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May 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2008: The 23rd Annual Crawfish Boil began at the future site of the Uptown entertainment district.
1997: UAB's expanded and renovated Lister Hill Library was rededicated.
1992: First Alabama Bank became Regions Bank
1991: "Expo '91", the featured event for the Birmingham Festival of Arts' Salute to the United Kingdom opened at the BJCC.
1979: A letter bomb at Bessemer City Hall killed Bessemer Police Lieutenant Clifford Hill.
1976: Major League Baseball's first black pitcher, Dan Bankhead, died.
1963: A series of organized Civil Rights movement marches known as the Children's Crusade began.
1960: Cartoonist Scott Stantis was born in San Diego, California.
1960: Presbyterian minister Frank Cross, Sr died during a cross-country train trip.
1959: The Birmingham Museum of Art reopened in the $1 million Oscar Wells Memorial Building on Linn Park.
1944: Cartoonist and gay rights activist Howard Cruse was born in Springville.
1925: Piggly Wiggly entered the Birmingham market with four locations (Downtown, Norwood, Ensley, and Fairfield)
1772: Pioneer farmer and miller Warren Truss was born in Pitt County, North Carolina.

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 * [[1959]]: The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] reopened in the $1 million [[Oscar Wells Memorial Building]] on [[Linn Park]].
 * [[1944]]: Cartoonist and gay rights activist [[Howard Cruse]] was born in [[Springville]].
-* [[1925]]: [[Piggly-Wiggly]] entered the [[Birmingham]] market with four locations ([[Downtown]], [[Norwood]], [[Ensley]], and [[Fairfield]])
+* [[1925]]: [[Piggly Wiggly]] entered the [[Birmingham]] market with four locations ([[Downtown]], [[Norwood]], [[Ensley]], and [[Fairfield]])
 * [[1772]]: Pioneer farmer and miller [[Warren Truss]] was born in Pitt County, North Carolina.
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