April 23: Difference between revisions

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April 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Fabric artist Toni Tully died.
2006: Birmingham Children's Theatre actor John Hallum died in Birmingham.
2005: National States Rights Party official J. B. Stoner died in a Georgia nursing home.
2004: The Paul Bryant Bridge was opened in Tuscaloosa.
1998: James Earl Ray died in prison in Tennessee.
1982: The Birmingham Sister City Commission was established.
1963: Judge Edgar Bowron ruled that the outgoing Birmingham City Commission was illegitimate.
1958: Basketball player Carl Bailey was born in Birmingham.
1942: Author Barry Hannah was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
1926: The Birmingham Jubilee Singers released a first group of singles on Columbia Records.
1925: Bookstore owner Gene Crutcher was born in St Louis, Missouri.
1886: 1910 Birmingham Barons star pitcher Harry Coveleski was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
1823: United States Senator John Williams Walker, namesake of Walker County, was born in Amelia County, Virginia.

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 * [[1926]]: The [[Birmingham Jubilee Singers]] released a first group of singles on Columbia Records.
 * [[1925]]: Bookstore owner [[Gene Crutcher]] was born in St Louis, Missouri.
+* [[1886]]: [[1910 Birmingham Barons]] star pitcher [[Harry Coveleski]] was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
 * [[1823]]: United States Senator [[John Williams Walker]], namesake of [[Walker County]], was born in Amelia County, Virginia.
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