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* [[Mel Allen]] was awarded the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award. | * [[Mel Allen]] was awarded the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award. | ||
* [[Gene Bartow]] began the [[UAB Blazers]] men's basketball program. | |||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
Revision as of 11:16, 27 August 2010
1978 was the 107th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
Business
- February: Red Mountain Museum opened.
- September: K. L. Jones purchased the Parliament House hotel out of bankruptcy.
- The first gifts from the Dwight and Lucille Beeson Collection were received by the Birmingham Museum of Art.
- WBRC was the first station to use a microwave-transmitting live news truck for newsgathering.
- BE&K's Redrock Construction Company was shut down.
Media
Sports
- Mel Allen was awarded the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award.
- Gene Bartow began the UAB Blazers men's basketball program.
Works
- Lanquidity by Sun Ra
Books
- On Human Nature, by E. O. Wilson
- Baal, by Robert McCammon
Buildings
- Barrett Elementary School was rennovated.
- Rennovations to the Birmingham Zoo included remodelling the reptile house, construction of a new big cat area, and completion of the children's zoo.
Music
- Birmingham Sunlights were formed.
Individuals
- November: Pete Clifford was elected to fill Don Hawkins' unexpired seat on the Birmingham City Council. Nina Miglionico assumed Hawkins' role as president.
- Michael Gross became superintendent of Homewood City Schools. Jack Farr replaced Gross as principal at Homewood High School.
- John Harbert III was appointed to the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
- John Amari was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives to represent Alabama House District 34.
Births
- April 11: Josh Hancock, baseball player
- September 12: Reuben Studdard, singer
- November 9: Jason Standridge, baseball player
Awards
- Pulizter Prize was awarded to E. O. Wilson for On Human Nature.
- The first class of Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame was inducted. Inductees were Frank Adams, Amos Gordon, Erskine Hawkins, Haywood Henry, Sammy Lowe, Fess Whatley.
- Nell Carter won the Tony Award for her perfomance in Ain't Misbehavin'
Graduations
Deaths
- Don Hawkins, president Birmingham City Council
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1978
See also
Context
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