February 2: Difference between revisions

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February 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: The new Ona's Music Room opened in the Martin Biscuit Building at Pepper Place.
2011: Pinches Tacos opened at Hallman Hill on Oxmoor Road.
2007: A Cessna 172 with two aboard crashed in western Jefferson County.
2002: Freeman Andress, vice president of Birmingham Landmarks, died.
2001: WRRS-FM switched formats to "modern rock/adult contemporary", becoming "101.1 the Spot".
1996: Western Lowland Gorilla Cenzoo was born in Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago.
1992: The Hoover Public Library building was dedicated.
1990: Birmingham Zoo's groundhog Birmingham Bill began making weather predictions as part of Groundhog Day.
1988: Bishop Raymond Boland was appointed Bishop of Birmingham by Pope John Paul II.
1984: Samford Bulldogs star Cortland Finnegan was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1980: Rapper Gucci Mane was born in Bessemer.
1958: Lawrence Reynolds donated a valuable library of over 6,000 medical books to UAB.
1938: Motorcycle restorer Brian Slark was born in London, England.
1922: 9 miners were killed in the 1922 Belle Ellen No. 2 Mine explosion.
1917: The USS Birmingham light cruiser left the Philadelphia Navy Yard to joint the Atlantic Fleet's Torpedo Flotilla.
1909: 18 miners were killed in the 1909 Short Creek Mine explosion.
1804: The first United States land office in Alabama was opened at St Stephens.

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 * [[1980]]: Rapper [[Gucci Mane]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
 * [[1958]]: [[Lawrence Reynolds]] donated a valuable [[Reynolds Historic Library|library]] of over 6,000 medical books to [[UAB]].
+* [[1938]]: Motorcycle restorer [[Brian Slark]] was born in London, England.
 * [[1922]]: 9 miners were killed in the [[1922 Belle Ellen No. 2 Mine explosion]].
 * [[1917]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)|USS Birmingham]]'' light cruiser left the Philadelphia Navy Yard to joint the Atlantic Fleet's Torpedo Flotilla.