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May 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: Birmingham attorney Jim Porter became president of the National Rifle Association.
2010: The replacement Erwin High School was officially renamed Center Point High School.
2006: The 20th annual We Love Homewood Day was held.
2005: Birmingham and Plzeň, Czech Republic signed a Sister City agreement in Plzeň's Obradni sin (City Hall).
1967: The Japanese Garden at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens opened to the public as part of the Birmingham Festival of Arts Salute to Japan.
1967: An F2 tornado caused significant damage to West End.
1957: Vestavia Hills Baptist Church was organized.
1896: Daniel Greene married the former Margaret Jordan Morrow

1968: Actress Tyler Layton was born.
1955: Author and poet Debra Ghigna was born.
1934: Senator Richard Shelby was born in Birmingham.
1931: Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays was born in Birmingham.
1927: B. J. Baker was born Betty Jane Phillips in Birmingham.
1913: Labor organizer and Communist political activist Angelo Herndon was born in Wymoning, Ohio.
1907: Major League pitcher Ivy Andrews was born in Dora.
1880: Ku Klux Klan leader William Simmons was born in Harpersville.
1862: United States Senator Oscar Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
1858: Investor Zachariah Nabers, Jr was born in Carrollton, Pickens County.

2006: Manager Chris Chron removed the Birmingham Barons from a game against the Jacksonville Suns which was interrupted by two bench-clearing brawls.
2012: Brad Keselowski won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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 * [[2009]]: Former [[Birmingham City Council]] president [[Nina Miglionico]] died.
 * [[2007]]: Blues and boogie-woogie pianist [[Big Joe Duskin]] died.
+* [[1985]]: [[Veterans Day]] founder [[Raymond Weeks]] died.
 * [[1928]]: [[Myrtle Bicknell]], the "Four Legged Girl", died in Cleburne, Texas.