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==Events==
==Events==
* March: The City of [[Moody]] was incorporated.
* March: The City of [[Moody]] was incorporated.
* [[May 20]]: [[Our Lady of the Angels Monastery]] was officially established in [[Irondale]] by [[Mother Angelica]].
* [[May 31]]: [[Liberty National Life Insurance]] began offering tours to its [[Miss Liberty]] statue, hosted by "Liberty Belles".
* [[Operation New Birmingham]] was created as a committee of the [[Downtown Improvement Association]].
* [[Operation New Birmingham]] was created as a committee of the [[Downtown Improvement Association]].
* A group of architects met with area business leaders and volunteered to put together a master plan for Birmingham's central business district.
* ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' editor [[Jimmy Mills]] was arrested for publishing an election-day editorial suggesting how citizens should vote.
* November: [[Birmingham]] voters approved a change in [[Birmingham government|government]] from a [[Birmingham City Commission|City Commission]] to a [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] and [[Birmingham City Council|City Council]].
* Jim Henson's Muppet characters "Wilkins and Wontkins" began appearing in advertisements for [[Red Diamond]].
* [[Hugo Black]] wrote a decision in ''Engel v. Vitale'' declaring state-sanctioned prayer in public schools unconstitutional.
* The [[FBI Birmingham Division]] from the [[Stonewall Building|Martin Building]] to the [[2121 Building]].
* [[Hortense Pizitz|Hortense]] and [[Isadore Pizitz]] donated the [[Boulder Canyon Nature Area]] to [[Vestavia Hills]].
* The [[Hoover Volunteer Fire Department]] was organized.
* [[Festival of Arts]]: Salute to [[Arts Around Us]]
* [[Festival of Arts]]: Salute to [[Arts Around Us]]


===Civil Rights Movement===
===Civil Rights Movement===
{{main|Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham}}
{{main|Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham}}
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* [[January 16]]: [[Bombingham|Bombs]] hit three churches in [[Birmingham]].
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]], [[Martin Luther King, Jr]] and other leaders met with Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
* [[December 14]]: [[Bethel Baptist Church]] was [[Bombingham|bombed]] for a third time.


===Business===
===Business===
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* The [[Red Lion Lounge]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* The [[Red Lion Lounge]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[Upside Down Plaza]] opened in the [[Highland Plaza]] shopping center.
* [[Upside Down Plaza]] opened in the [[Highland Plaza]] shopping center.
* [[Sterling Edwards]]'s son [[Leon Edwards|Leon]] took over [[Edwards Chevrolet]].
* [[May 23]]: [[Tapawingo Plunge]] swimming pool in [[Pinson Valley]] reopened under new ownership.
* [[May 23]]: [[Tapawingo Plunge]] swimming pool in [[Pinson Valley]] reopened under new ownership.
* [[July 3]]: Birmingham's first [[McDonald's]] restaurant opened in the [[Central Park neighborhood]].
* [[November 2]]: Discount retailer [[G. E. S.]] opened in [[West End]].
* [[November 2]]: Discount retailer [[G. E. S.]] opened in [[West End]].
* November 2: Discount retailer [[Maxam]] opened at the [[Skyland Shopping Center]] in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* November 2: Discount retailer [[Maxam]] opened at the [[Skyland Shopping Center]] in [[Tuscaloosa]].
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=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
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* [[John Cross]] became pastor of [[16th Street Baptist Church]]


===Sports===
===Sports===
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* [[January 1]]: The [[1961 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] defeated Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl to claim a national championship.
* January: [[Bear Bryant|Paul "Bear" Bryant]] signed a new 10-year contract, worth $18,000 per year, to remain head coach of the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team]].
* [[June 28]]: The first race on the reconfigured 5/8ths mile [[Birmingham International Raceway]] was held.
* [[Bobby Allison]] won NASCAR's modified special division championship.
* [[Jim Davenport]] batted .297 with 14 home runs and 58 RBI over 144 games for the San Francisco Giants.
* The [[1962 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]
* The [[1962 Auburn Tigers football team]] went 6-3-1


==Works==
==Works==
* The feature film version of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' with [[Mary Badham]] as Scout and [[Philip Alford]] as Jem premiered.
* [[Ezra Sims]] "Third Quartet" premiered.
* [[Festival of Arts]] [[:Image:Festival of Arts logo.png|logo]] designed by [[George Hackney]].
* [[Festival of Arts]] [[:Image:Festival of Arts logo.png|logo]] designed by [[George Hackney]].


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[[Image:Two North Twentieth.jpg|right|thumb|275px|[[Two North Twentieth|Bank for Savings Building]], opened in 1962]]
[[Image:Two North Twentieth.jpg|right|thumb|275px|[[Two North Twentieth|Bank for Savings Building]], opened in 1962]]
* [[September 8]]: [[Saint Mark United Methodist Church]] held services in their new building.
* [[September 8]]: [[Saint Mark United Methodist Church]] held services in their new building.
* [[December 18]]: The conservatory at the [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]] was completed.
* The [[Two North Twentieth|Bank for Savings Building]] was completed.
* The [[Two North Twentieth|Bank for Savings Building]] was completed.
* The conservatory at the [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]] was completed.
* A new 87-foot-tall air traffic control tower was completed at [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]].
* [[Shades Valley Family YMCA]] on [[Montgomery Highway (Homewood)|Montgomery Highway]] opened.
* [[Shades Valley Family YMCA]] on [[Montgomery Highway (Homewood)|Montgomery Highway]] opened.
* [[Chace Lake Country Club]] opened.
* [[Chace Lake Country Club]] opened.
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* [[Ensley Baptist Church]] added an education wing.
* [[Ensley Baptist Church]] added an education wing.
* The [[First Baptist Church of Boldo]] added a Sunday School wing.
* The [[First Baptist Church of Boldo]] added a Sunday School wing.
* Excavation for the [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]]'s [[Red Mountain cut]] began.
* Construction of the [[Parliament House]] hotel began.
* [[Sylvan Springs Town Hall]] was built.
* A rectory for [[St Elias Maronite Church]] was built.
* An addition to the [[Birmingham News building (1917)|Birmingham News building]] was completed.
* The first phase of [[Vestavia Hills]]' [[Wald Park]] opened.
* Paving of the runway at [[Bessemer]]'s [[Durham Airport]] began.
* A major renovation of the [[City Federal building|Comer Building]] resulted in its re-naming as the "City Federal Building".


==People==
==People==
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* [[Birmingham-Southern College]] [[List of Birmingham-Southern College presidents|president]] [[Henry Stanford]] left to head the University of Miami.
* [[Tom King]] became city attorney for [[Alabaster]].
* [[John E. Davis, Jr]] succeeded [[Milton Andrews]] as president of [[The Club]].
* [[Louis Marty]] succeeded [[Charles Vines]] as principal of [[Hueytown High School]].
* [[Gordon Starr]] succeeded [[Harriett Grimes]] as principal of [[Powell School|Powell Elementary School]].


===Births===
===Births===
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
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* [[Jim Carns]] earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering at the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Jack Farr]] graduated from [[Shelby County High School]].
* [[Bernard Kincaid]] graduated from [[Western-Olin High School]].
* [[Sandy Posey]] graduated high school in West Memphis, Arkansas.


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
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===Awards===
===Awards===
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* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Patricia Bonner]]
* [[Mr Crestwood]]: [[Joe Davis]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===

Revision as of 15:36, 25 November 2013

1962 was the 91st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Civil Rights Movement

Main article: Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham

Business

Religion

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

Bank for Savings Building, opened in 1962

People

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

See also: List of homicides in 1962

Context

In 1962

Top grossing films of 1962

Notable books published in 1962

Popular music in 1962

Notable births in 1962 included

Notable deaths included

1960s
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