April 25

April 25 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 1979: The 1979 Bessemer City Hall letter bomb was mailed.
• 1904: Russell Cunningham was sworn in as acting Governor while William D. Jelks was hospitalized out of state.
• 1894: The 1894 Reunion of United Confederate Veterans commenced.

Johnny Shines, born April 25, 1915

Births

• 1975: Mayor of Lipscomb Lance McDade was born in Dayton, Ohio.
• 1957: Basketball player Johnny High was born in Birmingham.
• 1919: Tuskegee Airman Don Cummings was born in Dublin, Georgia.
• 1915: Blues guitarist Johnny Shines was born in Frayser, Tennessee.
• 1903: Baseball player John Wilson was born in Coal City.

Deaths

• 2007: Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service Captain Billy Gafford died at the UAB Track Facility.

Sports

• 2010: Kevin Harvick won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
• 2009: Alabama Crimson Tide football player Andre Smith was drafted in the first round, 6th overall, by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.
• 2002: Birmingham Barons 14, Chattanooga Lookouts 4 in the 2002 Rickwood Classic at Rickwood Field.
• 1995: Hank Manning set a Birmingham Barons record with 3 sacrifice flies in a game against Chattanooga.
• 1992: San Antonio Raiders 17 - Birmingham Fire 14 at San Antonio.
• 1968: The Boston Patriots announced that their regular season home opener would be played at Legion Field.
• 1961: Bert Campaneris signed with the Kansas City Athletics.