February 16

February 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2019: The Birmingham Committee for Truth and Reconciliation hosted the 2019 Conversation with Dr Angela Davis‎ at Boutwell Auditorium.
2010: The new Gardendale High School opened.
2010: WENN-FM was relaunched as a neo-soul station at FM 101.9.
2010: Kenneth Livesay was sentenced to 5 months in prison for his role in HealthSouth's accounting fraud scandal.
2008: The Hoover Crescent Islamic Center held its grand opening open house.
2007: Compass Bank announced that it was being acquired by Spain's BBVA.
2006: Elephant Bulwagi debuted at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
1968: The nation's first 911 call was taken in Haleyville.
1952: First baseman Norm Zauchin married the former Janet Mooney, whom he had met by running into her chasing a foul ball into the stands at Rickwood Field.
1945: The Galax Theater was damaged by fire.
1944: The Medical College of Alabama Building Commission selected Birmingham as the site of its expanded four-year program.
1938: The first families began moving into the Smithfield Court public housing project.
1935: Gertrude Stein arrived in Birmingham during a tour of the United States.
1897: The Town of Vincent was chartered.
1895: The Flag of Alabama was adopted.
1889: Birmingham purchased 80 acres for Red Mountain Cemetery (now Lane Park)

George Bowman, born February 16, 1948

Births

2019: Grocer and CEO Anthony Bruno died.
2008: Civil Rights leader James Orange died in Atlanta.
2008: Former insurance executive and Mountain Brook mayor Lee McGriff died in Birmingham.
2007: Environmentalist Mary Burks died.
1944: Inventor Miller Reese Hutchison died in New York.
1923: Developer N. F. Thompson died in Baltimore, Maryland.
1852: Emelie Linn died during the birth of her son, Edward.

2014: Mark Chepses of West Des Moines, Iowa won the Mercedes Marathon with a time of 2:20:36
1985: The Birmingham Stallions lost their first exhibition game to the Houston Gamblers at Legion Field.
1981: The New York Yankees traded Rafael Santana to St Louis for George Frazier.