May 22: Difference between revisions

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May 22 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Governor Bob Riley signed a gourmet beer bill sponsored by Free the Hops.
2006: Avondale Mills announced the closing or sale of its textile mills.
2004: Fire destroyed a Summer Classics plant in Columbiana.
1999: The 20th annual Do Dah Day was held.
1983: ZZ Top and Sammy Hagar performed at the BJCC.
1957: The Town of Sylvan Springs was incorporated.
1891: 11 miners were killed in the 1891 Pratt No. 1 Mine explosion.
1874: The 1874 Alabama Press Association convention concluded.
1864: Soldiers under the command of Colonel J. S. Casement destroyed the Oxmoor Furnace.

1962: Alabama State Senator Steve French was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
1953: Radio disc jockey Coyote J. Calhoun (Jim Battan) was born in New York, New York.
1951: Kidnapping and murder victim Larry Thomas was born.
1927: Math professor Abdulalim Shabazz was born in Bessemer.
1914: Herman Poole Blount (Sun Ra) was born in Birmingham.

2005: Hayes High School assistant principal Walter Moore was killed.
1950: Sanitation engineer and former Mayor of Fairfield A. Clinton Decker died.
1936: Birmingham Barons pitcher and manager Irvin Wilhelm died in Rochester, New York.
1891: 11 miners were killed in the 1891 Pratt No. 1 Mine explosion.

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 * [[2005]]: [[Hayes High School]] assistant principal [[Walter Moore (teacher)|Walter Moore]] was killed.
 * [[1950]]: Sanitation engineer and former [[Mayor of Fairfield]] [[A. Clinton Decker]] died.
+* [[1936]]: [[Birmingham Barons]] pitcher and manager [[Irvin Wilhelm]] died in Rochester, New York.
 * [[1891]]: 11 miners were killed in the [[1891 Pratt No. 1 Mine explosion]].
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