May 9: Difference between revisions

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May 9 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: Free the Hops' homebrewing bill was signed into law by Robert Bentley.
2009: Turkey Creek re-opened to the public as a nature preserve.
2004: "African Shields: Art, Power, and Identity," curated by Emily Hanna, opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art
2003: Widespread Panic played the first of two nights at the future Railroad Reservation Park site.
1981: War Eagle V was presented to Auburn University by Birmingham's Downtown Action Committee.
1968: State offices and public schools observed a holiday for the funeral of Governor Lurleen Wallace.
1925: The public grand opening of the Redmont Hotel took place.

2006: Jalil, a male reticulated giraffe, was born at the at the San Francisco Zoo.
1983: Left-handed pitcher Tyler Lumsden was born in Roanoke, Virginia.
1953: Major League infielder and hitting coach Ron "Papa Jack" Jackson was born in Birmingham.
1951: Childcare executive and Birmingham Airport Authority chair Gaynell Hendricks was born in Memphis, Tennesseee.
1849: Mayor of Birmingham B. A. Thompson was born.

2015: Organist and composer McNeil Robinson died in New York, New York.
1940: O'Dee Henderson, implicated in an altercation with a white man, was shot and beaten to death by three police officers and a civilian in Fairfield.
1890: The man who shot Bessemer Police officer John Manning was hanged.

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 ==Deaths==
 * [[2015]]: Organist and composer [[McNeil Robinson]] died in New York, New York.
+* [[1940]]: O'Dee Henderson, implicated in an altercation with a white man, was shot and beaten to death by three police officers and a civilian in [[Fairfield]].
 * [[1890]]: The man who shot [[Bessemer Police Department|Bessemer Police officer]] [[John Manning]] was hanged.