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'''March 14''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''March 14''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


*[[2008]]: [[OmegaCon]] at the [[Sheraton Birmingham]] began.
* [[2019]]: Pink played at [[Legacy Arena]].
*[[2007]]: The [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]] narrowly approved the request for a demolition permit for the [[Birmingham News building (1917)]].
* [[2018]]: Students and faculty at the [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]] and some other schools participated in the National School Walkout to protest gun violence.
*[[1914]]: [[Barker School]] was destroyed by a fire in the boiler room.
* [[2014]]: [[Surin & Company]] at [[Concord Center]] closed.
*[[1932]]: [[Johnny Mack Gore]] was born in [[Chilton County]].
* [[2008]]: [[OmegaCon]] at the [[Sheraton Birmingham]] began.
*[[1888]]: [[Rufus N. Rhodes]] published the first edition of the ''[[Birmingham Evening News]]''.
* 2008: A [[2008 Chandler Mountain plane crash|Navy plane]] crashed during a training flight in rural [[St Clair County]], killing two Marines.
*[[1882]]: Music teacher [[Frank Pfaffenschlaeger]] died.
* [[2007]]: The [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]] narrowly approved the request for a demolition permit for the [[Birmingham News building (1917)]].
* [[1988]]: Construction of the [[Crestwood Festival Center|Eastwood Festival Centre]] caused a landslide that damaged a portion of [[Eagle View Apartments|Mountain Top Apartments]] above the site.
* [[1955]]: The [[Communications Workers of America]] began a 9-state, 72-day strike against [[Southern Bell]].
* [[1954]]: [[NorthPark Church|Roebuck Park Baptist Church]] was organized.
* [[1946]]: The [[Melba Theater]] opened on [[2nd Avenue North]].
* [[1914]]: [[Homewood]]'s [[Union Missionary Baptist Church]] was formed by merger of [[Healing Springs Baptist Church]] and [[Walnut Street Baptist Church]].
* 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 ''[[Birmingham News|The Evening News]]''.


==Births==
* [[1995]]: [[Birmingham Stallions (2022)|Birmingham Stallions]] and NFL placekicker [[Brandon Aubrey]] was born in St Louis, Missouri.
* [[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==
* [[2024]]: Former [[WBMG 42]] and [[Golf Channel]] news anchor [[Lynda Cardwell]] died.
* [[2011]]: Former NYPD detective [[Butch Ridley]] died.
* [[2010]]: [[Tuscaloosa Police Department]] bomb-sniffing dog [[Jessi]] died of a stroke.
* [[2005]]: [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]] teacher and [[Birmingham Festival Theatre]] co-founder [[Randy Marsh]] died of throat cancer at [[UAB Hospital]].
* [[2001]]: Poet and novelist [[Anne George]] died during heart surgery in Birmingham.
* [[1988]]: Wrestling manager [[Saul Weingeroff]] died in Nashville, Tennessee.
* [[1942]]: Former [[Governor of Alabama]] [[Bibb Graves]] died in Sarasota, Florida
* 1942: Former [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] [[E. L. Higdon]] died in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[1882]]: Music teacher [[Frank Pfaffenschlaeger]] died.
==Sports==
* [[2015]]: The [[2015 UAB Blazers basketball team]] won the [[2015 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament]] at [[Legacy Arena]].


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