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April 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2010: Fabric artist Toni Tully died.
- 2006: Birmingham Children's Theatre actor John Hallum died in Birmingham.
- 2005: National States Rights Party official J. B. Stoner died in a Georgia nursing home.
- 2004: The Paul Bryant Bridge was opened in Tuscaloosa.
- 1998: James Earl Ray died in prison in Tennessee.
- 1982: The Birmingham Sister City Commission was established.
- 1963: Judge Edgar Bowron ruled that the outgoing Birmingham City Commission was illegitimate.
- 1958: Basketball player Carl Bailey was born in Birmingham.
- 1942: Author Barry Hannah was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
- 1933: NASA computer scientist Annie Easley was born in Birmingham.
- 1926: The Birmingham Jubilee Singers released a first group of singles on Columbia Records.
- 1925: Bookstore owner Gene Crutcher was born in St Louis, Missouri.
- 1886: 1910 Birmingham Barons star pitcher Harry Coveleski was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
- 1823: United States Senator John Williams Walker, namesake of Walker County, died in Huntsville.