April 6

April 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2016: The Rotary Trail on 1st Avenue South opened to the public.
1984: Wayne Newton headlined a concert at Boutwell Auditorium.
1984: Ed Salem's Drive-In on 26th Street North closed.
1968: 300 students at Tuskegee Institute barricaded a meeting of the board of trustees at Dorothy Hall, eventually winning concessions.
1963: Fred Shuttlesworth was arrested during a peaceful march to Birmingham City Hall.
1909: The Birmingham Terminal Station was dedicated during a day of festivities.
1893: The Avondale Town Hall was destroyed by fire.

Michael Rooker, born April 6, 1955

Births

1993: UAB Blazers/NFL kicker Ty Long was born in Roswell, Georgia.
1977: Baseball player Andy Phillips was born in Tuscaloosa.
1973: UAB Blazers football coach Garrick McGee was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1972: Actor and former HealthSouth executive Jason Hervey was born in Los Angeles, California.
1968: Political activist Ron Crumpton was born in Alabaster.
1968: Politician Eric Major was born.
1955: Actor Michael Rooker was born in Jasper.
1930: Bettie Doss was born.
1886: Film critic Pettersen Marzoni was born in Pensacola, Florida.
1876: Engineer and mycologist Joens Fries was born in Sweden.

2020: Former Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Captain Rodney Dodson died.
2020: Warrior City Council member James Jett died.
2019: Jim Houston Day died in Gardendale.
2014: Architect Jim Pfaffman died in Birmingham.
1998: Country singer Tammy Wynette died of cardiac arrhythmia in Nashville, Tennessee.