June 18

June 18 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2014: Ground was broken for the new Gardendale City Hall.
• 2007: Jeremy Harper began counting to one million live on the Internet.
• 2004: 16th Annual City Stages kicked off in and around Linn Park.
• 1999: 11th Annual City Stages began.
• 1993: 5th Annual City Stages began.
• 1986: The Harbert Center opened.
• 1979: The 1979 National Prohibition Convention opened at Motel Birmingham.
• 1961: Saint Mark United Methodist Church held its first service at Berry High School.
• 1954: Candidate for Attorney General of Alabama Albert Patterson was murdered outside his office in Phenix City.
• 1907: Ten people were injured in a train accident in Birmingham.
• 1907: John H. Bankhead was appointed to the U. S. Senate.
• 1881: Sixth Avenue Baptist Church was founded as the "Second Colored Baptist Church".

Gail Godwin, born June 18, 1937

Births

• 1976: Million counter Jeremy Harper was born.
• 1969: Meteorologist Mark Prater was born in Prattville.
• 1944: Singer Sandy Posey was born in Jasper.
• 1937: Writer Gail Godwin was born in Bessemer.
• 1891: Police chief Luther Hollums was born in Forney, Cherokee County.

Deaths

• 2020: Matt, a Komodo dragon at the Birmingham Zoo, was euthanized.
• 2014: War Eagle VI, also known as "Tiger", died following cataract surgery.
• 2011: Unity of Birmingham minister Gerald Bartholow died in Birmingham.
• 2010: Union president Charles Ensley died in New York, New York.
• 1995: Boxer Izzy Jannazzo died in New York, New York.
• 1954: Attorney Albert Patterson was murdered in Phenix City.
• 1933: Contractor Charles Allen died in Birmingham.

Sports

• 2005: Memphis Xplorer 62 - Birmingham Steeldogs 32 at Memphis.