April 27

April 27 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2018: The Wildwood Preserve opened to the public.
2011: The April 2011 tornado outbreak resulted in significant damage and fatalities throughout the Birmingham District.
2007: Magic City Art Connection at Linn Park.
2001: Pop trio 3rd Faze signed a recording contract with GFI Productions, a subsidiary of HealthSouth.
1983: Evangelist Lee Roberson preached his final sermon at Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1949: The last run on the Birmingham & Edgewood Electric Railway ended the era of streetcar transportation in Homewood.
1925: Loew's Temple Theater opened.
1891: The 1891 Grand Army of the Republic monument was dedicated during Confederate Memorial Day exercises at Oak Hill Cemetery.
1887: The City of Leeds was incorporated.
1865: Hundreds of Union prisoners, released from Cahawba prison during Wilson's Raid, died in the explosion of the riverboat Sultana near Memphis, Tennessee.

Charlie Fonville, born April 27, 1927

Births

2011: The April 2011 tornado outbreak resulted in significant damage and fatalities throughout the Birmingham District.
2008: Musician, conductor, translator and professor Rob Lehmeyer died.
1990: Architect Albion Knight died.
1865: Hundreds of Union prisoners, released from Cahawba prison during Wilson's Raid, died in the explosion of the riverboat Sultana near Memphis, Tennessee.