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A look back: June 2

1918:

Author Kathryn Tucker Windham was born in Selma.

2005:

Spivey’s Hobby and Toys in the old West End Theater building was destroyed by fire.

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A look back: May 29

1967:

Final entries for the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center architectural competition were judged.

1982:

Alabama Magic 37 – Jacksonville Sunbirds 32 in their debut at Legion Field.

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A look back: May 28

1916:

Novelist Walker Percy was born at St Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham.

1945:

The USS Birmingham went in for repairs at Pearl Harbor.

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A look back: May 27

1942:

Torchmark founder Frank P. Samford, Jr married Virginia Carolyn Suydam.

2004:

Former governor Don Siegelman was indicted on federal bid-rigging charges.

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A look back: May 23

1968:

Ground was broken for the Talladega Superspeedway.

1998:

The Visionland theme park opened in Bessemer.

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A look back: May 22

1914:

Herman Poole Blount (Sun Ra) was born in Birmingham.

2006:

Taylor Hicks was announced as the winner of American Idol.

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A look back: May 21

1921:

The 1921 National Balloon Race launched from Birmingham, the first event in the city’s semicentennial celebrations.

2003:

Ruben Studdard was announced as the winner of American Idol.

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