April 9

April 9 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2019: Attorney General Steve Marshall raided four bingo parlors in Jefferson County.
2012: Concert Care was launched at Innovation Depot.
2006: Montgomery's Blue Light Specials performed in the Phelan Park Music Series.
1996: Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Woodward took office.
1991: The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction was awarded to E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler for their book, The Ants.
1977: Parliament Funkadelic performed at the BJCC Coliseum.
1949: First Congregational Christian Church was destroyed by fire.
1942: US Army Air Corpsman Kenneth Farmer was taken prisoner by Japanese troops.
1907: Attorney Oscar Hundley was appointed to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by President Theodore Roosevelt.
1888: Ensley Furnace No. 4 was blown in.
1885: The first commercial batch of lager beer from Philipp Schillinger's Birmingham Brewery was sold.
1865: The Civil War ended with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
1865: Confederate Captain William Ward was captured by Union forces.

Ida Moffett, born April 9, 1905

Births

1985: MLB pitcher David Robertson was born in Birmingham.
1966: Auburn Tigers lineman and coach Tracy Rocker was born in Atlanta.
1962: Elementary school teacher and child molester Daniel Acker Jr was born.
1958: Restaurateur and artist Delrico Gibson was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1955: Banker and Samford University vice president Buck Brock was born in Rochester, New York.
1948: Finance professional and US official Mary Kate Bush was born in Birmingham.
1946: Graymont neighborhood president Willine Body was born.
1943: Federal judge U. W. Clemon was born in Fairfield.
1943: New Jersey Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker was born in Birmingham.
1942: United States Representative Earl Hilliard was born in Birmingham.
1942: Masada Resource Group founder Terry Johnson was born in Pulaski, Tennessee.
1905: Nurse Ida Moffett was born in Toadvine.

2006: ASHOF inductee Billy Hitchcock died in Opelika.
2002: Gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates died of heart failure in Birmingham.
1988: Educator Lula Connell died in Birmingham.
1909: Alabama A&M University president William Councill died in Huntsville.
1906: Physician Laura E. Burton was killed by her ex-husband, Allen Burton at her home.

2014: The 2014 Birmingham Barons held their home opener against Jacksonville at Regions Field.
2005: San Diego Riptide 58 - Birmingham Steeldogs 57 at the BJCC.
2001: Tim Hummel tied a Birmingham Barons record with 3 triples in a game against Greenville.