February 21

February 21 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: UAB Women & Infants Center opened.
2009: Tony's Terrific Hot Dogs closed.
1997: Abortion clinic bomber Eric Robert Rudolph detonated a bomb outside the Otherside Lounge, a nightclub in Atlanta.
1994: Hithchiker Vickie Deblieux was picked up in Trussville by four teenagers who beat and kicked her to death and later mutilated her corpse.
1945: Marine Sergeant Ross Gray single-handedly cleared a mine field on Iwo Jima while taking enemy small arms fire, earning a Medal of Honor for his heroism.
1913: The dormant Oxmoor Furnaces were put back into blast to supply iron for World War I.
1899: 5 miners were killed in the 1899 Blocton No. 2 Mine explosion.
1883: The Elyton Land Company sold Central Park (Linn Park), East Park (Marconi Park) and West Park (Kelly Ingram Park) to the City of Birmingham for $10 each.

B. O. Hargrove, born February 21, 1887

Births

1961: State Representative and Birmingham City Council member John Hilliard was born.
1954: State Senator Sundra Escott was born.
1931: Artist and historian James Walker was born in Birmingham.
1920: Jazz musician Sam Ranelli was born.
1919: Attorney Louis Oberdorfer was born in Birmingham.
1887: Fire Chief B. O. Hargrove was born.
1869: United Daughters of the Confederacy leader Eula Smith was born.

2019: Real estate agent Bettie Hurd died.
2013: Attorney Louis Oberdorfer died on his 94th birthday in Washington D.C.
2000: Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Ron Casey died.
1994: Hithchiker Vickie Deblieux was picked up in Trussville by four teenagers who beat and kicked her to death and later mutilated her corpse.
1914: Birmingham Barons manager Harry Vaughn died in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1899: 5 miners were killed in the 1899 Blocton No. 2 Mine explosion.