May 22

May 22 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: The new Fultondale Public Library was dedicated.
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.
1934: The 1934 Birmingham school tax referendum was held.
1891: 11 miners were killed in the 1891 Pratt No. 1 Mine explosion.
1884: Emil Lesser opened his first Birmingham restaurant above the Exchange Saloon.
1874: The 1874 Alabama Press Association convention concluded.
1864: Soldiers under the command of Colonel J. S. Casement destroyed the Oxmoor Furnace.

Sun Ra, born May 22, 1914

Births

1970: Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Captain Rodney Dodson was born.
1962: Alabama State Senator Steve French was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
1962: Attorney Ike Gulas was born in Birmingham.
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.
1924: Birmingham News photographer Ed Jones was born in Wylam.
1914: Herman Poole Blount (Sun Ra) was born in Birmingham.
1832: Minister Frank Brandon was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

2016: Analytical chemist Wallace Carden died in Hoover.
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.