April 30

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.
• 1977: Neil Diamond performed at the BJCC Coliseum.
• 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.

Cynthia Wesley, born April 30, 1949

Birth

• 1949: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victim Cynthia Wesley was born in Smithfield.
• 1940: Attorney Pat Moore was born in Pinson.

Deaths

• 2017: Actress Boots Carroll died.
• 2017: Fairfield Fire Chief Kevin Sutton died.
• 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.

Sports

• 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.