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: Birmingham signed a sister city agreement with Hitachi, Japan.
1963: Judge Edgar Bowron ruled that the outgoing Birmingham City Commission was illegitimate.
1958: Basketball player Carl Bailey was born in Birmingham.
1945: Operatic tenor and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" character François Clemmons was born in Birmingham.
1942: Author Barry Hannah was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
1933: NASA computer scientist Annie Easley was born in Birmingham.
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, died in Huntsville.

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 * [[1963]]: Judge [[Edgar Bowron]] ruled that the outgoing [[Birmingham City Commission]] was illegitimate.
 * [[1958]]: Basketball player [[Carl Bailey]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1945]]: Operatic tenor and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" character [[François Clemmons]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1942]]: Author [[Barry Hannah]] was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
 * [[1933]]: NASA computer scientist [[Annie Easley]] was born in [[Birmingham]].