April 1: Difference between revisions

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April 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2008: Russellville's CB&S Bank opened its first Birmingham-area branch.
2006: Veterans Skate Park in Alabaster opened.
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.
1984: Football player Johnny Baldwin was born in Bessemer.
1972: BE&K was founded.
1972: The original Tutwiler Hotel closed its doors.
1968: John Garrett began working as a traffic engineer for the city of Birmingham.
1965: Purported visionary Marija Lunetti was born in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia
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.
1939: Photographer Spider Martin was born in Fairfield.
1927: Ground was broken for the Alabama Theatre.
1903: Sterling Foster became pastor of South Highland Presbyterian Church.
1892: The Sterling Dynamite Factory in Bessemer 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.

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 * [[1990]]: [[Neil Bonnett]] crashed in the TranSouth 500 at Darlington, South Carolina and subsequently retired from racing.
 * [[1986]]: The [[WTTO Tower]] was completed.
+* [[1984]]: Football player [[Johnny Baldwin]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
 * [[1972]]: [[BE&K]] was founded.
 * 1972: The original [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]] closed its doors.