June 21

June 21 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2022: The skate park at City Walk opened.
2016: The Birmingham City Council authorized a "Master Contract for Lighting Services" with Alabama Power to replace 30,000 existing street lights with new LED fixtures.
2006: The ribbon-cutting ceremony for Rosedale Senior Apartment Homes was held.
2005: The week-long charrette for Mainstreet Trussville began.
2004: SouthTrust Bank's sale to Wachovia Bank was announced.
2001: President George W. Bush visited the Birmingham area.
1954: The Pickwick Players debuted at the Pickwick Club at Five Points South.
1947: Reverend Joseph Adams was appointed the first resident pastor of Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church in Trussville.
1941: Businessman William D. Sulzby married Mildred Wood.
1876: Pastor Benjamin Franklin Riley married Emma Shaw.

Mitty Collier, born June 21, 1941

Births

1972: Birmingham communications director April Odom was born.
1964: Pastor Chris Hodges was born.
1953: Catcher Charlie Moore was born in Birmingham.
1950: Mayor of Oneonta Danny Hicks was born.
1941: Gospel and R&B singer and minister Mitty Collier was born in Birmingham.
1937: Boutwell Studios founder Ed Boutwell was born.
1933: Poet and educator Gerald Barrax was born in Attalla.
1930: Insurance and real estate executive C. Molton Williams was born in Birmingham.

2018: Judge William Acker died.
2014: Former WBRC-TV news anchor Joe Langston died.
2007: Birmingham Zoo elephant Mona was euthanized.
2005: Former U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Louis Wilson Jr died in Birmingham.
1924: Motorcycle racer Gene Walker died from injuries sustained in a crash in Pennsylvania.