April 14: Difference between revisions

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April 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Tria Market in SoHo Square closed after 3 years.
2006: Charles Norman Mason was awarded the Samuel Barber Rome Prize in Musical Composition.
1963: Birmingham Campaign: An Easter Sunday march from Thurgood CME Church ended in mass arrests.
1929: McElwain Baptist Church dedicated their new sanctuary on Montevallo Road.
1873: The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company assumed short-lived ownership of the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad.

2006: Rio Grande Valley Dorados 44 - Birmingham Steeldogs 43 in overtime at the BJCC.
2005: Macon Knights 67 - Birmingham Steeldogs 50 at Macon, Georgia.
2001: Birmingham Steeldogs 39 - Louisville Fire 21 at Louisville, Kentucky.
1997: Partners with Bear and Shug dedicated at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
1994: The JordanCruiser made its first team trip to Chattanooga and Carolina.
1981: An opening-night crowd of 9,185 saw the 1981 Birmingham Barons beat Jacksonville 6-5 in their return to Rickwood Field after a 5 year absence.
1979: The Birmingham Bulls defeated the Edmonton Oilers 7-6 in their final home game at the BJCC Coliseum.

2011: Former Jeff State baseball coach and athletic director Donald Green died.
1975: Composer and musician Avner Dorman was born in Israel.
1960: Team Alabama head coach Mike Jones was born.
1915: Britling Cafeteria president John Holcomb, Jr was born in Dublin, Georgia.
1915: Berthon's Cleaners founder George Berthon was born in Birmingham.
1834: Pioneer Chambers McAdory died in Pleasant Grove at 24.

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 * [[1960]]: [[Team Alabama]] head coach [[Mike Jones]] was born.
 * [[1915]]: [[Britling Cafeteria]] president [[John Holcomb, Jr]] was born in Dublin, Georgia.
+* 1915: [[Berthon's Cleaners]] founder [[George Berthon]] was born in Birmingham.
 * [[1834]]: Pioneer [[Chambers McAdory (pioneer)|Chambers McAdory]] died in [[Pleasant Grove]] at 24.
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