]: [[Birmingham Board of Education]] president [[William Rushton Sr]] was born.
 
==Deaths==
* [[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 Shaw|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 Tucker|Bert]] and [[Jean Tucker]] died in a A [[1918 Labuco rockslide|rockslide]] at the [[Labuco|Labuco coal mine]].
 
==Sports==
* [[2006]]: [[2006 Birmingham Steeldogs|The Birmingham Steeldogs]] lost 47-52 at the Macon Knights.
* [[2000]]: [[2000 Birmingham Steeldogs|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:

William Rushton Sr, born July 15, 1846

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