April 4: Difference between revisions

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April 4 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Regions Bank completed repayment of a $3.5 billion loan from the United States' Troubled Asset Relief Program.
2006: Wes McDonald's 1:50 in The Furnace was released on Skybucket Records.
1977: An F5 tornado killed 22 and injured 125 in North Smithfield.
1968: Martin Luther King, Jr was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
1966: State Vocational-Technical School opened in Bessemer.
1960: Ground was broken for Weibel Drive between Fairfield and Midfield.
1957: Ground was broken for the Lawrence Reynolds Library.
1920: Franklin Glass stepped down as editor of The Birmingham News.
1909: Sterling Foster preached his last Sunday sermon at South Highland Presbyterian Church.
1865: The University of Alabama and its library were burned by Union troops under the command of Thomas M. Johnston.

2011: David Crenshaw died.
2007: Filmmaker Bob Clark died in a head-on collision on the Pacific Coast Highway.
2004: Casting director Shirley Crumley died of a heart attack at home in Birmingham.
1977: An F5 tornado killed 22 and injured 125 in Smithfield.
1977: Transgendered hair stylist Jody Ford was shot to death in the parking lot of the Vestavia Motor Lodge.
1968: Martin Luther King, Jr was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
1845: Revolutionary War veteran William Pullen died on his farm near what was later Avondale.

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 * [[1966]]: [[State Vocational-Technical School]] opened in [[Bessemer]].
 * [[1960]]: Ground was broken for [[Weibel Drive]] between [[Fairfield]] and [[Midfield]].
+* [[1957]]: Ground was broken for the [[Lawrence Reynolds Library]].
 * [[1920]]: [[Franklin Glass]] stepped down as editor of ''[[The Birmingham News]]''.
 * [[1909]]: [[Sterling Foster]] preached his last Sunday sermon at [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].