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* [[1925]]: [[Piggly-Wiggly]] entered the [[Birmingham]] market with four locations ([[Downtown]], [[Norwood]], [[Ensley]], and [[Fairfield]]) | * [[1925]]: [[Piggly-Wiggly]] entered the [[Birmingham]] market with four locations ([[Downtown]], [[Norwood]], [[Ensley]], and [[Fairfield]]) | ||
* [[1772]]: Pioneer farmer and miller [[Warren Truss]] was born in Pitt County, North Carolina. | * [[1772]]: Pioneer farmer and miller [[Warren Truss]] was born in Pitt County, North Carolina. | ||
== Births == | |||
* [[Howard Cruse]], [[1944]] | |||
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May 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 1992: First Alabama Bank became Regions Bank
- 1991: "Expo '91", the featured event for the Birmingham Festival of Arts' Salute to the United Kingdom opened at the BJCC.
- 1963: A series of organized Civil Rights movement marches known as the Children's Crusade began.
- 1959: The Birmingham Museum of Art reopened in the $1 million Oscar Wells Memorial Building on Linn Park.
- 1944: Cartoonist and gay rights activist Howard Cruse was born in Springville.
- 1925: Piggly-Wiggly entered the Birmingham market with four locations (Downtown, Norwood, Ensley, and Fairfield)
- 1772: Pioneer farmer and miller Warren Truss was born in Pitt County, North Carolina.