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April 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: Adam Williams opened Birmingham Oddities in the Fix-Play Lofts building.
2007: Johnny Brown resigned as chief of Columbiana Police Department.
1986: George Wallace announced his retirement from public office.
1980: Loveman's department store announced that it was closing.
1963: Albert Boutwell defeated Bull Connor in the 1963 Birmingham mayoral election.
1951: Theatre in the Round staged its final performance at the Redmont Hotel.
1951: Alabama's first doctoral program in biochemistry was approved at the Medical College of Alabama
1939: The Apollo Boys' Choir performed on the NBC Radio Network program "Across the Country on a Bus", hosted by Milton Cross.
1866: President Andrew Johnson declared an end to war in Alabama.
1865: Wilson's Raiders reached Selma.

2015: Evelyn Starks Hardy, founding member of the Gospel Harmonettes, died.
2010: Geologist, paleontologist and former University of Alabama administrator Douglas E. Jones died.
2002: Singer B. J. Baker died in Rancho Mirage, California.
1932: Walker Percy's mother Mattie Sue drove off a bridge.

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 '''April 2''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2015]]: [[Adam Williams]] opened [[Birmingham Oddities]] in the [[Fix-Play Lofts]] building.
 * [[2007]]: [[Johnny Brown]] resigned as chief of [[Columbiana Police Department]].
 * [[1986]]: [[George Wallace]] announced his retirement from public office.