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April 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Ground was broken for The Hollywood retail center.
2008: An 18-wheeler dropped a steel beam on I-20/59 south.
2007: Birmingham News reporter Brett Blackledge won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism.
1998: The Homewood Public Library held a grand reopening after a major renovation of the facility.
1979: E. O. Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize for On Human Nature.
1963: Martin Luther King Jr completed his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
1958: Sammy Salvo performed on American Bandstand.
1956: Phipps Piano Co. opened on 4th Avenue North.
1946: Milo Carlton and his wife Bea opened the original Milo's Hamburgers in Norwood.
1946: The father of Ross Gray received his Medal of Honor in a ceremony at Centreville High School.
1891: President Benjamin Harrison delivered a speech at Capitol Park.
1865: Wilson's Raiders engaged in the Battle of West Point, Georgia, six days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox.

Emil Menzel, born April 16, 1929

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 * 1929: Restaurateur [[Nick Erben]] was born.
 * [[1915]]: [[TCI]] worker [[O. D. Henderson]] was born in Clark County.
+* [[1912]]: [[Southern Toy Co.]] president [[Billy Edmundson]] was born.
 * [[1906]]: Professional baseball player [[Tommy Sewell]] was born in Titus.