March 14: Difference between revisions

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March 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: Former NYPD detective Butch Ridley died.
2010: Tuscaloosa Police Department bomb-sniffing dog Jessi died of a stroke.
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.
1888: Rufus Rhodes published the first edition of The Evening News.

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 * 2008: A [[2008 Chandler Mountain plane crash|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.
+* [[1888]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[Birmingham News|The Evening News]]''.
+==Births and deaths==
 * [[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]].
-* [[1914]]: [[Barker School]] was destroyed by a fire in the boiler room.
-* [[1888]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[Birmingham News|The Evening News]]''.
 * [[1882]]: Music teacher [[Frank Pfaffenschlaeger]] died.
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