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==Events==
==Events==
* [[B. B. Comer]] filled the unexpired term of [[John H. Bankhead]] in the U. S. Senate
* [[April 15]]: The [[Civitan International|International Association of Civitan Clubs]] was incorporated during a meeting at the [[Southern Club]].
* June: The [[Birmingham Police Department]] used fire hoses to quell a lynch mob and charged attorney [[William Alexander]] with inciting a riot.
* [[November 23]]: 12 miners were killed in the [[1920 Parrish Mine explosion]].
* [[B. B. Comer]] filled the unexpired term of [[John H. Bankhead]] in the U.S. Senate
* [[Oscar Underwood]], became United States Senate Minority Leader.
* [[Oscar Underwood]], became United States Senate Minority Leader.
* [[Glenn Messer]] founded the [[Messer Flying Circus]].
* [[Glenn Messer]] founded the [[Messer Flying Circus]].
* [[J. Mercer Barnett]] was elected president of Kiwanis International.
* [[J. Mercer Barnett]] was elected president of Kiwanis International.
* [[Samford University|Howard College]] joined the Southern Association of Colleges.
* [[Cooper Green]] married [[Hattie Green|Hattie Taylor]].
* [[F. C. Bishop]] served as pastor of [[McElwain Baptist Church]].
* [[F. C. Bishop]] served as pastor of [[McElwain Baptist Church]].
* Property was purchased for a new building for [[Industrial High School]].
* [[William Dobyns]] became pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[William Dobyns]] became pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[6th Street Peace Baptist Church|St Timothy Baptist Church]] was organized with Reverend Sutton presiding.
* [[6th Street Peace Baptist Church|St Timothy Baptist Church]] was organized with Reverend Sutton presiding.
* [[November 23]]: 12 miners were killed in the [[1920 Parrish Mine explosion]].


===Business===
===Business===
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* [[Walter Hunter]] opened [[Hunter Furniture]] downtown.
* [[Walter Hunter]] opened [[Hunter Furniture]] downtown.
* [[Bromberg's]] moved to [[218 20th Street North]].
* [[Bromberg's]] moved to [[218 20th Street North]].
* [[Tom Stevens]] founded the [[Home Baking Company]]
* [[Tom Stevens]] founded the [[Home Baking Company]].
* [[Day Eye Care]] opened.
* The [[Graves Shale Brick Company]] closed down.
* The [[Graves Shale Brick Company]] closed down.
* The [[Linger Longer Lodge]] was incorporated.
* The [[Grapico|Grapico Bottling Works]] was incorporated by [[Raymond Rochell]].
* The [[Grapico|Grapico Bottling Works]] was incorporated by [[Raymond Rochell]].
* [[Maurice Gottlieb]] opened the [[Studio Book Shop]] in the [[Clark Building]] at 408 [[20th Street North]].
* Operations at the [[Helen Bess Mine]] were ended.
* Operations at the [[Helen Bess Mine]] were ended.
* [[April 4]]: [[Franklin Glass]] stepped down as editor of ''[[The Birmingham News]]''.
* [[April 4]]: [[Franklin Glass]] stepped down as editor of ''[[The Birmingham News]]''.
* [[April 18]]: ''[[The Birmingham News]]'' acquired the rival ''[[Birmingham Ledger]]''.
* [[April 18]]: ''[[The Birmingham News]]'' acquired the rival ''[[Birmingham Ledger]]''.
===Education===
* [[April 15]]: The [[University of Alabama Board of Trustees]] voted to move the [[Medical College of Alabama]] from Mobile to [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Samford University|Howard College]] joined the Southern Association of Colleges.
* Property was purchased for a new building for [[Industrial High School]].
* [[Pearl Howard|Pearl]] and [[Bonnie Howard]] founded the [[Misses Howard School]] in the former [[R. D. Johnson residence]] at [[17th Street South|17th Street]] and [[12th Avenue South]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[ACIPCO School]]
* [[Bankers Bond Building]]
* [[Bankers Bond Building]]
* [[Dulion Apartments]]
* [[Galax Theater]]
* [[Galax Theater]]
* [[Hill Elementary School]]
* [[Hill Elementary School]]
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* [[Shades Cahaba High School]]
* [[Shades Cahaba High School]]
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]]
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]]
====Demolitions====
* The former [[Zelosophian Academy]] in [[Oak Grove (Homewood)|Oak Grove]] was destroyed by fire.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* February: [[Joens Fries]] joined the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]].
* [[Cooper Green]] married [[Hattie Green|Hattie Taylor]].
===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 7]]: [[Katherine McTyeire]], founder of [[Iron Art]]
* [[January 7]]: [[Katherine McTyeire]], founder of [[Iron Art]]
* [[January 10]]: [[Jimmy Lee, Jr]], chairman of [[Buffalo Rock Company]]
* [[January 10]]: [[Jimmy Lee Jr]], chairman of [[Buffalo Rock Company]]
* January 10: [[Richard Frye]], scholar of Iranian history
* January 10: [[Richard Frye]], scholar of Iranian history
* [[January 17]]: [[Jay Heard]], baseball pitcher
* [[January 17]]: [[Jay Heard]], baseball pitcher
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* [[February 2]]: [[Ann Hodges]], struck by meteorite
* [[February 2]]: [[Ann Hodges]], struck by meteorite
* [[February 6]]: [[Conrad Rehling]], [[University of Alabama]] golf coach
* [[February 6]]: [[Conrad Rehling]], [[University of Alabama]] golf coach
* [[March 19]]: [[George Huddleston, Jr]], U. S. Representative, [[9th Congressional District of Alabama|9th District]]
* [[February 11]]: [[Louis Wilson Jr]], Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
* [[March 19]]: [[George Huddleston Jr]], U.S. Representative, [[9th Congressional District of Alabama|9th District]]
* [[March 25]]: [[Hugh Agricola]], attorney and rector of the [[Episcopal Church of the Advent]]
* April: [[Heron Johnson]], pastor of [[Faith Apostolic Church]]
* [[April 3]]: [[Mary Anderson (actress)|Mary Anderson]], film and television actress
* [[April 3]]: [[Mary Anderson (actress)|Mary Anderson]], film and television actress
* [[April 21]]: [[Andrew Glaze]], poet and ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' reporter
* [[April 21]]: [[Andrew Glaze]], poet and ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' reporter
* [[April 22]]: [[Arthur Winograd]], [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra|Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] conductor
* [[April 22]]: [[Arthur Winograd]], [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra|Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] conductor
* [[May 3]]: [[Dan Bankhead]], baseball player
* [[May 3]]: [[Dan Bankhead]], baseball player
* [[May 6]]: [[William Berney (playwright)|William Berney]], playwright
* [[June 7]]: [[Carl Morton]], [[Hardy Corporation]] executive and Poet Laureate of Alabama
* [[June 20]]: [[Joseph Gomer]], [[Tuskegee Airmen|Tuskegee Airman]]
* [[June 20]]: [[Joseph Gomer]], [[Tuskegee Airmen|Tuskegee Airman]]
* [[June 26]]: [[Edgar Arendall]], pastor of [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]]
* [[June 26]]: [[Edgar Arendall]], pastor of [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]]
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* [[July 17]]: [[Joe Rumore]], radio announcer
* [[July 17]]: [[Joe Rumore]], radio announcer
* [[August 1]]: [[Ross Gray]], Medal of Honor recipient
* [[August 1]]: [[Ross Gray]], Medal of Honor recipient
* [[August 2]]: [[Grady Cothen]], Baptist minister
* [[September 7]]: [[William Bowron]], CEO of [[Red Diamond]]
* [[September 16]]: [[Chuck Dryden]], pilot
* [[September 16]]: [[Chuck Dryden]], pilot
* [[October 8]]: [[William Maddox]], surgeon
* [[October 8]]: [[William Maddox]], surgeon
* [[October 13]]:  [[Lee McGriff]], insurance executive and [[Mayor of Mountain Brook]]
* October 13: [[Elaine Hamilton]], abstract painter
* [[October 20]]: [[Frank Rose]], [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President of the University of Alabama]]
* [[October 20]]: [[Frank Rose]], [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President of the University of Alabama]]
* [[October 22]]: [[Timothy Leary]], LSD advocate
* [[October 22]]: [[Timothy Leary]], LSD advocate
* [[November 30]]: [[Joseph Connor Jr]],  Air Force physician
* [[December 10]]: [[William Spencer III]], co-founder of [[Motion Industries]]
* [[December 10]]: [[William Spencer III]], co-founder of [[Motion Industries]]
* [[December 11]]: [[Mary Burks]], environmentalist
* [[December 26]]: [[Alfred Farrar]], [[Tuskegee Airmen|Tuskegee Airman]] and engineer
* [[Bob Bales]], aviator, illustrator and college administrator
* [[Bob Bales]], aviator, illustrator and college administrator
* [[Jack Bingham]], attorney
* [[Jack Bingham]], attorney
* [[Charles Brooks]], editorial cartoonist
* [[Charles Brooks]], editorial cartoonist
* [[Mary Burks]], environmentalist
* [[Harry Ford]], Tuskegee Airman
* [[Harry Ford]], Tuskegee Airman
* [[John Godbold]], federal judge
* [[John Godbold]], federal judge
* [[Benjamin Greene]], former [[Birmingham Housing Authority]] commissioner
* [[Benjamin Greene]], former [[Birmingham Housing Authority]] commissioner
* [[Florine Beckham|Florine Holt]], [[Miss Birmingham]] 1939
* [[Elbert Jemison]], insurance executive and golfer
* [[Elbert Jemison]], insurance executive and golfer
* [[Lee Ousley]], violinist and music educator
* [[Earl Potts]], Baptist minister
* [[Earl Potts]], Baptist minister
* [[Thompson Reynolds]], football coach
* [[Thompson Reynolds]], football coach
* [[Helen Saxon]], dance instructor
* [[Helen Saxon]], dance instructor
* [[Alf Van Hoose]], ''[[Birmingham News]]'' sportswriter
* [[Alf Van Hoose]], ''[[Birmingham News]]'' sportswriter
===Marriages===
* [[Julia Smallman|Julia Shackelford]] to [[Ralph Smallman]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[February 5]]: [[J. T. Banks]], miner, in a collapse at [[Eureka No. 4 mine]] in [[Helena]]
* [[February 5]]: [[J. T. Banks]], miner, in a collapse at [[Eureka No. 4 mine]] in [[Helena]]
* [[March 1]]: [[John H. Bankhead]], U. S. Senator
* [[March 1]]: [[John H. Bankhead]], U. S. Senator
* [[March 30]]: [[Andrew Fulenwider]], real estate executive
* June: [[William Gussen]], director of the [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]].
* June: [[William Gussen]], director of the [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]].
* [[July 11]]: [[Martin Eagan]], former [[Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[July 11]]: [[Martin Eagan]], former [[Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[July 16]]: [[James Gilmer]], former Adjutant General
* [[August 1]]: [[Noah Feagin]], Inferior Court judge
* [[November 1]]: [[Belton Gilreath]], building contractor, mine operator, and philanthropist
* [[December 7]]: U. S. Marshal [[Dick Griffin]], killed in the line of duty
* [[December 7]]: U. S. Marshal [[Dick Griffin]], killed in the line of duty
* [[Mary Gordon Duffee]], historian
* [[Mary Gordon Duffee]], historian

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1920 was the 49th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham. The United States 1920 Census showed Birmingham with a population of 178,806, of which 108,550 were white and 70,230 were black. It was also the census year with the greatest number of foreign immigrants, 2,160 of which hailed from Italy.

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1920 was a leap year. It was the first year of women's suffrage, and also the first year of national prohibition (an experiment already tried in Birmingham between 1908 and 1911). Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees. The Senate blocked the United States' membership in the League of Nations while Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its establishment. The Royal Canadian Mounted police were created. Joan of Arc was canonized. The Mexican Revolution puts Alvaro Obregon in power. Warren Harding defeated James Cox in the 1920 presidential race. British troops gunned down soccer fans in Dublin on Bloody Sunday. Those born in 1920 include Isaac Asimov, Sun Myung Moon, Federico Fellini, Ravi Shankar, Pope John Paul II, Yul Brynner, Ray Bradbury, Mickey Rooney and Dave Brubeck. 1920 saw the deaths of Amedeo Modigliani, Robert Peary, William Dean Howells, Max Weber, Peter Carl Fabergé and Gaston Chevrolet. Notable works of 1920 included Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love, Karel Čapek's play R.U.R.', Gustav Holst's The Planets, and the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.


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