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'''1940''' was the 69th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].
'''1940''', a leap year, was the 69th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[Cooper Green]] was elected President of the Commission.
* [[February 29]]: [[Cooper Green]] was elected President of the Commission.
* [[Harry E. Smith]] resigned as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] to enter the Army.
* [[Harry E. Smith]] resigned as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] to enter the Army.
* [[Joe Shannon]] made his first solo flight in his J-3 Piper Cub.
* The [[Brother Bryan Mission]] was founded.
* [[Communist Party]] secretary [[Robert Hall]]'s apartment at [[Quinlan Castle]] was raided by the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* The [[Brooke Hill School]], now part of the [[Altamont School]], was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Art Association]] began raising funds for a future [[Birmingham Museum of Art]].
* [[Louis Werfel]] became rabbi of the [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[William Hitt|William]] and [[Eugenia Woodward Hitt]] were married.


 
===Business===
* [[Eloise Haney Smith]] took over full ownership of [[WBRC-AM]].
* CBS took over 45% ownership of [[WAPI-AM]]
* The [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] took over the northern district of [[Alabama Power]]'s service area.
* [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]] moved to 201 [[20th Street North]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[Magic City Classic]], Alabama State: 24-6
* [[Magic City Classic]], Alabama State: 24-6
* [[Bear Bryant]] became an assistant coach at Vanderbilt University.




==Works==
===Books===


===Books===
* ''The Grapes of Wrath'' by John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for novels
* ''The Time of Your Life'' by William Saroyan won the Pulitzer for drama
* ''Abraham Lincoln: The War Years'' by Carl Sandburg won the Pulitzer for history
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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[John A. Hand Building]] became headquarters of [[First National Bank]]
* The [[John A. Hand Building|American Trust Building]] became the headquarters of [[AmSouth Bank|First National Bank of Birmingham]]
* [[Hueytown High School]]'s gymnasium.
* [[Ed Norton]] sold [[Rickwood Field]] to the Cincinnati Reds.
* The [[Albert B. Stapp Company Service Station]] expanded its building.


===Music===
* "After Hours", recorded by [[Avery Parrish]] and the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* Glenn Miller recorded a hit version of [[Erskine Hawkins]]' "[[Tuxedo Junction]]".


===Film===
* [[Gail Patrick]] starred in ''My Favorite Wife''.


==People==
===Births===
===Births===
* [[C. Pat Reynolds]], restauranteur
* [[Harry Crawford]], "The Flagman of Columbiana".
* [[Jim Bennett]],  
* [[C. Pat Reynolds]], former [[Vestavia Hills]] mayor, restauranteur
* [[Pat Moore]], attorney
* [[Jim Bennett]], former Alabama Secretary of State and Labor Commissioner.
* [[April 30]]: [[Pat Moore]], attorney
* [[May 20]]: [[Shorty Long]], soul singer, songwriter and producer
* [[June 17]]: [[Frank Fleming]], sculptor
* [[September 21]]: [[Jim Carns]], [[Jefferson County Commission]]
 
==Awards==
* [[Miss Birmingham]]: [[Carolyn Foreman]]
* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Evelyn Motlow]]
 
===Graduations===
* [[Charley Boswell]], from the [[University of Alabama]]
* [[George M. Murray]], business degree from the University of Alabama
* [[Margaret Walker]], Master of Arts in Education from Iowa University
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]], from [[Rosedale High School]]
* [[Tom King]], from [[Phillips High School]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[Morris Newfield]], rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]] and [[social activist]]
* [[May 7]]: [[Morris Newfield]], rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]] and [[social activist]]
* [[Willie Peterson]], suspected murderer died in [[Kilby Prison]] of tuberculosis.
* [[Willie Peterson]], suspected murderer, died of tuberculosis at Kilby Prison.
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* [[George Ward]], former [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
:''See also: [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1940]]''
:''See also: [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1940]]''


==Context==
==Context==
In 1940, the world was on the brink of full-scale world war. The war had been raging in Europe for two years. America was mobilizing. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was elected to an unprecedented third term as president. In the summer of 1940, Hitler dominated Europe from the North Cape to the Pyrenees. His one remaining active enemy; Britain, under a new prime minister, Winston Churchill; vowed to continue fighting. Italy declared war on France and Britain on June 10. On June 17, Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, a [[World War I]] hero who had become premier the day before, asked for an armistice. The armistice was signed on June 25 on terms that gave Germany control of northern France and the Atlantic coast.  
In 1940, the world was on the brink of full-scale world war. The war had been raging in Europe for two years. America was mobilizing. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term as president. In the summer of 1940, Hitler dominated Europe from the North Cape to the Pyrenees. His one remaining active enemy; Britain, under a new prime minister, Winston Churchill; vowed to continue fighting. Italy declared war on France and Britain on June 10. On June 17, Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, a [[World War I]] hero who had become premier the day before, asked for an armistice. The armistice was signed on June 25 on terms that gave Germany control of northern France and the Atlantic coast.  
 
* ''The Grapes of Wrath'' by John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for novels
* ''The Time of Your Life'' by William Saroyan won the Pulitzer for drama
* ''Abraham Lincoln: The War Years'' by Carl Sandburg won the Pulitzer for history


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Revision as of 16:00, 17 October 2007

1940, a leap year, was the 69th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Sports


Works

Books

Buildings

Music

Film

People

Births

Awards

Graduations

Deaths

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1940

Context

In 1940, the world was on the brink of full-scale world war. The war had been raging in Europe for two years. America was mobilizing. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term as president. In the summer of 1940, Hitler dominated Europe from the North Cape to the Pyrenees. His one remaining active enemy; Britain, under a new prime minister, Winston Churchill; vowed to continue fighting. Italy declared war on France and Britain on June 10. On June 17, Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, a World War I hero who had become premier the day before, asked for an armistice. The armistice was signed on June 25 on terms that gave Germany control of northern France and the Atlantic coast.

  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for novels
  • The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan won the Pulitzer for drama
  • Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg won the Pulitzer for history
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