May 24: Difference between revisions

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May 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Taylor Hicks was announced as the winner of American Idol.

The Maria Taylor album 11:11 was released on Saddle Creek Records.

Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph Raymond Boland retired.

2004: McCormick & Schmick's opened at Brookwood Village.
1992: Birmingham Fire 27 - Ohio Glory 24 at Ohio Stadium.
1989: Cobb Festival 12 Cinemas opened at the Eastwood Festival Centre.
1952: Boston's Jimmy Piersall and New York's Billy Martin had an on-the-field fistfight.
1942: Satchel Paige led the first African-American baseball team to play at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
1917: Gus Jebeles married Catherine Chunn in Kentucky.
1911: Jefferson County Constable Willie Lewis Staggs was killed in the line of duty near Bessie.
1887: Residents voted 29-6 to incorporate the new town of Highland.
1857: Samuel Ullman married Emma Mayer in Natchez, Mississippi.

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 : [[Robert W. Carter]] became chief of the [[Adamsville Police Department]].
 * [[2006]]: [[Regions Bank]] and [[AmSouth]] bank announced plans to merge.
-: [[Taylor Hicks]] was named the winner of ''American Idol''.
+: [[Taylor Hicks]] was announced as the winner of ''American Idol''.
 : [[2006 SEC Baseball Tournament]] opened at the [[Regions Park|Hoover Metropolitan Stadium]].
 * [[2005]]: [[Bob Riley]] declared "[[Bo Bice]] Day".