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[[Image:Eastwood Mall 1981.jpg|right|thumb|375px|[[Eastwood Mall]] opened in 1960.]] | |||
'''1960''' was the 89th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]]. | '''1960''' was the 89th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]]. | ||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
[[Image:BTC B-Liner bus.png|right|thumb|175px|[[B-Liner]] bus]] | |||
* [[Hueytown]] was incorporated. | * [[Hueytown]] was incorporated. | ||
* [[Margaret]] was incorporated. | * [[Margaret]] was incorporated. | ||
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===Business=== | ===Business=== | ||
[[Image:Jacks logo.png|right|100px]] | |||
* [[Jack's]] restaurant chain was founded by [[Jack Caddell]]. | * [[Jack's]] restaurant chain was founded by [[Jack Caddell]]. | ||
* [[Frank P. Samford, Jr]] became president of [[Liberty National Life Insurance Company]]. | * [[Frank P. Samford, Jr]] became president of [[Liberty National Life Insurance Company]]. |
Revision as of 15:38, 10 December 2008
1960 was the 89th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- Hueytown was incorporated.
- Margaret was incorporated.
- The Alabama Polytechnic Institute became Auburn University.
- The Birmingham Transit Company began using B-Liner buses .
- Parts of Lakeshore were annexed into Homewood.
- The Vestavia Hills Park and Recreation Board was created.
- The New York Times sued Fred Shuttlesworth for libel.
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School closed.
- Jimmy Morgan commissioned a master plan for a future Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
- The Jefferson County Department of Health began inspecting X-ray equipment and other radiation sources.
Business
- Jack's restaurant chain was founded by Jack Caddell.
- Frank P. Samford, Jr became president of Liberty National Life Insurance Company.
- Sexton's Seafood was founded in Destin, Florida.
Media
- Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks ,Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Elbridge Bryant founded The Elgins, soon to be renamed "The Temptations".
- Golfter Charley Boswell appeared on This is Your Life
- The blue-roofed Pilgrim Church appeared in an advertising campaign for the National Steel Corporation.
Sports
- December 17: Alabama tied Texas 3-3 in the Bluebonnet Bowl
- Races were first held on the newly-paved track at the Birmingham International Raceway.
Works
- Fate in a Pleasant Mood (LP) by Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra
- Artist Barbara Evans sold her first paintings.
- The Birmingham Grotto of the National Speleological Society launched its Cavea Novea newsletter.
Books
- Richard Yates began writing Revolutionary Road after suffering a mental breakdown and divorce.
Buildings
- Bryan Educational Building at Third Presbyterian Church
- Camp Jimmy Goodwin
- Cherokee Campground
- Eastwood Mall
- Hayes High School
- Hixson Hall
- J. S. Abrams High School
- St George Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- The marquee at the Alabama Theatre was replaced.
- A 2-story addition to Barrett Elementary School was completed.
- Construction of Logan Martin Dam began.
People
- John Swindle succeeded R. B. Knox as Chief of the Birmingham Fire Department.
- Arthur Winograd succeeded Arthur Lipkin as conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
- Composer Hugh Martin suffered a nervous breakdown.
- Stylist Jay Sebring married model Cami.
- Marketer Morris Mayer joined the faculty of the University of Alabama.
- A. C. Dickinson became the first principal of Hayes High School.
- Jerome Cooper succeeded Nathan Goldstein as president of the Jewish Community Center of Birmingham.
- John Grenier became chair of the Jefferson County Young Republicans.
- Bull Connor was elected to the Democratic National Committee
- Pilot Joe Shannon flew a C-47 transport to Europe during the Berlin crisis.
- Alden Gannett became president of Southeastern Bible College.
- Robert Guillot succeeded Verner Adams as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
- Painter Jack Whitten enrolled at the Cooper Union in New York City.
- Clarence Marble enlisted in the army.
Awards
- Earl Hilliard graduated from Western Olin HIgh School.
- Shin Oh completed his medical degree at the Seoul National University in South Korea.
- Richard Gilliam completed graduate school.
- Dan Gaylord was named Mr Crestwood.
- Teresa Rinaldi was crowned Miss Alabama.
- Art Hanes, Jr graduated from Woodlawn High School.
- Jack Bulow graduated from Southside High School of Elmira, New York.
Pastorates
- James L. Myers became pastor of Nichols Temple AME Church.
- Ralph Clark became pastor of First Baptist Church of Mount Olive.
- Seymour Atlas left the pulpit at Knesseth Israel Congregation.
- Julian Aland left the pulpit at Temple Emanu-El.
- John Claypool became pastor of Crescent Hill Baptist in Louisville, Kentucky
Births
- March 13: Oliver Robinson, politician and former basketball player
- April 14: Mike Jones football player and coach
- August 25: Ashley Crow, actress
- August 29: Bill Latham, baseball player
- September 15: Mike Davis, UAB Blazers basketball coach
- October 10: Rod Foster, basketball player
- October 12: Steve Lowery, golfer
- Cindy Cason: Homewood City Schools administrator
- Jim Howard, product designer and entrepreneur
- Wanda Jones, antiques dealer
- David Marsh, swimming and diving coach
- Scott Stantis, cartoonist
- Mac Underwood, accountant, Birmingham Water Works manager
Deaths
- February 29: George Huddleston, Sr, U. S. Congressman
- December 11: Mike Donahue, Auburn Tigers coach
- Henry Edmonds, founder of Independent Presbyterian Church
- James Burt, Jr, first husband of Anne Woodward.
- See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1960
Context
1960s |
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