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May 19 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2024: Shades Crest Baptist Church celebrated its 70th anniversary.
- 2017: The Magnolia Links disc golf course at the Clemons Recreational Complex in Gardendale was opened.
- 2015: Noah Galloway finished third on Dancing With the Stars.
- 2007: 28th annual Do Dah Day was held.
- 2006: Black Warrior Riverkeeper filed notice of intent to sue the Brookside Village Wastewater Treatment Plant for improper discharges into Newfound Creek.
- 1963: Martin Luther King Jr's Letter from Birmingham Jail was issued to the press.
- 1919: The Rainbow Viaduct (at 21st Street) was dedicated.
- 1918: The Steel Cities Chemical Company plant near Ensley was destroyed by fire.
- 1917: The Kiwanis Club of Birmingham was chartered.
- 1874: The 1874 Alabama Press Association convention commenced in Birmingham.
Hugh Morrow, born May 19, 1873. Engraving courtesy BPL Archives
Births
- 1978: Fashionista, MyScoop publisher and YP Birmingham founder Amy Lemley Bailey was born in Huntsville.
- 1951: BBS sysop Tom Egan was born in East St. Louis, Illinois.
- 1949: Former Columbiana Mayor Stancil Handley was born.
- 1943: Epidemiologist Steve Whitman was born in Brooklyn, New York.
- 1897: Attorney Douglas Arant was born in Waverly, Chambers County.
- 1873: Attorney and State Senator Hugh Morrow was born in Birmingham.
- 1873: U.S. Representative Henry Steagall was born in Clopton, Dale County.
Deaths
- 2017: Former First Baptist Church of Birmingham pastor Grady Cothen died in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
- 2015: Arts advocate Mary Bonner Wagnon died.
- 2015: Bessemer Police Lt. Henry Carter died from a heart attack.
- 2009: Architecture enthusiast Randy Sandford was killed by an Amtrak train in downtown Birmingham.
- 2007: Activist Simmie Lavender died.
- 2006: Hayes International Corporation executive William D. Sulzby died in Birmingham.
- 1966: Poker player Little Man Popwell died.
Sports
- 2001: Arkansas Twisters 60 - Birmingham Steeldogs 27 at Little Rock, Arkansas.
- 2000: Birmingham Steeldogs 37 - Richmond Speed 23 at Richmond, Virginia.
- 1985: Birmingham Stallions 44 - Los Angeles Express 7 at Legion Field.
- 1979: Alabama Vulcans 28 - Carolina Charges 0 at Legion Field.