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'''April 1''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''April 1''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2021]]: The [[2021 Warrior Met Coal strike]] began.
* [[2020]]: The [[2021 World Games]] were postponed to [[2022]] due to the [[2020 Coronavirus pandemic]].
* [[2014]]: The first [[Gardendale City Schools|Gardendale Board of Education]] was organized.
* [[2006]]: [[Veterans Skate Park]] in [[Alabaster]] opened.
* [[1998]]: An $80 million asbestos cleanup and renovation of the [[AT&T City Center|BellSouth Building]] was completed.
* [[1991]]: Expo '91 opened as the centerpiece of the [[Festival of Arts]] [[Salute to the United Kingdom]].
* [[1991]]: Expo '91 opened as the centerpiece of the [[Festival of Arts]] [[Salute to the United Kingdom]].
* [[1990]]: [[Neil Bonnett]] crashed in the TranSouth 500 at Darlington, South Carolina and subsequently retired from racing.
* [[1986]]: The [[WTTO Tower]] was completed.
* [[1986]]: The [[WTTO Tower]] was completed.
* [[1972]]: [[BE&K]] was founded.
* [[1974]]: The ''[[Auburn Plainsman]]'' published an April Fool edition as "The Auburn Tidesman", proclaiming that the university had been absorbed into the [[University of Alabama System]].
** The original [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]] closed its doors.
* [[1972]]: Badfinger and King Crimson performed at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]].
* [[1968]]: [[John Garrett]] began working as a traffic engineer for the city of [[Birmingham]].
* [[1968]]: [[John Garrett (engineer)|John Garrett]] began working as a traffic engineer for the city of [[Birmingham]].
* [[1951]]: The [[117th Tactical Reconnaissance Group]] was activated for duty in the [[Korean War]].
* [[1951]]: The [[117th Tactical Reconnaissance Group]] was activated for duty in the [[Korean War]].
* [[1946]]: [[Gus Mayer]] Men's Store clerk [[Murray Sokol]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
* [[1927]]: Ground was broken for the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[1927]]: Ground was broken for the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[1903]]: [[Sterling Foster]] became pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* 1903: [[Sterling Foster]] became pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[1899]]: Birmingham's first golf course, a 9-hole links for the [[Birmingham Golf Club]] in [[North Birmingham]], was dedicated.
* [[1892]]: The [[Sterling Dynamite Factory]] in [[Bessemer]] [[1892 factory explosion|exploded]], killing 4.
* [[1892]]: The [[Sterling Dynamite Factory]] in [[Bessemer]] [[1892 factory explosion|exploded]], killing 4.
* [[1884]]: [[John A. Milner]] finished staking out the right of way for [[Highland Avenue]]
* [[1865]]: Troops under General Nathan Bedford Forrest made a failed stand against [[Wilson's Raid]] in Plantarsville, near Selma.
* [[1865]]: Troops under General Nathan Bedford Forrest made a failed stand against [[Wilson's Raid]] in Plantarsville, near Selma.
==Business==
* [[1946]]: [[William Spencer III]] and [[Caldwell Marks]] purchased the [[Motion Industries|Owen-Richards Company]].
===establishments===
* [[2016]]: The [[Red Cat]] coffee shop opened at [[LIV Parkside]].
* [[2008]]: Russellville's [[CB&S Bank]] opened its first Birmingham-area branch.
* [[1972]]: [[BE&K]] was founded.
* [[1903]]: The [[American Trust and Savings Bank]] opened.
* [[1887]]: The [[L & N Station]] on [[20th Street North|20th Street]] opened.
===disestablishments===
* [[2011]]: The [[George F. Wheelock Co.]] was acquired by Mingledorff's Inc. of Norcross, Georgia.
* [[1995]]: [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Gulf Breeze]]'' route made its final run from [[Birmingham]] to Mobile.
* [[1972]]: The original [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]] closed its doors.
[[Image:Spider Martin.jpg|right|thumb|Spider Martin, born April 1, 1939]]
==Individuals==
===Births===
* [[1984]]: Football player [[Johnny Baldwin]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
* [[1974]]: [[UAB Blazers]] basketball coach [[Jerod Haase]] was born in South Lake Tahoe, California.
* [[1965]]: Purported visionary [[Marija Lunetti]] was born in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia
* [[1962]]: Jewelry designer and metalsmith [[Stuart Cathey]] was born.
* [[1946]]: [[Gus Mayer]] Men's Store clerk [[Murray Sokol]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
* [[1941]]: Football player [[Benny Nelson]] was born in Gadsden.
* [[1939]]: Photographer [[Spider Martin]] was born in [[Fairfield]].
* [[1919]]: Baseball player [[Willie Patterson]] was born in Americus, Georgia.
* [[1913]]: Baseball player [[Buster Bray]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1897]]: Blues singer [[Lucille Bogan]] was born in Amory, Mississippi.
* [[1873]]: Governor [[Bibb Graves]] was born at Hope Hull, Montgomery County.
* [[1862]]: Insurance executive, developer and Alabama National Guard officer [[Louis Clark]] was born in Marietta, Georgia.
===Retirements===
* [[2015]]: [[Irondale Police Department|Irondale Police chief]] [[Jerry McIntosh]] retired.
* [[2000]]: [[Andy Straynar]] retired from [[Bogue's]].
===Deaths===
* [[2023]]: [[Rod Davis]], dean of [[Howard College of Arts and Sciences]]
* [[2011]]: [[Southern Danceworks]] founder [[Laura Knox]] died.
* [[2010]]: Episcopal priest [[Edward J. Wilson]] died.
* [[1974]]: Artist [[Arthur Bairnsfather]] died.
* [[1935]]: Former Alderman [[Henry Stockmar]] died.
* [[1898]]: Poet and novelist [[Margaret O'Brien|Margaret O'Brien Davis]] died.
* [[1892]]: The [[Sterling Dynamite Factory]] in [[Bessemer]] [[1892 factory explosion|exploded]], killing 4.
==Sports==
* [[1990]]: [[Neil Bonnett]] crashed in the TranSouth 500 at Darlington, South Carolina and subsequently retired from racing.


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April 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Business

establishments

disestablishments


Spider Martin, born April 1, 1939

Individuals

Births

Retirements

Deaths

Sports

  • 1990: Neil Bonnett crashed in the TranSouth 500 at Darlington, South Carolina and subsequently retired from racing.
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