April 29

April 29 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: Barack Obama toured damage associated with the April 2011 tornado outbreak in Tuscaloosa.
2008: The Blaze statue in the Bartow Arena concourse was dedicated.
2007: Birmingham Zoo gorilla Babec underwent a 7-hour operation to replace his artificial pacemaker.
2004: Prince's "Musicology" tour came to the BJCC Coliseum.
2002: Ground was broken for the Shelby Biomedical Research Building on the site of the former Mortimer Jordan Hall at UAB.
1984: Joe Theo Waldrop's sculpture "The Reader" was dedicated at the Parke Memorial Branch Library.
1960: The City of Hueytown was incorporated.
1931: Jefferson County prison guard William Lee Taylor was ambushed and murdered on Narrows Road between Pinson and Morris.
1921: The Birmingham Music Festival staged the first symphonic concert performed by a local orchestra at the Jefferson Theatre.
1919; 22 miners were killed in the 1919 Majestic Mine explosion.
1889: Ensley Furnace No. 1 was blown in.
1868: Banker William Berney married Lizzie J. Taylor of Montgomery.
1816: Walker Memorial United Methodist Church was organized in Frog Level.

Births

1976: Poet Laureate of Birmingham Salaam Green was born in Greensboro.
1954: U.S. Representative Mo Brooks was born in Charleston, South Carolina.
1940: State Senator E. B. McClain was born.
1925: Insurance executive and Birmingham City Councilor Alan Drennen was born in Birmingham.
1922: Attorney Hugo Black Jr was born in Birmingham.
1861: Pratt City mayor E. J. Hudnall was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky

2006: Birmingham Steeldogs 40 - South Georgia Wildcats 34 in Albany, Georgia.
2006: The Tragic City Rollers hosted "Skate Against Rape" at the Funtime Skate Center in Fultondale.
2000: Birmingham Steeldogs 36 - Roanoke Steam 34 at the BJCC Arena.
1991: Birmingham Fire 16 - San Antonio Riders 12 at Legion Field.
1984: Birmingham Stallions 31, Denver Gold 14 at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.