April 19: Difference between revisions

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April 19 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2003: Choreographer Cholly Atkins died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2003: Macon Knights 49, Birmingham Steeldogs 29 at Macon, Georgia.
2001: The Lakeshore Parkway extension from Shannon Wenonah Road to Alabama State Highway 150 opened.
2000: Charles Barkley played in his last NBA game.
1999: Compass Bank acquired several Norwest/Wells Fargo offices in Phoenix, Arizona.
1996: Compass Bank acquired Post Oak Bank of Houston, Texas.
1990: Birmingham Barons manager Terry Francona played in his last major league game.
1981: NFL player Earl Cochran, Jr was born in Birmingham.
1973: The Lyric Theatre reopened as the Grand Bijou with a screening of "The Jazz Singer".
1963: Banjo player Wendy Holcombe was born in Alabaster.
1953: The Birmingham Transit Company's last streetcar trip was completed on the No. 27 Ensley No. 38 South East Lake streetcar line.
1949: Former Birmingham Barons star Walt Dropo made his major league debut for the Boston Red Sox.
1942: WJLD-AM began broadcasting from the Gary Hotel in Bessemer.
1925: Edward M. Tutwiler died at sea.
1920: Victor Hanson purchased The Birmingham Ledger and merged it with his Birmingham News.
1899: Novelist James Saxon Childers was born in Norwood.

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 '''April 19''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
-* [[2003]]: Macon Knights 49, [[Birmingham Steeldogs]] 29 at Macon, Georgia.
+* [[2003]]: Choreographer [[Cholly Atkins]] died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
+* 2003: Macon Knights 49, [[Birmingham Steeldogs]] 29 at Macon, Georgia.
 * [[2001]]: The [[Lakeshore Parkway]] extension from [[Shannon Wenonah Road]] to [[Alabama State Highway 150]] opened.
 * [[2000]]: [[Charles Barkley]] played in his last NBA game.