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[[File:1917 2nd Liberty Loan.jpg|right|thumb|450px|View of 20th Street North with a banner promoting 2nd Liberty Bonds in 1917]]
'''1917''' was the 46th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].
'''1917''' was the 46th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 7]]: Accused murderer [[Louis Walton]] killed himself by breaking a bottle of nitroglycerin in the lavatory of a [[Southern Railway]] car as it rolled through [[Woodlawn]] toward the [[Terminal Station]].
* [[May 27]]: A [[May 1917 tornado|deadly tornado]] swept through [[Walker County|Walker]] and [[Jefferson County|Jefferson Counties]].
* [[July 14]]: The [[City of Birmingham]] purchased [[East Lake Park]] for $65,000.
* The [[Civitan International|Civitan Club]] was founded in Birmingham by [[Courtney Shropshire]].
* The [[Civitan International|Civitan Club]] was founded in Birmingham by [[Courtney Shropshire]].
* [[Glenn Messer]] joined the U. S. Army Signal Corps, Aviation section.
* [[Glenn Messer]] joined the U. S. Army Signal Corps, Aviation section.
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* [[Nathaniel A. Barrett]] was elected mayor with an anti-immigration platform.
* [[Nathaniel A. Barrett]] was elected mayor with an anti-immigration platform.
* The [[Kiwanis Club of Birmingham]] was founded.
* The [[Kiwanis Club of Birmingham]] was founded.
* The [[1917 Presbyterian General Assembly]] was held in Birmingham.
* The [[1917 Presbyterian Church in the United States General Assembly]] was held in Birmingham.
* The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] hired [[Lloyd Noland]] to head its health department.
* The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] hired [[Lloyd Noland]] to head its health department.
* [[Ottokar Cadek]] founded the Cadek String Quartet.
* [[Ottokar Cadek]] founded the Cadek String Quartet.
* [[Edna Gockel Gussen]] won a statewide competition sponsored by the [[Alabama Federation of Music Clubs]] to set [[Julia Tutwiler]]'s poem "[[Alabama (song)|Alabama]]" to music.
* [[Edna Gockel Gussen]] won a statewide competition sponsored by the [[Alabama Federation of Music Clubs]] to set [[Julia Tutwiler]]'s poem "[[Alabama (song)|Alabama]]" to music.
* [[Emma Gelders Sterne]] founded a school for delinquent children.
* [[Emma Gelders Sterne]] founded a school for delinquent children.
* [[First Baptist Church of Sylacauga]] hosted the annual meeting of the [[Alabama Baptist State Convention]].


===Business===
===Business===
[[File:1930s Sanitary Market interior.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Sanitary Market opened in 1917]]
* [[January 1]]: [[American Cast Iron Pipe Company]] inaugurated its employee pension plan.
* [[May 1]]: The [[Smallman-Brice Construction Company]] was incorporated.
* The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] opened the new [[Fairfield Works]].
* The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] purchased the [[Birmingham Tidewater Railway]] out of receivership.
* The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] purchased the [[Birmingham Tidewater Railway]] out of receivership.
* [[Books-A-Million]] founded as a newsstand in [[Florence]].
* [[Books-A-Million]] founded as a newsstand in [[Florence]].
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* [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] acquired furnaces in Gadsden.
* [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] acquired furnaces in Gadsden.
* The [[Alabama Brewing Company]]'s ice manufacturing business closed.
* The [[Alabama Brewing Company]]'s ice manufacturing business closed.
* [[June 30]]: The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] purchased the North Branch of the [[Birmingham Mineral Railroad]] from the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]].
* [[September 1]]: The [[Sanitary Market]] opened on [[2nd Avenue North]].
* [[Woodward Iron Company]] sunk the [[Redding Shaft]] to access the workings of the [[Songo No. 1 Mine]].
* The [[Eureka Coal Company]] opened [[Eureka No. 4 Mine]] in [[Helena]].
* [[Charles Carraway]] moved his infirmary to [[Norwood]] as [[Norwood Hospital]].
* The [[Jo-Pe-Nut Products Co.]] was incorporated.
* [[J. F. Rushton]], [[P. R. Jordan]], [[J. H. Tidmore]] and [[R. T. Daniel]] founded the [[Powhatan Coal & Coke Co.]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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==Works==
==Works==
===Books===
* [[William Graves|William Henry Graves]] (1917) ''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009578248 Junius Finally Discovered]'' Birmingham: Dispatch Printing Co.
===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[1917 Birmingham News building]]
* [[1917 Birmingham News building]] on [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Loveman's Annex]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]
* [[St Anthony's School]]
* [[St Anthony's School]]
* [[Veranda]]
* [[Wenonah School]]
* [[Wenonah School]]


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[William Bankhead]] began serving in the U. S. House of Representatives
* [[William Bankhead]] began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives
* [[Cliff Hare]] was elected to the [[Auburn City Council]].


===Births===
===Births===
[[File:R G Armstrong.jpg|right|thumb|150px|R. G. Armstrong, born April 7, 1917]]
[[File:Virgil Trucks.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Virgil Trucks, born April 26, 1917]]
* [[January 12]]: [[Jessie Hale Downs]], co-founder of the [[Jimmie Hale Mission]] in [[Moundville]]
* [[January 12]]: [[Jessie Hale Downs]], co-founder of the [[Jimmie Hale Mission]] in [[Moundville]]
* [[January 24]]: Jazz pianist [[Avery Parrish]] in [[Birmingham]]
* [[January 24]]: Jazz pianist [[Avery Parrish]] in [[Birmingham]]
* [[February 3]]: Newspaper publisher and entrepreneur [[Pat Courington, Sr]] in [[Saragossa]]
* [[February 3]]: Newspaper publisher and entrepreneur [[Pat Courington Sr]] in [[Saragossa]]
* [[February 4]]: [[Nation of Islam]] minister [[Chester McNutt]]
* [[February 14]]: Hardware salesman [[Robert Tyler]] in [[Bluff Park]]
* [[February 14]]: Hardware salesman [[Robert Tyler]] in [[Bluff Park]]
* [[April 7]]: Actor [[R. G. Armstrong]] in [[Pleasant Grove]]
* [[April 7]]: Actor [[R. G. Armstrong]] in [[Pleasant Grove]]
* [[April 26]]: Pitcher [[Virgil Trucks]] in [[Birmingham]]
* [[April 20]]: Actress [[Virginia Mae Schmitt]]
* [[April 26]]: Pitcher [[Virgil Trucks]] in Birmingham
* [[May 17]]: Arts promoter [[Hermie Friend]] in Mobile
* [[June 12]]: Contractor [[John Baird (developer)|John Baird]]
* [[July 1]]: Psychiatric researcher [[Humphry Osmond]] in Surrey, England
* [[July 1]]: Psychiatric researcher [[Humphry Osmond]] in Surrey, England
* [[July 3]]: Baseball player and manager [[Piper Davis]] in [[Piper]]
* [[July 3]]: Baseball player and manager [[Piper Davis]] in [[Piper]]
* [[July 29]]: Pediatrician [[Leo M. Bashinsky]] in Troy, Pike County
* July 3: "[[Miss Vulcan]]" [[Evelyn Williams|Evelyn Tulley]] in Wren, Mississippi
* [[August 7]]: Journalist and historian [[Marguerite Johnston Barnes]] in [[Birmingham]]
* [[July 29]]: Pediatrician [[Leo M. Bashinsky]] in Troy, Pike County.
* [[October 2]]: Educator [[Ernest Palmore]] in Richland, Georgia
* [[August 7]]: Journalist and historian [[Marguerite Johnston Barnes]] in Birmingham
* [[October 30]]: Baseball player [[Bobby Bragan]] in [[Birmingham]]
* [[August 16]]: Club owner and World War II veteran [[Andrew Tsimpides]] in Birmingham
* [[November 24]]: Builder [[Houston Brice, Jr]] in [[Birmingham]]
* [[August 21]]: [[Southern Negro Youth Congress]] CEO and ''Freedomways'' editor [[Esther Cooper Jackson]] in Arlington, Virginia
* [[August 24]]: Chemist and environmental activist [[Bob Burks]] in LaGrange, Georgia
* [[October 2]]: Educator [[Ernest Palmore]] was born in Richland, Georgia
* [[October 30]]: Baseball player [[Bobby Bragan]] in Birmingham
* [[November 24]]: Builder [[Houston Brice Jr]] in Birmingham
* [[December 11]]: Ill-fated newspaper boy [[T. E. McGiboney]] in Birmingham
* Interior designer [[Ruby Ansley]]
* Bus company owner [[Worcy Crawford]] in Hurtsburo
* Bus company owner [[Worcy Crawford]] in Hurtsburo
* Auburn University dean of students [[James Foy]]
* Auburn University dean of students [[James Foy]]
* Socialite [[Marie Ingalls]]
* Socialite [[Marie Ingalls]]
* Heart surgeon [[John W. Kirklin]]
* Heart surgeon [[John W. Kirklin]]
* Advertising executive [[Robert Luckie, Jr]] in [[Clanton]]
* Advertising executive [[Robert Luckie Jr]] in [[Clanton]]
* Tuskegee airman and Tuskegee University professor [[Herbert Carter]] in [[Opelika]]


===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[John Rountree, Jr]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Asa Rountree Jr]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[Gus Jebeles (Barons owner)|Gus Jebeles]] married Catherine Chunn in Kentucky.
* [[Gus Jebeles (Barons owner)|Gus Jebeles]] married Catherine Chunn in Kentucky.
* [[Roy Sterne]] married [[Emma Gelders Sterne|Emma Gelders]] in Birmingham.
* [[Roy Sterne]] married [[Emma Gelders Sterne|Emma Gelders]] in Birmingham.
* [[October 17]]: [[Dyer Talley]] married [[Elizabeth Talley|Elizabeth Byrd]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* October 16: [[Kelly Ingram]], the first US enlisted serviceman killed in WWI.
[[File:Kelly Ingram.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Kelly Ingram, died October 16, 1917]]
* [[January 7]]: [[Louis Walton]], suicidal business man and accused murderer.
* [[February 8]]: Attorney [[John Walker Percy|Walker Percy]] died at home.
* [[October 16]]: [[Kelly Ingram]], the first US enlisted serviceman killed in WWI.
* [[December 15]]: [[Joseph Woodward]], president of [[Woodward Iron Company]]


==Context==
==Context==
1917 was the year that the United States declared war on Germany, entering "The Great War" ([[World War I]]). "Our Lady of Fatima" was sighted by three children in Portugal. 300 acres of the city of Atlanta burned in that city's "Great Fire" on May 21. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. Scott Joplin, Edgar Degas, and Auguste Rodin all died in 1917.
1917 was the year that the United States declared war on Germany, entering "The Great War" ([[World War I]]). "Our Lady of Fatima" was sighted by three children in Portugal. 300 acres of the city of Atlanta burned in that city's "Great Fire" on May 21. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. The Supreme Court voided local [[segregation laws]] relating to the sale of real estate in ''Buchanan v. Warley''.
 
Notable people born in 1917 include actors Ernest Borgnine, Raymond Burr, Phyllis Diller, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Robert Mitchum; architect I. M. Pei; artist Andrew Wyeth; authors Arthur C. Clarke and Carson McCullers; bandleaders Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk; cartoonists Dik Browne, Will Eisner, and Jack Kirby; president John F. Kennedy; prime minister Indira Gandhi of India; scientist Ilya Prigogine; singers Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Vera Lynn; and the racehorse Man o' War.
 
"Buffalo Bill" Cody, Scott Joplin, Edgar Degas, and Auguste Rodin all died in 1917.


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Latest revision as of 11:37, 30 March 2024

View of 20th Street North with a banner promoting 2nd Liberty Bonds in 1917

1917 was the 46th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

The Sanitary Market opened in 1917

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

Individuals

Births

R. G. Armstrong, born April 7, 1917
Virgil Trucks, born April 26, 1917

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Kelly Ingram, died October 16, 1917

Context

1917 was the year that the United States declared war on Germany, entering "The Great War" (World War I). "Our Lady of Fatima" was sighted by three children in Portugal. 300 acres of the city of Atlanta burned in that city's "Great Fire" on May 21. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. The Supreme Court voided local segregation laws relating to the sale of real estate in Buchanan v. Warley.

Notable people born in 1917 include actors Ernest Borgnine, Raymond Burr, Phyllis Diller, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Robert Mitchum; architect I. M. Pei; artist Andrew Wyeth; authors Arthur C. Clarke and Carson McCullers; bandleaders Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk; cartoonists Dik Browne, Will Eisner, and Jack Kirby; president John F. Kennedy; prime minister Indira Gandhi of India; scientist Ilya Prigogine; singers Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Vera Lynn; and the racehorse Man o' War.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody, Scott Joplin, Edgar Degas, and Auguste Rodin all died in 1917.

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