April 8: Difference between revisions

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April 8 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2006: Birmingham Steeldogs 41 - Everett Hawks 36 in the season opener at the BJCC.
2006: The 4th annual Writer's Block graffiti event was held at Sloss Furnaces.
2005: Eric Robert Rudolph made a plea agreement with the U. S. Department of Justice.
2004: Loretta Nall was nominated for Governor of Alabama by the Libertarian Party.
2004: National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testified before the 9/11 Commission.
2003: The Alabama Slammers were eliminated from the WHA2 playoff.
2001: New York/New Jersey Hitmen 22 - Birmingham Thunderbolts 0, at Legion Field on the last day of the only XFL season.
1998: The 1998 Oak Grove tornado killed 32 in western Jefferson County and destroyed Oak Grove High School.
1991: Montreal Machine 23 - Birmingham Fire 10 at Montreal.
1990: Construction began on the new John Carroll Catholic High School on Lakeshore Parkway.
1988: Craig Grebeck tied a Birmingham Barons record with 3 home runs in a single game.
1976: The Temple of Sibyl was rededicated at its present location at the northern end of Vestavia Hills on U. S. Highway 31 during the Vestavia Hills Dogwood Festival.
1972: The newly-renovated Vulcan Park was dedicated.
1951: The opening exhibition for the Birmingham Museum of Art's new building began.
1911; 128 miners were killed in the 1911 Banner Mine explosion.

2007: Former Banks High School principal Sid Ingram died in Huntsville.
2003: Photographer Spider Martin died at home in Blount Springs.
2002: Former Birmingham Stallions owner Marvin L. Warner died in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
2001: Grocer Jimmy Hill died from injuries from a beating by 4 teens the day before.
1967: Angela Wells was born.
1957: Actress Dorothy Sebastian died in Los Angeles, California.
1950: Basketball coach Jimmy Tillette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1939: Alabama Power CEO Elmer Harris was born in Chilton County.
1888: Architect David O. Whilldin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsyvania.

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 * [[2006]]: [[Birmingham Steeldogs]] 41 - Everett Hawks 36 in the season opener at the [[BJCC]].
-*2006: The 4th annual [[Writer's Block]] graffiti event was held at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
+* 2006: The 4th annual [[Writer's Block]] graffiti event was held at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
 * [[2005]]: [[Eric Robert Rudolph]] made a plea agreement with the U. S. Department of Justice.
 * [[2004]]: [[Loretta Nall]] was nominated for [[Governor of Alabama]] by the [[Libertarian Party of Alabama|Libertarian Party]].
-*2004: National Security Advisor [[Condoleezza Rice]] testified before the 9/11 Commission.
+* 2004: National Security Advisor [[Condoleezza Rice]] testified before the 9/11 Commission.
+* [[2003]]: The [[Alabama Slammers (hockey)|Alabama Slammers]] were eliminated from the WHA2 playoff.
 * [[2001]]: New York/New Jersey Hitmen 22 - [[Birmingham Thunderbolts]] 0, at [[Legion Field]] on the last day of the only XFL season.
 * [[1998]]: The [[1998 Oak Grove tornado]] killed 32 in western [[Jefferson County]] and destroyed [[Oak Grove High School]].