April 22

Robert Henley (d. April 22, 1873)

April 22 (Earth Day) in the history of the Birmingham District:

2020: The North Jefferson News was shutdown.
2005: The 22nd annual Magic City Art Connection began at Linn Park.
2003: Community activist Dearniki Echols was killed when she interrupted a robbery in progress.
2000: Historic Rowan Oaks in Leeds was opened to the public.
1979: The "Big Boy" statue from Shoney's Big Boy at Hoover Mall was stolen.
1968: WDJC-FM began broadcasting its Christian radio format.
1950: The home of Milton Curry Jr was the target of a third bomb.
1936: Lil Johnson recorded "Sam the Hot Dog Man".
1927: C. F. Penn Hamburgers was founded in Hartselle.
1904: The castings for Vulcan arrived at the World's Fair grounds in St Louis.
1884: The 1884 Alabama State Exposition opened in the Alabama Mineral Exposition Building in Capitol Park.
1878: The Earle Post Office was established in what is now Dolomite.

John Eagan, born April 22, 1870

Births

1981: Baseball player Travis Beech was born in Birmingham.
1980: TV host Rutledge Wood was born in Birmingham.
1979: Siberian tiger Kahlua was born at the Birmingham Zoo.
1971: Actor Victor McCay was born in Birmingham.
1965: Business consultant Charles Nana was born in Cameroon.
1959: Birmingham Barons manager Terry Francona was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
1929: Birmingham Bulls coach Glen Sonmor was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
1920: Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conductor Arthur Winograd was born in New York, New York.
1916: Birmingham-Southern College president Henry Stanford was born in Atlanta.
1870: ACIPCO founder John Eagan was born in Griffin, Georgia.

2021: Former National Woodworks president Frank W. Bromberg died.
2010: Former Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conductor Arthur Winograd died in Morristown, New Jersey.
2007: U.S. Representative and Birmingham native Juanita Millender-McDonald died in Carson, California.
2003: Community activist Dearniki Echols was killed when she interrupted a robbery in progress.
1976: Novelist Joe David Brown died at his home in Georgia.
1873: Robert Henley, first Mayor of Birmingham, died in office.
1856: Pioneer settler William "Silver Dollar Billy" Reed died at his home in Huffman.