March 14: Difference between revisions

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March 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Surin & Company at Concord Center closed.
2008: OmegaCon at the Sheraton Birmingham began.
2008: A Navy plane crashed during a training flight in rural St Clair County, killing two Marines.
2007: The Birmingham Design Review Committee narrowly approved the request for a demolition permit for the Birmingham News building (1917).
1914: Barker School was destroyed by a fire in the boiler room.
1909: Highlands United Methodist Church held their first service in their new building on Five Points South.
1888: Rufus Rhodes published the first edition of The Evening News.

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 * [[1888]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[Birmingham News|The Evening News]]''.
-==Births and deaths==
+==Births==
+* [[1950]]: Radio DJ [[Rick Dees]] was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
+* [[1942]]: Educator [[Melva Langford]] was born.
+* [[1932]]: Guitarist [[Johnny Mack Gore]] was born in [[Chilton County]].
+==Deaths==
 * [[2011]]: Former NYPD detective [[Butch Ridley]] died.
 * [[2010]]: [[Tuscaloosa Police Department]] bomb-sniffing dog [[Jessi]] died of a stroke.
 * [[1988]]: Wrestling manager [[Saul Weingeroff]] died in Nashville, Tennessee.
-* [[1950]]: Radio DJ [[Rick Dees]] was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
+* [[1942]]: Former [[Governor of Alabama]] [[Bibb Graves]] died in Sarasota, Florida
-* [[1942]]: Educator [[Melva Langford]] was born.
-* 1942: Former [[Governor of Alabama]] [[Bibb Graves]] died in Sarasota, Florida
 * 1942: Former [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] [[E. L. Higdon]] died in [[Tuscaloosa]].
-* [[1932]]: Guitarist [[Johnny Mack Gore]] was born in [[Chilton County]].
 * [[1882]]: Music teacher [[Frank Pfaffenschlaeger]] died.
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