May 1: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:36, 1 May 2012

May 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Vounteers await deployment on May 1, 1898

2012: Freshfully opened a retail produce shop in Avondale.
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.
1987: Former running back Glen Coffee was born in Valparaiso, Florida.
1983: Birmingham Stallions 35 - Washington Federals 3
1940: Presbyterian minister Bill Hay was born.
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.
1908: The Mary Cahalan statue was dedicated at Capitol Park.
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.
1863: Union Colonel Streight's forces arrived in Blountsville.
1798: Physician and settler Daniel Davis was born in Pendleton District, South Carolina.

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 [[Image:L&N station 1898.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Vounteers await deployment on May 1, 1898]]
+* [[2012]]: [[Freshfully]] opened a retail produce shop in [[Avondale]].
 * [[2009]]: [[Bici Cooperative]] held a grand opening for their bike shop at [[Rhodes Park]].
 * [[2008]]: [[Aldi]] on [[Gene Reed Road]] in [[Roebuck]] opened.