1929
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1929 was the 58th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- May 27: Ten miners were killed in the 1929 Connelsville Mine explosion.
- October 14: The town of Hollywood was annexed into Homewood.
- Birmingham American Legion Post No. 1 mounted bronze plaques listing Alabamans killed in World War I to the limestone towers supporting Legion Field's flagpoles.
- Robert Jemison began developing Mountain Brook.
- Lincoln Normal School became State Teachers College.
Business
- March 24: WAPI-AM became an NBC affiliate.
- December 31: WAPI-AM began broadcasting from studios on the 14th floor of the Protective Life Building.
- The Homewood Herald began publication.
- The Shades Valley Times ceased publication.
- Lewis J. Dinkler of Atlanta began operating the Tutwiler Hotel after United Hotels Company dropped the lease.
- The United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company simplified its name to the United States Pipe and Foundry Company.
Religion
- Harry Berlin became president of Temple Beth-El.
- John C. Fletcher began his ministry in Birmingham.
Sports
- Ivy Andrews began playing for the Mobile Bay Bears.
- Satchel Paige set the Negro League single season strikeout record.
Works
Buildings
- Bryant-Denny Stadium
- First United Methodist Church of Bessemer
- Hassinger Castle
- Ideal Building
- James Revis residence
- Lake Purdy Dam
- McElwain Baptist Church
- Mountain Brook Estates building
- Ramsay-McCormack building
- Sibyl Temple
- Thomas Jefferson Hotel
- Washington K-8 School additions
- Woodlawn High School athletic stadium
Individuals
Births
- January 8: Harold Long, pastor
- February 5: Al Worthington, baseball player
- February 13: Joel Smith, newspaper publisher
- April 29: Ruby Kile, pastor
- June 10: E. O. Wilson, biologist
- June 19: Howell Heflin, U.S. Senator
- July 27: William Poole, architect
- June 29: Cliff Holman, kid's television host
- July 26: Willie Scoggins, high school basketball coach
- October 5: Autherine Lucy, first black student to attend the University of Alabama
- October 11: Jack Nelson, journalist
- November 8: Bobby Bowden, college football coach
- November 14: Jimmy Piersall, baseball player
- November 11: Larry Striplin, Jr, businessman
- November 26: Matthew Leonard, Vietnam War hero
- Tex Ellison, restaurant owner
- Joe Kelley, Korean War veteran
- William Powell, banker
Deaths
- January 25: Oscar Underwood, U.S. Representative and Senator
- June 9: LeRoy Pratt Percy, attorney
Context
In 1929, the first Academy Awards were held. The Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. In October, stocks on Wall Street crashed, beginning the Great Depression. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph Stalin expelled Leon Trotsky and adopted a policy of collectivization. The BBC broadcasted a television transmission for the first time.
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