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April History And Notable Birthdays
April 1, 2000 — AutoZone Park Opens with a Downtown ‘Battle of the Birds’
April 13, 1946: Birth of Al Green, the Voice of Memphis Soul
April 14, 2000 — First Regular‑Season Game at AutoZone Park Opens a New Era for Memphis Baseball
April 17, 1971 — Federal Express Founded
April 17, 1973: Federal Express Takes Flight in Memphis
April 17, 2011 — Grizzlies Break Through with First‑Ever Playoff Win
April 2, 1991 — AutoZone’s IPO puts a Memphis original on the NYSE
April 23, 1936 — Roy Orbison’s Birthday and His Memphis Beginnings
April 23, 1940 — Willie W. Herenton’s Birthday and the Making of Memphis History
April 25, 1983 — DeAngelo Williams Is Born, Future Memphis Tigers Legend
April 27, 1947 — Ann Peebles Is Born, Future Voice of Memphis Soul
April 29, 2015 — Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid Grand Opening
April 3, 1968: Dr. King’s ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ at Mason Temple
April 4, 1968: The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Memphis’s Lorraine Motel
April 5, 1975 — Juicy J’s Birthday and the Rise of a Memphis Sound
April 9, 1932 — Carl Perkins’s Birthday, A Sun Records Original
Ja Morant’s buzzer-beater lifts Grizzlies past Heat in Miami (April 3, 2025)
