May 21: Difference between revisions

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May 21 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: The 32nd annual Do Dah Day was held.
2011: Former baseball player and football coach Jim Pyburn died in Jasper.
2009: Jim Davenport's Pizza Palace founder Rex Hollis died.
2008: 11th consecutive SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover began at Regions Park.
2006: Walters & Bellows and the Tim Boykin Blues Band performed in the Phelan Park Music Series.
2005: Arkansas Twisters 61 - Birmingham Steeldogs 60 at Little Rock, Arkansas.
2004: Birmingham Steeldogs 52 - Manchester Wolves 49 at Manchester, New Hampshire.
2003: Ruben Studdard was announced as the winner of American Idol.
1969: Professional baseball pitcher Ben Short was born in Hueytown.
1951: A major fire destroyed a cluster of 20 duplexes in Fairfield while Birmingham Fire Department trucks stood idly by, awaiting Bull Connor's order permitting them to assist.
1921: The 1921 National Balloon Race launched from Birmingham, the first event in the city's semicentennial celebrations.
1874: Alabama Press Association convention attendees took a train excursion to Blount Springs, with stops at coal mines along the route.

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 * [[2011]]: The 32nd annual [[Do Dah Day]] was held.
 * 2011: Former baseball player and football coach [[Jim Pyburn]] died in [[Jasper]].
+* [[2009]]: [[Jim Davenport's Pizza Palace]] founder [[Rex Hollis]] died.
 * [[2008]]: 11th consecutive [[2008 SEC Baseball Tournament|SEC Baseball Tournament]] in [[Hoover]] began at [[Regions Park]].
 * [[2006]]: [[Walters & Bellows]] and the [[Tim Boykin Blues Band]] performed in the [[Phelan Park Music Series]].