October 28

October 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2012: Taylor Hicks' Ore restaurant closed.
• 2006: Alabama A&M won 21-13 over Alabama State in the Magic City Classic at Legion Field.
• 2003: The Birmingham Film Commission was re-established.
• 1999: The Pelham Prowlers won 8-6 against the Jacksonville Hammerheads.
• 1995: The Viaduct Spook-a-delic was held on the newly re-opened 24th Street Viaduct.
• 1986: President Ronald Reagan visited the BJCC for a campaign rally for Senator Jeremiah A. Denton.
• 1907: Voters in Jefferson County voted in favor of local prohibition.
• 1900: 8-month-old Annie Cleveland was the first burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
• 1819: John Williams Walker was elected almost unanimously by the state legislature as the first U.S. Senator from Alabama.
• 1819: Levi Reid took office as the first Jefferson County Sheriff.

Births and deaths

• 2005: Ophthalmologist Alston Callahan died in Birmingham.
• 1970: Baseball player Wedo Martini died in Philadelphia.
• 1965: Auburn football head coach Gus Malzahn was born.
• 1946: Technician and political candidate Don Chamberlain was born in Selma.
• 1935: Baseball player Bob Veale was born.
• 1923: State senator Tom King was born in Adamsville.