1967

1967 was the 96th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• George Seibels succeeded Albert Boutwell as Mayor of Birmingham.
• Lurleen Wallace succeeded George Wallace as Governor of Alabama.
• The City of Hoover was incorporated with Don Watts as mayor.
• Roosevelt City was incorporated with Freddie C. Rogers as mayor.
• Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham was selected as architect for the BJCC.
• The first Jefferson County Sales Tax of 1% was levied.
• The Alabama Conservancy was founded.
• The 106th Observation Squadron participated in Operation Clove Hitch III in the Caribbean.
• John Rice, his wife Angelena, and daughter Condoleezza moved to Denver, Colorado.
• The Cahaba Girl Scout Council opened meeting houses in public housing projects.
• Harvey Terrell succeeded Warren Whitney as president of The Club.
• The Auburn University College of Business was founded.
• The Regional Planning Commission was certified under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966
• Birmingham Festival of Arts Salute to Japan
• The Southern Club was demolished to make way for the 30-story First National-Southern Natural Building
• March 15-19: The Sinclair Oil dinosaurs were displayed at the Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center.
• April 3: "The Popeye Show", starring Cousin Cliff aired in color for the first time.
• Thomas Stubbs was seated to represent Alabama Senate District 17.
• Hank Ballard and The Midnighters split up.
• Perry Cannon took over management of UAB's University College Library.
• The first law enabling a Jefferson County Occupational Tax was passed.
• The Beaux Arts Krewe was founded to support the Birmingham Museum of Art.
• Gage Bush Englund founded the Huntington Dance Ensemble on Long Island.
• Roebuck Plaza Elementary School was closed.

Business

• Frank P. Samford, Jr was named CEO of the Liberty National Life Insurance Company.
• Rust Engineering was acquired by Litton Industries.
• Newman Waters sold Eastwood Mall to the Alabama Farm Bureau.
• Shook and Fletcher Insulation Company was spun off from the Shook and Fletcher Supply Company.
• Taits Gap Mine closed.
• Tommy Charles opened Tommy Charles Imported Cars.
• The Tutwiler Hotel was bought by the Great Southern Investment Corporation.
• Joe Wheeler bought the Pell City Steak House.
• Bruno's opened in a former Colonial Stores location on Carraway Boulevard.
• Howard Bearman joined Pediatrics East.
• O2 Ideas was founded by Cy Steiner and Shelley Stewart.
• Oscar Adams, Jr and Harvey Burg opened the state's first racially-integrated law practice.
• Eve's Leaves opened in Mountain Brook Village.
• Paul Bryant and two other investors purchased Zeigler Meats.
• Alan Kaufman opened his first Stand N' Snack restaurant.
• Browdy's moved to the Hill's building in Mountain Brook Village.
• William Powell became vice-president and branch manager for the First National Bank of Birmingham.

Sports

• The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame was founded.
• An Atlanta Braves vs. Southern League All-Stars exhibition game was called "on account of tornado"
• The 1967 Birmingham A's won the Southern League title by 3 1/2 games.
• January 2: Alabama won the Sugar Bowl 34-7 over Nebraska.
• July 8: The A's Reggie Jackson hit for the cycle in a game against Macon.
• June 17: Donald Cox caught a state record 40-pound channel catfish in Inland Lake.
• Birmingham Vulcans RFC rugby team was founded.
• The 1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team finished the regular season 8-2-1.
• The 1967 Auburn Tigers football team finished the regular season 6-4.
• December 2: Kenny Stabler ran for the game winning touchdown in the mud-soaked 1967 Iron Bowl.
• Vida Blue was drafted by the Kansas City A's.
• Vince Gibson was named head football coach at Kansas State University.
• Tommie Reynolds played a season for the New York Mets.
• Quarterback Bart Starr and tackle Steve Wright helped the Green Bay Packers to an NFL Championship.
• The Atlanta Braves fired manager Billy Hitchcock.
• Bill Yearby ended his football career with the Bridgeport Knights.
• Ted Kubiak made his major league debut with the Kansas City Athletics.

Works

• Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out by Timothy Leary
• Odetta by Odetta
• "Anyway the Wind Blows"/"Don't Let Go" by the Rockin' Rebellions

Publications

• The Theory of Island Biogeography by E. O. Wilson
• "Start Your Own Religion" pamphlet by Timothy Leary

Buildings

• Birmingham Museum of Art east wing
• Phillips High School renovations
• Highland Avenue Overpass over Elton B. Stephens Expressway
• John C. Yarbrough Community Center
• McElwain Baptist Church sanctuary
• Central Bank and Trust building
• Bouldin Dam
• Western Supermarket at Shades Mountain Plaza
• Midfield Theater
• Japanese Gardens at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
• Green Springs Shopping Center
• construction of the Daniel Building began.
• Hayes High School library/auditorium expansion
• Eastwood Mall extension (Blach's)
• Center Point Fire Station No. 1
• Huffman High School
• Pizitz Middle School

People

• Poet John Beecher returned to Birmingham to teach at Miles College.
• U. W. and Barbara Clemon were married.
• Rabbi Morton Wallack left Temple Beth-El.
• Rabbi Nahum Benathan left the Knesseth Israel Congregation.
• Fritz Woehle served as president of AIA Birmingham.
• Sandy Posey married Elvis impersonator Wade Cummings.
• Karl Seitz and Charlie Blair joined the staff of the Birmingham Post-Herald.
• Hank Penny married his fifth wife, Shari.
• Ferd Weil began a 2-year term as president of Temple Emanu-El.
• Engineer Bill Edmonds moved to Brussels, Belgium to head up Coppee Rust, an affiliate of Rust Engineering.
• Harold Long retired from First Congregational Christian Church.
• Immunologist Max Cooper and surgeon Bill Holdefer came to UAB.
• Jimmy Piersall joined the New York Mets' front office staff.
• Ida Moffett became chief of nursing for the Baptist Health Care System.
• Joseph Ellwanger left St Paul Lutheran Church.
• C. Ray Shubert succeeded Henry Gary as pastor of Avondale United Methodist Church.
• Barry Beckett came to work at FAME Studios.
• Singer Roscoe Robinson left Wand Records.
• Robert Adams became chief photographer for the Birmingham News.

Awards

• Hank Erwin graduated from Ensley High School.
• Ron McGuffie graduated from McAdory High School.
• Barbara Allen graduated from Ullman High School.
• Dannetta K. Thornton Owens earned an advanced certificate in French at Carleton University.
• Earl Hilliard earned his juris doctorate at Howard University.
• D. Paul Jones earned his juris doctorate at the New York University School of Law.
• Art Hanes, Jr earned a law degree from the University of Alabama.
• John Harbert III was named "Marketing Man of the Year in Alabama".
• James Andrews completed his M.D. at the LSU School of Medicine.
• James Woodward completed a doctorate in engineering mathematics at Georgia Tech.
• Shin Oh completed his medical residency at Georgetown University Hospital.
• Quarterback Watson Brown was named to the Tennessee High School All-Star Football team.
• Auburn University awarded its first doctoral degree to an African American student.
• Martha Myers earned a bachelor of arts at Samford University.
• Mary Cobb Martin's "Waiting for What?" won the purchase award from the Bluff Park Art Association.
• Miss Alabama: Becky Alford
• AIA Architecture Firm Award: Hugh Stubbins and Associates

Births

• January 1: Derrick Thomas, football player
• January 19: Eric Dover, guitarist and vocalist
• February 8: Michael Ansley, basketball player
• March 23: John P. Strohm, guitarist and attorney
• April 8: Angela Wells, environmental specialist
• June 6: Kathleen Rose-Byington, artist
• July 5: Alan Ogg, basketball player
• September 21: Jeff Trotman, software entrepreneur
• September 27: Willie Wyatt, football player
• October 9: Artur Davis, U. S. Congress
• December 13: Mike Mordecai, baseball player
• John Cassimus, entrepreneur
• Scott Dawson, evangelist
• Tim Dyson, truck driver
• Brian Giattina, developer and accountant
• Chuck Hagler, Hueytown Police Chief
• Rolanda Hollis, real estate broker
• Yakov Kasman, pianist
• Scott Myers, executive director of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
• Eric Ramsey, football player
• Yolanda Seay, accused murderer
• Warren Slater, murderer
• Sheila Snoddy, radio personality

Deaths

• February 28: Matthew Leonard was killed in action in Viet Nam.
• Kirk Newell, football player and coach

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1967

Context

1960s

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