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* A small fire broke out in room 315 of the [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]].
* A small fire broke out in room 315 of the [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]].
* Land on [[Red Mountain]] was purchased for development of [[The Club]].
* Land on [[Red Mountain]] was purchased for development of [[The Club]].
* The [[Alabama State University|State Teachers College]] was re-named "Alabama State College for Negroes".
* The [[Birmingham Film Council]] was reconstituted by [[Charles Zukowski Jr]] and Mrs [[E. M. Darton]].
* [[January 23]]: A [[List of snowfalls|snowfall]] brought 3.8 inches to Birmingham.
* [[April 11]]: The last streetcar ran on the [[No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line]].
* [[June 5]]: The [[Kiddieland]] amusement park at [[Fair Park]] opened its doors.
* [[June 8]]: The [[Ku Klux Klan]] raided [[Camp Blossom Hill]] in [[Brummitt Heights]].
* Summer: [[Tarrant City Schools]] took over [[Jefferson County High School]] from [[Jefferson County Schools]] and renamed it [[Tarrant High School]].
* [[June 10]]: The [[Ku Klux Klan]] raided [[Camp Fletcher]] near [[Bessemer]].
* [[July 15]]: The pageant "[[The Yankees Are Coming]]" was staged by the [[Birmingham Historical Society]] on the grounds of the [[Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens|Arlington plantation]].
* [[July 17]]:  The [[1948 States Rights Democratic Party convention]], held at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]], nominated Strom Thurmond as its presidential candidate.
* [[July 30]]: 11 miners were killed in the [[1948 Edgewater Mine explosion]].
* [[August 15]]: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]].
* [[September 21]]: [[Alberta City]] annexed into the city of [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[December 4]]: The presidents of the Student Government Associations of the [[University of Alabama]] and [[Auburn University]] buried an actual hatchet in [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] to signify the end of the dispute that had interrupted the annual [[Iron Bowl]] football rivalry 41 years earlier.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[Western Supermarkets]] was founded.
* [[March 9]]: [[Johnny Johnston]] founded [[Tire Engineers]] in [[Lakeview]].
* [[July 1]]: [[Shades Mountain Drive-In Theatre]] opened in [[Vestavia Hills]].
* [[December 10]]: The [[Newmar Theatre]] opened on [[2nd Avenue North]].
* [[Western Supermarkets]] was founded with a first location at [[Five Points West]].
* [[Cobb Lane Restaurant]] was opened by [[Virginia Cobb]] in the former [[Levert Apartments]].
* [[Cobb Lane Restaurant]] was opened by [[Virginia Cobb]] in the former [[Levert Apartments]].
* The [[Pell City Steak House]] was opened.
* The [[Pell City Steak House]] was opened.
* [[Dichiara's Steak House]] opened on [[Avenue F Ensley]].
* [[Uncle Tom's Bar-B-Q ]] opened on [[6th Avenue South]].
* The ''[[Birmingham Labor Advocate]]'' ceased publication.
* [[George's Grill]] opened in the [[Altamont Apartments]] on [[Highland Avenue]].
* Bandleader [[Dewitt Shaw]] leased the [[Hollywood Country Club]] and took over as manager.
* The [[Launderwell]] laundromat opened at [[Five Points West]].
* The [[Coffee Cup Restaurant]] opened at [[Five Points West Shopping City]].
* The [[Jack O'Lantern]] dinner club opened on [[Montgomery Highway]] in [[Homewood]].
* The [[Canterbury Shop]] was founded by [[Bernard Goldstein]] and [[Irving Warner]].
* [[Birmingham Travelodge No. 1]] opened on [[26th Street North]].
* [[A. E. Burgess]] founded the [[A. E. Burgess Co., Inc.]].
* [[Blessed Sacrament Academy]] in [[West End]] dropped the upper grades and became an elementary school.
* [[Martin Biscuit Company]] dissolved.
* [[J & M Tank Lines]] was founded in Americus, Georgia.
===Media===
* ''[[Western Theatre]]'', hosted by [[Benny Carle]], debuted on [[WABT-TV]].
===Religion===
* [[February 1]]: The [[Burchfiel Chimes]] at [[East Lake United Methodist Church]] were dedicated.
* February 1: [[Edgar Arendall]] preached his first sermon at [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]].
* [[Trinity Lutheran Church]] in [[West End]] was founded by members of [[First Lutheran Church]].
* [[Southeastern Bible College|Southeastern Bible School]] began offering a four-year degree program.
* [[October 10]]: [[Canterbury United Methodist Church]] merged with [[Mountain Brook Methodist Church]] in [[Crestline Village]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[January 1]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] lost to Texas 27-7 in the Sugar Bowl.
* January 1: Central State (Ohio) defeated Grambling State 27-21 at [[Rickwood Field]] in the seventh [[Vulcan Bowl]].
* January 1: Arkansas defeated William & Mary 21-19 in the first [[Dixie Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[August 31]]: [[Jim Wasdell]] recorded a [[Birmingham Barons records|Barons record]] six hits against Chattanooga.
* [[September 11]]: The NFL's Green Bay Packers defeated the Washington Redskins 43-0 in an exhibition game at [[Legion Field]].
* [[December 4]]: The [[1948 Iron Bowl]], won by [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] 55-0, was the first to be held at [[Legion Field]].
* The [[Southeastern Conference]] moved its headquarters to [[Birmingham]].
* The [[Southeastern Conference]] moved its headquarters to [[Birmingham]].
* The [[1948 Birmingham Barons]] drew 445,926 to [[Rickwood Field]], winning the Dixie Series over Fort Worth.
* The [[1948 Birmingham Barons]] drew 445,926 to [[Rickwood Field]] and won the Dixie Series over Fort Worth.
* The [[1948 Birmingham Black Barons]] won the Negro American League pennant over the Kansas City Monarchs, then lost to the Homestead Grays in the final Negro Leagues World Series.
* [[Satchel Paige]] signed a Major League contract with the Cleveland Indians.
* [[Satchel Paige]] signed a Major League contract with the Cleveland Indians.
* [[Frank House]] signed a Major League contract with the Detroit Tigers.
* The [[Birmingham Vulcans (SPBL)|Birmingham Vulcans]] and [[Bessemer Whiz Kids]] of the Southern Professional Basketball League played their final seasons.
* The [[Birmingham Vulcans (SPBL)|Birmingham Vulcans]] and [[Bessemer Whiz Kids]] of the Southern Professional Basketball League played their final seasons.
* [[August 31]]: [[Jim Wasdell]] recorded a [[Birmingham Barons records|Barons record]] six hits against Chattanooga.
* [[Ted McCrary]] coached the [[Samford Bulldogs football|Samford Bulldogs]] to a 4-4-0 season.
* [[December 4]]: The [[1948 Iron Bowl]], won by [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] 55-0, was the first to be held at [[Legion Field]].
 
==Works==
===Books===
 
 
===Buildings===
* [[Camp McDowell]]
* [[Fair Park Drive-In]]
* [[Joe's Ranch House]]
* [[Newmar Theatre]]
* [[Rickwood Field]], new ladies' restroom and shorter outfield fence
* [[Vestavia Hills Elementary School East]]
 
===Music===
* [[Phillips High School]]'s ''Alma Mater'' by [[Alfred Mayer]]
 
===Film, Radio and TV===
* [[WBRC-FM]] began the transition to become the first television station in Birmingham in [[1949]].
* ''The Inside Story'', film starring [[Gail Patrick]].
* [[WJLN-FM]] was launched as a sister station to [[WJLD-AM]].


==People==
==Individuals==
* [[Clettus Atkinson]] joined the staff of the ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]''.
* Columnist [[Clettus Atkinson]] joined the staff of the ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]''.
* Al Awtrey joined the [[Birmingham Fire Department]].
* Cartoonist [[Charles Brooks]] joined the staff of the ''[[Birmingham News]]''.
* Reporter [[Clarke Stallworth]] joined the staff of the ''[[Birmingham Post]]''.
* [[Gus Koutroulakis]] began working at [[Pete's Famous Hot Dogs]].
* [[Gus Koutroulakis]] began working at [[Pete's Famous Hot Dogs]].
* [[Hoyt Ayers]] succeeded [[J. R. Smith]] as Chief of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[Hoyt Ayers]] succeeded [[J. R. Smith]] as Chief of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
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* [[Eugene Zeidman]] succeeded [[Max Hurvich]] as president of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[Eugene Zeidman]] succeeded [[Max Hurvich]] as president of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[Samuel Burr]] entered the partnership of [[Burr & Forman]].
* [[Samuel Burr]] entered the partnership of [[Burr & Forman]].
* [[Edgar Arendall]] succeeded [[William M. Vines]] as pastor of [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]].
* [[H. C. Crelly]] was re-elected [[Mayor of Homewood]].
* [[Carl Elliott]] was elected to the United States Congress.
* [[James Permutt]] was named president of the [[Levite Jewish Community Center|Jewish Community Center]].
* [[William Engel]] succeeded [[Carl Hess]] as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[J. Duncan Hunter]] served as interim pastor at [[Pilgrim Church]].
* [[Kenneth Daniel]] was promoted to chief engineer for [[ACIPCO]].
* [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire]] became First Lady of Costa Rica.
* [[Tom Bradley]] joined the [[Bessemer Fire Department]].
* [[Bill Dorrough]] succeeded [[Grady Price]] as [[Mayor of Leeds]].
* [[James Foy]] joined the student affairs staff at the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Joseph Volker]] was named as the first dean of the [[University of Alabama School of Dentistry]].


===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 31]]: [[Mike Kolen]], football player
* [[February 5]]: [[Mary Anne Blake]], nurse
* [[February 18]]: [[Jimmy Lee III]], soft drink bottler
* [[February 21]]: [[John Floyd]], editor of ''[[Southern Living]]''
* [[March 17]]: [[Larry Langford]], politician
* [[March 17]]: [[Larry Langford]], politician
* [[April 9]]: [[Mary Kate Bush]], finance professional
* [[April 28]]: [[David Carrington]], [[Racing USA]] founder and [[Jefferson County Commission]] president
* [[May 17]]: [[Carlos May]], baseball player
* [[May 17]]: [[Carlos May]], baseball player
* [[July 2]]: [[Elvin Ivory]], NBA player
* [[July 2]]: [[Elvin Ivory]], NBA player
* [[July 18]]: [[Tyrone Williams]], [[Birmingham City Schools]] administrator
* [[July 23]]: [[Mary Moore]], state legislator
* [[August 3]]: [[Ray Reach]], jazz pianist
* [[August 7]]: [[John Amari]], judge
* [[August 7]]: [[John Amari]], judge
* [[August 20]]: [[Tom Banks]], football player
* [[August 25]]: [[Terra Cotromano]], founder of [[TEARS]]
* [[September 3]]: [[Stan Starnes]], attorney and executive
* [[September 8]]; [[Donald Watkins]], attorney and banker
* [[September 11]]: [[Phillip Alford]], child actor
* [[September 11]]: [[Phillip Alford]], child actor
* [[September 13]]: [[Nell Carter]], entertainer
* [[September 13]]: [[Nell Carter]], entertainer
* [[October 1]]: [[Mike Bolin]], [[Alabama State Supreme Court]] justice
* [[October 29]]: [[Kate Jackson]], actress and [[Henry Parsley]], Episcopal Bishop of Alabama
* [[October 29]]: [[Kate Jackson]], actress and [[Henry Parsley]], Episcopal Bishop of Alabama
* [[October 30]]: [[Dennis Covington]], author
* [[November 9]]: [[Duane Reboul]], basketball coach
* [[November 21]]: [[Elizabeth MacQueen]], sculptor
* [[November 22]]: [[Diane Rivers]], educational consultant
* [[November 23]]: [[Young Boozer III]], banker
* [[November 30]]: [[Longin Soverow]], artist
* [[December 5]]:  [[Randy Marsh]], [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]] teacher and [[Birmingham Festival Theatre]] co-founder
* [[December 26]]: [[Gary Edwards]], CEO of [[United Ability]]
* [[Ray Bauer]], steel executive and long-distance runner
* [[George Bowman]], Army general
* [[Gary Childs]], [[BPD]] East Precinct commander
* [[Mike Coppage]], Director of the [[Alabama Department of Public Safety]]
* [[Jim Dearth]], oncologist and hospital administrator
* [[Jim Dearth]], oncologist and hospital administrator
* [[David Hunke]], planner
* [[Sonny Ferguson]], attorney and judge
* [[Ralph Hicks]], server
* [[Cam Langley]], glass artist
* [[Barbara Malki]], business owner
* [[Edward Partridge]], gynecologic oncologist
* [[David Pollick]], college administrator
* [[David Pollick]], college administrator
* [[Sperry Snow]], co-owner of [[Barton-Clay Fine Jewelers]]
* [[Bob Whitley]], contractor
===Graduations===
* [[Bobby Bowden]] and [[Cliff Holman]] from [[Woodlawn High School]]
* [[Bill Edmonds]] from Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor's in civil engineering
* [[Joe Farley]] from Princeton University with a degree in mechanical engineering
* [[John Fuller]] from [[Auburn University]] with a bachelor of architecture
* [[Robert Guillot]] from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]] with a Juris Doctorate
* [[Howell Heflin]] from the University of Alabama School of Law with a Juris Doctorate
* [[Tom King]] from the [[University of Alabama]] with a bachelor's in accounting
* [[Vaughn Mancha]] from the [[University of Alabama]]
* [[Ward McIntyre]] from [[Ramsay High School]]
* [[Huland Moore]] from [[West Point High School]] in [[Cullman]]
* [[George M. Murray]] from the Virginia Theological Seminary
* [[John Porter]] from [[Industrial High School]]
* [[John Rice, Jr]] from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina
* [[Ezra Sims]] completed his studies at the [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]]
===Marriages===
* [[February 23]]: [[Ruth Engel|Ruth Salomon]] to [[Marvin Engel]]
* [[April 11]]: Actor [[Cathy O'Donnell]] married Robert Wyman in California.
* June: [[Catherine Caddell|Catherine Williams]] to [[Jack Caddell]]


===Awards===
===Awards===
* [[Birmingham Woman of the Year]]: [[Dorothy Thames Schwartz]]
* [[Birmingham Woman of the Year]]: [[Dorothy Thames Schwartz]]
* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Martha Ann Ingram]]/[[Marjorie Orr]]
* [[John Rhoden]] won 1st prize for sculpture at Columbia University.
===Deaths===
* [[February 1]]: [[John W. Black III]], president of the [[Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System]]
* [[February 5]]: [[Bernie Cain]], Woodlawn character
* [[March 1]]: [[John Hornady]], newspaper editor and [[Birmingham City Commission]] member
* [[May 27]]: [[William Oliver]], former U.S. Representative
* [[June 27]]: [[Frank Yeilding]], [[Yeilding's]] founder
* [[July 30]]: [[James Dovel]], engineer
* [[August 10]]: [[Lucille Bogan]], blues singer
* [[August 30]]: [[Claude Ritter]], attorney
* [[October 28]]: [[Roy Ellam]], [[Birmingham Barons]] shortstop
* [[Henry T. DeBardeleben]], Industrialist
* [[Cliff Hare]], chemistry professor and chair of the [[Auburn Faculty Athletic Committee]].
==Works==
[[Image:Jupe.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Jupe, created in 1948]]
* The [[Little Southerner]] train at [[Kiddieland]] debuted
* "[[Jupe]]", the giraffe mascot for [[Junior League of Birmingham]] programs, made his first appearance.
* ''The Patchwork Time'', a novel by [[Robert F. Gibbons]]


===Graduations===
===Buildings===
* [[George M. Murray]] from the Virginia Theological Seminary.
* [[Camp McDowell]]
* [[Tom King]] from the [[University of Alabama]] with a bachelor's in accounting.
* [[Camp Sumatanga]]
* [[Community Gardens Apartments]] in [[Wahouma]]
* [[Fair Park Drive-In]]
* [[Guaranty Savings and Loan]] headquarters
* [[Jack Wood Stadium]]
* [[Moton High School]] in [[Leeds]]
* [[Public Health Building]]
* [[Joe's Ranch House]]
* [[Robert R. Moton Community Center|Moton High School]]
* [[Newmar Theatre]], renovation of former [[Capitol Theatre]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Park Lane Apartments]]
* [[Rickwood Field]], new ladies' restroom and shorter outfield fence
* [[Central Gardens Apartments|South Park Apartments]] in [[Central Park]]
* [[Robert Tyler residence]]
* [[6th Street Peace Baptist Church]]
* [[Vestavia (estate)]] restoration with new interior murals
* [[Vestavia Hills Elementary School East]]
* [[Virginia Bridge Co. building]] at 700 [[39th Street North]]
* [[Wenonah High School]]
* The [[YWCA Central Alabama|Birmingham YWCA]] purchased the [[YWCA Building|Dixie Carlton Hotel]] for its downtown headquarters.
 
===Music===
* [[Phillips High School]]'s ''Alma Mater'' was composed by [[Alfred Mayer]]
* [[Hardrock Gunter]] left the [[Golden River Boys]].
* [[Jo Jones]] left the Count Basie Orchestra.


===Deaths===
===Film, Radio and TV===
*  
* [[WBRC-FM]] began the transition to become the first television station in Birmingham in [[1949]].
* ''The Inside Story'', film starring [[Gail Patrick]].
* [[WJLN-FM]] was launched as a sister station to [[WJLD-AM]].
* [[Hank Penny]] joined the "Hoffman Hayride" television show.
* [[Dick Hawley]] joined the [[WSGN-AM]] & [[WSGN-FM]] broadcasts of the [[Birmingham Barons]].
* [[Joe Rumore]] began working at [[WVOK-AM]].


==Context==
==Context==
In 1948
In 1948 the first color newsreel was produced. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. The winter olympics were held in St Moritz, Switzerland and the summer olympics in London, England. The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in schools is unconstitutional. The Hell's Angels gang was founded. President Truman signed the Marshall Plan. The U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee held its first televised hearings. The Cleveland Indians won the World Series over the Boston Braves. Harry Truman was reelected over Thomas Dewey and Strom Thurmond. The UN adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 
Notable 1948 births include those of musicians Stevie Nicks, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens and Ronnie Van Zant, actors Billy Crystal, Samuel L. Jackson and Rhea Perlman, hockey player Bobby Orr, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, broadcaster Bryant Gumbel, politicians Howard Dean and Al Gore, and fitness guru Richard Simmons.
 
Among those who died in 1948 were Gandhi, inventor Orville Wright, baseball player Babe Ruth, and former First Lady Edith Roosevelt.
 
Notable films included ''The Red Shoes'', ''The Three Musketeers'', Laurence Olivier's ''Hamlet'', and ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''. The most popular singles included Pee Wee Hunt's "12th Street Rag" and Art Mooney's "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover". The 1948 Nobel Prize for literature went to T. S. Eliot while the Pulitzer Prize went to James Michener for ''Tales of the South Pacific''. Tennessee Williams' ''A Streetcar Names Desire'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.


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Latest revision as of 16:24, 7 July 2023

1948, a leap year, was the 77th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Media

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

Works

Jupe, created in 1948

Buildings

Music

Film, Radio and TV

Context

In 1948 the first color newsreel was produced. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. The winter olympics were held in St Moritz, Switzerland and the summer olympics in London, England. The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in schools is unconstitutional. The Hell's Angels gang was founded. President Truman signed the Marshall Plan. The U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee held its first televised hearings. The Cleveland Indians won the World Series over the Boston Braves. Harry Truman was reelected over Thomas Dewey and Strom Thurmond. The UN adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Notable 1948 births include those of musicians Stevie Nicks, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens and Ronnie Van Zant, actors Billy Crystal, Samuel L. Jackson and Rhea Perlman, hockey player Bobby Orr, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, broadcaster Bryant Gumbel, politicians Howard Dean and Al Gore, and fitness guru Richard Simmons.

Among those who died in 1948 were Gandhi, inventor Orville Wright, baseball player Babe Ruth, and former First Lady Edith Roosevelt.

Notable films included The Red Shoes, The Three Musketeers, Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The most popular singles included Pee Wee Hunt's "12th Street Rag" and Art Mooney's "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover". The 1948 Nobel Prize for literature went to T. S. Eliot while the Pulitzer Prize went to James Michener for Tales of the South Pacific. Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Names Desire won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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