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February 21 in the history of the Birmingham District:

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 transferred the deed to Central Park to the City of Birmingham.

B. O. Hargrove, born February 21, 1887

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.

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 [[Image:B O Hargrove.jpg|right|thumb|B. O. Hargrove, born February 21, 1887]]
 ==Births==
+* [[1931]]: Artist and historian [[James Walker]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1919]]: Attorney [[Louis Oberdorfer]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1887]]: [[Birmingham Fire Department|Fire Chief]] [[B. O. Hargrove]] was born.