May 8

May 8 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2007: Clay residents voted down a proposed "tax for schools".
1993: Agnes gallery opened.
1974: The Sea Lion Pool at the Birmingham Zoo was dedicated.
1968: A caravan from Birmingham to Washington D.C. for the SCLC's "Poor People's Campaign" was scheduled.
1963: Fred Shuttlesworth bruised a rib after being driven into the wall of the 16th Street Baptist Church by a blast from a fire hose during the Children's Crusade.
1914: The Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Building was destroyed by a large fire.
1912: ACIPCO employees were given access to a new bathhouse with hot and cold running water.
1908: Vanderbilt Furnace No. 2 was blown in.
1899: The Birmingham Carnival Society's 1899 Mardi Gras began, following a weather delay.
1891: Andrew Beard applied for a patent for a rotary engine (Patent No. 462,614).
1882: Birmingham's first telephone exchange opened in the 2nd floor of Terry Building with 39 subscribers.

Tony Brandino, born May 8, 1916

Births

1985: Birmingham Zoo gorilla Jamie was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1955: Candy seller Donnie Goodin was born.
1940: Singer Doc Soul Stirrer was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1938: Pediatrician Santosh Khare was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
1916: Hardware store owner Tony Brandino was born in Birmingham.
1912: Architect William Chambers was born in Birmingham.
1899: Photographer Ed Willis Barnett was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892: Jeweler Morris Levy was born in Kilwinning, North Ayshire, Scotland.
1865: Plumber and speculator W. G. Lunsford was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1813: State legislator and Elyton Land Company shareholder Bolling Hall was born in Baldwin County, Georgia.

2022: BASS founder Ray Scott died in Montgomery.
2012: Dance teacher and choreographer Lola Mae Jones Coates died.
1997: Former Mayor of Birmingham Art Hanes died.
1962: Circus clown "Sunny Jim" Snell died in Tuscaloosa.
1938: Architect and film art director Sidney Ullman died in Los Angeles, California.