April 27: Difference between revisions

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April 27 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: The April 2011 tornado outbreak resulted in significant damage and fatalities throughout the Birmingham District.
2007: Magic City Art Connection at Linn Park.
2001: Pop trio 3rd Faze signed a recording contract with GFI Productions, a subsidiary of HealthSouth.
1983: Evangelist Lee Roberson preached his final sermon at Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1925: Loew's Temple Theater opened.
1887: The City of Leeds was incorporated.
1865: Hundreds of Union prisoners, released from Cahawba prison during Wilson's Raid, died in the explosion of the riverboat Sultana near Memphis, Tennessee.

Charlie Fonville, born April 27, 1927

2011: The April 2011 tornado outbreak resulted in significant damage and fatalities throughout the Birmingham District.
2008: Musician, conductor, translator and professor Rob Lehmeyer died.
1990: Architect Albion Knight died.
1865: Hundreds of Union prisoners, released from Cahawba prison during Wilson's Raid, died in the explosion of the riverboat Sultana near Memphis, Tennessee.

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 [[Image:Charlie Fonville.jpg|right|thumb|Charlie Fonville, born April 27, 1927]]
 ==Births==
-* [[1980]]: [[Baseball player]] [[Mark Carter]] was born in [[Oneonta]].
+* [[1980]]: Pitcher [[Mark Carter]] was born in [[Oneonta]].
-* [[1941]]: [[Lee Roy Jordan]] was born in Monroe County.
+* [[1941]]: Linebacker [[Lee Roy Jordan]] was born in Monroe County.
 * [[1937]]: Art librarian [[Robert Kaufmann]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1927]]: [[Coretta Scott King]] was born in Perry County.