May 2: Difference between revisions

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May 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: The Mansion nightclub in North Birmingham was destroyed by fire.
2010: Aretha Franklin performed at the BJCC Concert Hall.
2008: The 23rd Annual Crawfish Boil began at the future site of the Uptown entertainment district.
2005: Tom Broughton founded ServisFirst Bank in Birmingham.
1997: UAB's expanded and renovated Lister Hill Library was rededicated.
1992: First Alabama Bank became Regions Bank
1991: "Expo '91", the featured event for the Birmingham Festival of Arts' Salute to the United Kingdom opened at the BJCC.
1979: A letter bomb at Bessemer City Hall killed Bessemer Police Lieutenant Clifford Hill.
1963: A series of organized Civil Rights movement marches known as the Children's Crusade began.
1928: St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways brought the first commercial passenger air service to Birmingham by stopping at Roberts Field on their New Orleans to Atlanta mail route.
1925: Piggly Wiggly entered the Birmingham market with four locations (Downtown, Norwood, Ensley, and Fairfield).
1902: Ground was broken for the new Hillman Hospital building.

Scott Stantis, born May 2, 1960

1960: Cartoonist Scott Stantis was born in San Diego, California.
1925: Air Force veteran and Chelsea founder John Ritchie was born in New York.
1944: Talent agent, manager and record label executive Miles Copeland III was born in London, England.
1944: Cartoonist and gay rights activist Howard Cruse was born in Springville.
1772: Pioneer farmer and miller Warren Truss was born in Pitt County, North Carolina.

2018: Retired railroad executive and historian Lyle Key died.
2016: Retired commercial printer Bill Cather died.
2014: Author and motivational speaker K. D. Hardy was found shot to death in East Brownsville.
2000: Former congressman Laurie Battle died at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
1979: Bessemer Police Lieutenant Clifford Hill was killed by a letter bomb at Bessemer City Hall.
1976: Major League Baseball's first black pitcher, Dan Bankhead, died.
1960: Presbyterian minister Frank Cross Sr died during a cross-country train trip.
1881: Attorney J. J. Jolly died at Gainesville, Sumter County.

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 * [[2015]]: [[The Mansion]] nightclub in [[North Birmingham]] was destroyed by fire.
+* [[2010]]: Aretha Franklin performed at the [[BJCC Concert Hall]].
 * [[2008]]: The 23rd Annual [[Crawfish Boil]] began at the future site of the [[Uptown]] entertainment district.
 * [[2005]]: [[Tom Broughton]] founded [[ServisFirst Bank]] in [[Birmingham]].