April 30: Difference between revisions

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April 30 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Trussville's Mabe Power Equipment closed after 91 years in business.
1989: Shades Mountain Baptist Church held the first services in their new 3,500-seat worship center.
1970: The Vestavia Hills Board of Education was established.
1961: Children's Hospital opened the doors to a new 4-story building on Southside.
1919: Elizabeth Price Jones married John Pearson.
1863: The Battle of Day's Gap, along with skirmishes at Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain, between the Union and Confederacy took place.

2011: Judge Tennant Smallwood died.
2005: The Rev. Harold D. Long, former pastor of First Congregational Christian Church, died.
1968: The Hard Times guitarist Ron Parr was killed in action in the Vietnam War.
1919: Lieutenant Governor Henry Gray died.
1862: Joseph Stroup died in service to the Confederate Army at Atlanta.

2008: Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson was fired.
2005: Louisville Fire 48 - Birmingham Steeldogs 46 at Louisville, Kentucky.
1987: Bill Elliott set a record for the fastest recorded time in a stock car at 212.809 mph during qualifying at the Talladega Superspeedway.

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 * [[2012]]: [[Trussville]]'s [[Mabe Power Equipment]] closed after 91 years in business.
 * [[1989]]: [[Shades Mountain Baptist Church]] held the first services in their new 3,500-seat worship center.
+* [[1970]]: The [[Vestavia Hills Board of Education]] was established.
 * [[1961]]: [[Children's Hospital]] opened the doors to a new 4-story building on [[Southside]].
 * [[1919]]: [[Elizabeth Pearson|Elizabeth Price Jones]] married [[John Pearson]].