May 15: Difference between revisions

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May 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2006: HealthSouth filed its 1st quarter financials, regaining currency with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2006: The Hoover City Council approved plans by the Birmingham Islamic Society to construct a mosque.
1982: The Birmingham Barons drew a record 11,067 fans to Rickwood Field for "Colonial Bank Night"
1972: Governor George Wallace was shot and paralyzed while campaigning for President.
1950: The first issue of the Birmingham Post-Herald, formed by the merger of The Birmingham Post and The Biringham Age-Herald, was published.
1909: Terra-cotta cladding for the Empire Building was completed.
1888: Thomas Furnace No. 1 was blown in.
1852: 10th Mayor of Birmingham James Van Hoose was born in Tuscaloosa.
1827: Pioneer farmer John Gillespy, Sr was born in Blount, Tennessee.

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 * [[2006]]: [[HealthSouth]] filed its 1st quarter financials, regaining currency with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
-: The [[Hoover City Council]] approved plans by the [[Birmingham Islamic Society]] to construct a mosque.
+* 2006: The [[Hoover City Council]] approved plans by the [[Birmingham Islamic Society]] to construct a mosque.
+* [[1982]]: The [[Birmingham Barons]] drew a record 11,067 fans to [[Rickwood Field]] for "[[Colonial Bank]] Night"
 * [[1972]]: Governor [[George Wallace]] was shot and paralyzed while campaigning for President.
 * [[1950]]: The first issue of the ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'', formed by the merger of ''[[The Birmingham Post]]'' and ''[[The Biringham Age-Herald]]'', was published.