February 21: Difference between revisions

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February 21 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Tony's Terrific Hot Dogs closed.
2001: The Birmingham Thunderbolts lone season began.
2000: Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Ron Casey died.
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.
1887: Fire Chief B. O. Hargrove was born.
1883: The Elyton Land Company transferred the deed to Central Park to the City of Birmingham.

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 * [[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]].
 * [[1887]]:  [[Birmingham Fire Department|Fire Chief]] [[B. O. Hargrove]] was born.