April 16

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April 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2007: Birmingham News reporter Brett Blackledge won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism.
• 1998: The Homewood Public Library held a grand reopening after an major renovation of the facility.
• 1963: Martin Luther King, Jr completed his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
• 1946: Milo Carlton and his wife Bea opened the original Milo's Hamburgers in Norwood.
• 1906: Professional baseball player Tommy Sewell was born in Titus.
• 1865: Wilson's Raiders engages in the Battle of West Point, Georgia, six days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox.