May 15: Difference between revisions

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May 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Do Day Day was held along Highland Avenue.
2006: HealthSouth filed its 1st quarter financials, regaining currency with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2006: The Hoover City Council approved plans by the Birmingham Islamic Society to construct a mosque.
2000: Ted and Litsa Sarris sold Ted's Restaurant to Tasos and Beba Touloupis.
1983: Def Leppard and Krokus performed at Boutwell Auditorium.
1982: The Birmingham Barons drew a record 11,067 fans to Rickwood Field for "Colonial Bank Night".
1977: Dennis and Dianne Wammack opened Cameras Brookwood at the Brookwood Convenience Center.
1972: Governor George Wallace was shot and paralyzed while campaigning for President.
1961: Attorney General Robert Kennedy pleaded unsuccessfully with state officials and Birmingham Greyhound Station manager George Cruit to secure safe passage for Freedom Riders out of Birmingham.
1950: The first issue of the Birmingham Post-Herald, formed by the merger of The Birmingham Post and The Biringham Age-Herald, was published.
1909: Terra-cotta cladding for the Empire Building was completed.
1888: Thomas Furnace No. 1 was blown in.

2012: Surgeon Richard Lytle died.
1946: Photographer and educator John Friedel was born in Birmingham.
1909: Banker John Henley died.
1896: Educator Solomon Palmer died at his East Lake Atheneum.
1872: Newspaper editor and Birmingham City Commission member John Hornady was born in Ringgold, Georgia.
1852: 10th Mayor of Birmingham James Van Hoose was born in Tuscaloosa.
1827: Pioneer farmer John Gillespy, Sr was born in Blount, Tennessee.

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 * [[1983]]: Def Leppard and Krokus performed at [[Boutwell Auditorium]].
 * [[1982]]: The [[Birmingham Barons]] drew a record 11,067 fans to [[Rickwood Field]] for "[[Colonial Bank]] Night".
+* [[1977]]: [[Dennis Wammack|Dennis]] and [[Dianne Wammack]] opened [[Cameras Brookwood]] at the [[Brookwood Convenience Center]].
 * [[1972]]: Governor [[George Wallace]] was shot and paralyzed while campaigning for President.
 * [[1961]]: Attorney General Robert Kennedy pleaded unsuccessfully with state officials and [[Birmingham Greyhound Station]] manager [[George Cruit]] to secure safe passage for [[Freedom Rides|Freedom Riders]] out of [[Birmingham]].