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* [[1917]]: [[Jack Nabors]] pitched his last game for the Philadelphia Athletics. | * [[1917]]: [[Jack Nabors]] pitched his last game for the Philadelphia Athletics. | ||
* [[1906]]: Professional baseball player [[Tommy Sewell]] was born in Titus. | * [[1906]]: Professional baseball player [[Tommy Sewell]] was born in Titus. | ||
* [[ | * [[1891]]: President Benjamin Harrison delivered a speech at [[Linn Park|Capitol Park]]. | ||
* [[1865]]: [[Wilson's Raid|Wilson's Raiders]] engaged in the Battle of West Point, Georgia, six days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox. | * [[1865]]: [[Wilson's Raid|Wilson's Raiders]] engaged in the Battle of West Point, Georgia, six days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox. | ||
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April 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2010: Ground was broken for The Hollywood retail center.
- 2008: An 18-wheeler dropped a steel beam on I-20/59 south.
- 2007: Birmingham News reporter Brett Blackledge won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism.
- 1998: The Homewood Public Library held a grand reopening after a major renovation of the facility.
- 1963: Martin Luther King, Jr completed his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
- 1958: Sammy Salvo performed on American Bandstand.
- 1946: Milo Carlton and his wife Bea opened the original Milo's Hamburgers in Norwood.
- 1946: The father of Ross Gray received his Medal of Honor in a ceremony at Centreville High School.
- 1917: Jack Nabors pitched his last game for the Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1906: Professional baseball player Tommy Sewell was born in Titus.
- 1891: President Benjamin Harrison delivered a speech at Capitol Park.
- 1865: Wilson's Raiders engaged in the Battle of West Point, Georgia, six days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox.