April 24: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
* [[1968]]: Baseball player [[Todd Jones]] was born in Georgia. | * [[1968]]: Baseball player [[Todd Jones]] was born in Georgia. | ||
* [[1966]]: Basketball player [[Stan Kimbrough]] was born. | * [[1966]]: Basketball player [[Stan Kimbrough]] was born. | ||
* [[1964]]: ''[[Birmingham News]]'' crime reporter [[Carol Robinson]] was born. | |||
* [[1949]]: [[16th Street Baptist Church]] [[1963 church bombing|bombing]] victim [[Carole Robertson]] was born in [[Smithfield]]. | * [[1949]]: [[16th Street Baptist Church]] [[1963 church bombing|bombing]] victim [[Carole Robertson]] was born in [[Smithfield]]. | ||
* [[1948]]: [[Jefferson County Commission]] president [[David Carrington]] was born in Houston, Texas. | * [[1948]]: [[Jefferson County Commission]] president [[David Carrington]] was born in Houston, Texas. | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 10 August 2016
| << | April | >> | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
April 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2012: Greg's Hot Dogs cart began oeprating downtown.
- 2006: Dixie's Deli in Forestdale was destroyed by fire.
- 2006: Emmylou Harris' album All the Roadrunning was released.
- 1973: The downtown section of Morris Avenue between 21st and 24th Streets became the first site in Birmingham added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1969: Jefferson, Blount, St Clair, Walker, and Shelby Counties joined the Regional Planning Commission.
- 1954: Radio announcer Joe Rumore opened Rumore's Record Rack on 2nd Avenue North.
- 1922: Alabama's first licensed radio station, WSY-AM, went on the air.
- 1913: A hatchet was buried at Capitol Park as part of the 1913 Potlatch to heal the city's political turmoil.
- 1908: The 1908 Albertville tornado killed 15 and injured 150 in Walker, Jefferson, Blount, Marshall and Dekalb Counties.
- 1884: City Bank merged with the National Bank of Birmingham to create the First National Bank of Birmingham
- 1802: The state of Georgia ceded its western land claims to the United States in exchange for $1.25 million from future land sales. Alabama and Mississippi were created from those territories.
Births
- 1983: Rock musician Taylor Hollingsworth was born in Alabama.
- 1968: Baseball player Todd Jones was born in Georgia.
- 1966: Basketball player Stan Kimbrough was born.
- 1964: Birmingham News crime reporter Carol Robinson was born.
- 1949: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victim Carole Robertson was born in Smithfield.
- 1948: Jefferson County Commission president David Carrington was born in Houston, Texas.
- 1947: Disco singer Ann Kelley was born in Fairfield.
- 1935: Historian and water skiing champion Leah Rawls Atkins was born in Birmingham.
- 1865: Baptist minister Lemuel Dawson was born in Chambers County.
Deaths
- 2016: Former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Perry Hooper Sr died in Montgomery.
- 2015: Violinist and educator Lee Ousley died in Homewood.
- 2009: Preservationist Marvin Harper died in Tuscaloosa.
Sports
- 1998: Alabama Saints 2 - Pensacola Barracudas 1 at UAB's West Campus Field.
- 1954: Pitcher Jay Heard made his Major League debut with the Baltimore Orioles.
- 1943: 1943 Birmingham Barons John Conway & Charles Aleno each had 3 at-bats in the 7th inning in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans, setting a team record.