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* [[February 3]]: [[Basil Allen]], attorney and judge | |||
* [[February 26]]: [[Alfred Eubank]], dentist | |||
* [[March 3]]: [[John Eagan]], [[ACIPCO]] founder | |||
* [[March 21]]: [[Samuel Ullman]], hardware dealer, civic leader and poet | |||
* [[April 13]]: [[Edmund Rucker]], Confederate officer and businessman | |||
* [[June 21]]: [[Gene Walker]], motorcycle racer | |||
* [[November 5]]: [[Carrie Tuggle]], educator | |||
* [[December 19]]: [[Henry Badham Sr]], industrialist and banker | |||
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Revision as of 08:21, 9 August 2022
1924 was the 53rd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- The Jefferson County Free Library bookmobile was launched by the Jefferson County Board of Revenue and the Birmingham Library Board.
Sports
- The "Erskine Ramsay Cup" was first presented to the Birmingham high school that exhibited the greatest commitment to sportsmanship.
Works
- "A Park System for Birmingham" report by the Olmsted Brothers to the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board.
Buildings
- 2121 1st Avenue North, commercial building on 1st Avenue North (downtown)
- 2127 1st Avenue North, commercial building on 1st Avenue North (downtown)
- 32nd Street Baptist Church in Lakeview, demolished in 2021
- American Standard Plumbing warehouse on 5th Avenue South
- Frank Hartley Anderson residence on 11th Court South
- Angwin Service Funeral Company on Avenue F Ensley
- William Bankhead residence in Jasper
- Birmingham Fire Station No. 24 in Central Park
- Bluff Park Elementary School
- Municipal Auditorium in downtown Birmingham
- Burger-Phillips building on 3rd Avenue North
- Claridge Manor Apartments in Highland Park
- Colored Masonic Temple on 4th Avenue North
- Edgewood Drug Company on Oxmoor Road in Edgewood
- Ensley Baptist Church education building on Avenue E Ensley
- Fairview United Methodist Church on Warrior Road
- Federal Reserve building on 5th Avenue North
- First Christian Church education building on 7th Avenue North
- Gate City Elementary School addition on Georgia Road
- Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in East Lake
- Gregg Building on 20th Street North
- Harmony Street Baptist Church in North Avondale
- Highland Plaza Apartments on Highland Avenue
- Highlands United Methodist Church educational building at Five Points South
- Mack Truck Garage on 6th Avenue South
- The Plaza Garages on 10th Terrace South
- Sloss Ready-Mix Concrete Plant on 1st Avenue North
- D. O. Whilldin office on 21st Street North
- Concrete bridge on U. S. Highway 11 over the Sucarnoochee River in Sumter County
Individuals
Births
- January 27: Ella Jones, church organist and music minister
- February 1: Ben Branscomb, pulmonologist
- March 14: Revis Hall, superintendent of Jefferson County Schools
- April 23: J. B. Stoner, white supremacist ideologue and terrorist
- May 22: Wallace Carden, analytical chemist
- May 22: Ed Jones, photographer
- May 23: Karl Friedman, attorney
- July 7: Johnny Simmons, basketball and baseball player
- July 15: Jeremiah Denton, U.S. Senator
- July 21: Angelena Rice, educator
- July 21: Frank Carnaggio restaurateur
- July 28: Anne Braden, journalist and Civil Rights activist
- August 3: John Fuller, architect and activist
- August 22: Walter Johnsey, Alabama Power Company executive
- August 23: Tommy Langston, Birmingham Post-Herald photographer
- September 3: Bill Greason, Major League pitcher and minister
- September 12: Bubba Church, Major League pitcher
- October 24: Orzell Billingsley, attorney and Civil Rights leader
- October 24: Billy Pappas, restaurateur
- November 9: Mel Bailey, Jefferson County Sheriff
- November 18: William Thuss Jr, occupational clinician
- November 20: Ernest Brock, Alabama Crimson Tide football team physician
- November 30: Tom York, television host
- December 1: Leven Hazlegrove, chemist
- December 6: Dick Hawley, radio announcer and sportcaster
- December 18: Luvenia Little, mother of William Bell
- December 21: John Blackburn, University of Alabama administrator
- December 31: Wilbur Harden, jazz musician
- Margie Orr Carter, educator and "Miss Birmingham"
- Billy Gamble, business instructor
- Evelyn Martin, nurse
- Joe Sacco, typewriter retailer
- Charles Sutton, pest control professional and Homewood City Council member
- Ronald Weathers, sportswriter
Deaths
- February 3: Basil Allen, attorney and judge
- February 26: Alfred Eubank, dentist
- March 3: John Eagan, ACIPCO founder
- March 21: Samuel Ullman, hardware dealer, civic leader and poet
- April 13: Edmund Rucker, Confederate officer and businessman
- June 21: Gene Walker, motorcycle racer
- November 5: Carrie Tuggle, educator
- December 19: Henry Badham Sr, industrialist and banker
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