1930
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1930 was the 59th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- Inland Lake was created with a dam on the Blackburn Fork of the Little Warrior River.
Business
- August 16: Communist Party newspaper The Southern Worker began publication.
- The Bank of Ensley closed.
Works
Buildings
Individuals
Births
- February 3: David Foley, priest
- February 18: Frank House, baseball player
- March 11: Chuck Morgan, attorney
- May 28: Douglas E. Jones, professor of geology and college administrator
- June 20: Bobby Frank Cherry, church bomber
- July 4: Marion Worth, country music singer
- July 30: A. D. King, pastor and Civil Rights leader
- June 12: Jim Nabors, actor
- July 22: Jerry Grundhoefer, nightclub owner
- August 14: Joseph Schreiber, choirmaster
- August 18: Gene Bartow, basketball coach
- August 24: John Grenier, Attorney and politician
- December 13: Country Boy Eddie, country singer
- December 15: John Claypool, minister
- December 31: Odetta, folk singer
- Nelson H. Smith, pastor and Civil Rights leader
- Charles Brammer, winemaker
- Neal Hemphill, record producer
- Annie Lindsay, dance teacher
- Ward McIntyre, broadcaster
- Huland Moore, jewelry repairer
- Shorty White, football coach
Deaths
- January 8: Benjamin Wyman, physician
- February 9: Tom Ashford, alderman and business owner
- August 15: Guy Tutwiler, baseball player
- December 18: Robert Terrell, banker
- John Carmichael, chancellor
- James Weatherly, attorney and Birmingham City Commissioner
Context
In 1930, the Great Depression continued.
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