September 4

September 4 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2009: Grey House Grille in SoHo Square closed.
• 1968: The Inglenook Community Center was dedicated.
• 1963: Dwight and Floyd Armstrong became the first black children to enroll at a formerly all-white Birmingham school.
• 1963: Arthur Shores residence, undergoing repairs from a previous blast, was hit by a second bomb.
• 1949: WEDR-AM went on the air at AM 1220.
• 1917: The Birmingham News started printing from their new building.
• 1916: Birmingham's Labor Day parade rolled through town.
• 1889: The Red Mountain Railroad began streetcar service to Rosedale.

Asa Carter, born September 4, 1925

Births

• 1943: Artist and philanthropist Nina Ireland was born in Birmingham.
• 1940: Radio DJ and manager Ken Tremelling was born.
• 1925: Klansman, speechwriter and novelist Asa Carter was born in Anniston.
• 1925: Bookmaker Sam Fiorella was born.
• 1910: Historian Jere King Jr was born in Birmingham.
• 1866: Newspaper publisher Edward Barrett was born in Georgia.
• 1812: Governor John Winston was born in Madison County.

Deaths

• 2017: Wink Chapman died following a brief illness.
• 2010: Nutritionist and UAB School of Public Health dean Juan Navia died in Birmingham.
• 1986: War Eagle V died of a ruptured spleen.
• 1982: Baseball player Buster Bray died.
• 1912: Labor leader William Mailly died in New York, New York.

Sports

• 2013: Former Baron Marcus Semien debuted with the Chicago White Sox.