April 4

April 4 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: David Crenshaw died.
2006: Wes McDonald's 1:50 in The Furnace was released on Skybucket Records.
2006: Victor Mercedes was signed by the Chicago White Sox.
2004: Casting director Shirley Crumley died of a heart attack at home in Birmingham.
2003: Birmingham Steeldogs 63, Cincinnati Swarm 33 at the BJCC.
1977: An F5 tornado killed 22 and injured 125 in Smithfield.
1968: Martin Luther King, Jr was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
1966: State Vocational-Technical School opened in Bessemer.
1961: Blogger and Paul Finebaum Radio Network regular Shane Corn was born in Oahu, Hawaii.
1960: Ground was broken for Weibel Drive between Fairfield and Midfield.
1955: New Era Baptist Church pastor Michael R. Jordan was born.
1951: Offensive lineman John Hannah was born in Canton, Georgia.
1926: Restaurateur Pearl Overby Carlile was born.
1920: Franklin Glass stepped down as editor of The Birmingham News.
1912: Brownell Travel president George Brownell, Jr was born in Tuscaloosa.
1909: Sterling Foster preached his last Sunday sermon at South Highland Presbyterian Church.
1845: Revolutionary War veteran William Pullen died on his farm near what was later Avondale.