May 1: Difference between revisions

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May 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Vounteers await deployment on May 1, 1898

2009: Bici Cooperative held a grand opening for their bike shop at Rhodes Park.
2008: Aldi on Gene Reed Road in Roebuck opened.
2006: Jimmie Johnson won the Aaron's 499 at the Talladega Superspeedway (held on Monday after a rain delay).
2006: Dispatcher Ron McGuffie took a leave of absence to run for Sheriff of Jefferson County.
2005: The Joe Muggs newsstand at Five Points South closed.
2004: Do Dah Day was held in the bowl parks on Highland Avenue.
1998: Pensacola Barracudas 1 - Alabama Saints 0 at UAB's West Campus Field.
1983: Birmingham Stallions 35 - Washington Federals 3
1936: Ersie Bradford became the first African American to serve on a Jefferson County jury.
1935: The Birmingham School of the Bible held its first classes.
1933: Hugo Black recommended Cooper Green for Postmaster of Birmingham.
1925: The Redmont Hotel opened.
1898: Volunteers for the Spanish-American War left from the L & N Station for Mobile.
1887: Ferdinand Neville was appointed as the first full time chief of the Birmingham Fire Department.
1884: The first edition of The Weekly Iron Age was published.

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 [[Image:L&N station 1898.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Vounteers await deployment on May 1, 1898]]
+* [[2009]]: [[Bici Cooperative]] held a grand opening for their bike shop at [[Rhodes Park]].
 * [[2008]]: [[Aldi]] on [[Gene Reed Road]] in [[Roebuck]] opened.
 * [[2006]]: Jimmie Johnson won the [[Aaron's 499]] at the [[Talladega Superspeedway]] (held on Monday after a rain delay).