April 22: Christian radio station WDJC-FM debuted.Margaret Walker founded the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People.Construction of I-20/ 59 severed Norwood from downtown.Green Valley elected to incorporate but was struck down after challenged by nearby Hoover.The Birmingham Festival of Arts held the Salute to Greece.Birmingham voters approved $400,000 in bonds for the purchase of land to expand the Birmingham Museum of Art.November 30: A Shower of Stars concert featured Davy Jones, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, The Buckinghams, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, The Grass Roots, Billy Joe Royal, Andy Kim, and Four Jacks & a Jill.November 16: The Holiday Balloon Parade was held downtown.August 3: A Shower of Stars concert featured Paul Revere and the Raiders, Lou Christie, Billy Joe Royal, George Fame, The People, The Magistrates, and Mitch Ryder & His Revue.July 27: A Shower of Stars concert featured The Troggs, Herman's Hermits, The Buckinghams, The Ohio Express, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, Roy Head, and Four Jacks & a Jill.May 20: The Hillcrest Golf & Country Club merged with the Fairmont Country Club to create the new Pine Tree Country Club.for the SCLC's "Poor People's Campaign" was scheduled.
May 8: A caravan from Birmingham to Washington D.C.April 4: Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated by Ray in Memphis, Tennessee with the Birmingham-purchased rifle.30-06 caliber Remington Model 760 Gamemaster. March 30: Ray exchanged the rifle from the previous day for a.243 caliber hunting rifle and scope at Aeromarine on Airport Highway. March 29: James Earl Ray used an alias to purchase a.March 16: A WVOK Shower of Stars concert featured The Young Rascals, The Lemon Pipers, The Union Gap, Roy Head, Billy Joe Royal, The Rockin' Rebellions, The Brotherhood, and Gene & Debbie.February 16: The nation's first 911 call was taken at the Haleyville police station.January 30: Tuscaloosa's Memorial Coliseum opened its doors for a performance of "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd".January 5: The final episode of Bozo the Clown aired on WBRC 6.
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