1961:
Broadway star Rebecca Luker was born in Helena.
1992:
Western swing bandleader Hank Penny died in Camarillo, California.
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A look back: April 17
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A look back: April 16
1946:
Milo Carlton and his wife Bea opened the original Milo’s Hamburgers in Norwood.
1963:
Martin Luther King, Jr completed his “Letter from Birmingham Jail“.
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A look back: April 15
1952:
Actor Glenn Shadix was born in Bessemer.
2006:
SI Reasoning led a “World Tour of Birmingham” as part of the Birmingham International Festival‘s Salute to Japan.
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A look back: April 14
1929:
McElwain Baptist Church dedicated their new sanctuary on Montevallo Road.
1994:
The JordanCruiser made its first team trip to Chattanooga and Carolina.
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A look back: April 11
1860:
The Shelby Furnace produced the first finished iron bar to be made in Alabama.
1927:
The Birmingham Public Library opened its doors on Woodrow Wilson Park.
2007:
The Birmingham Design Review Committee approved demolition of the historic Birmingham News building.
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A look back: April 10
Frank Matthews was born in Ohio.
Kenneth Adams, E. L. Vinson & Willis Vinson assaulted singer Nat King Cole on stage during a performance at Municipal Auditorium.
1994:
Michael Jordan got his first hit as a Birmingham Baron, singling off Knoxville’s Joe Ganote in his 8th at bat.
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A look back: April 9
1942:
United States Representative Earl Hilliard was born in Birmingham.
2002:
Gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates died of heart failure in Birmingham.
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