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==Events==
==Events==
* [[June 22]]: [[Camp Fletcher|Camp Margaret Murray Washington]] began operating in [[Bessemer]]
* [[January 29]]: 27 people were killed in an [[1926 Mossboro Mine explosion|explosion]] at the [[Mossboro Mine]].
* [[June 22]]: [[Camp Fletcher|Camp Margaret Murray Washington]] began operating in [[Bessemer]].
* [[December 27]]: [[Bessie Smith]] performed at the [[Frolic Theater]].
* The [[Birmingham Amateur Radio Club]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Amateur Radio Club]] was founded.
* [[Magic City Lodge No. 860]] was chartered.
* [[Mineral Springs Park]] reopened as the [[North Birmingham Golf Course]].
* The [[Woodward's Big Four]] gospel quartet broke up.
* The [[Woodward's Big Four]] gospel quartet broke up.
* [[WMAV-AM]] was licensed to the [[Auburn University|the Alabama Polytechnic Institute]] in [[Auburn]].
* The [[Nelson Realty Company]] purchased [[Shelby Springs]] from the family of [[Ray McMillan]].
* The [[Landmark Center|Birmingham Electric Company building]] on [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] suffered damage from a fire.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[William Bromberg|William]], [[Robert Bromberg|Robert]], [[Charles Bromberg|Charles]] and [[Frank Bromberg]] joined their father, [[Frederick Bromberg]], as partners in [[Bromberg's]].
* [[Mason Crow]] founded the [[Crow Real Estate & Insurance Company]].
* The [[Empire Theater]] opened.
* [[Glenn Messer]] founded the [[Southern Aircraft Corporation]] and opened [[Messer Field]].
* [[Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan]] was founded.
* [[Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan]] was founded.
* [[Glenn Messer]] founded the [[Southern Aircraft Corporation]] and opened [[Messer Field]].
* [[Hollywood]] was developed by [[Clyde Nelson]].
* [[Mountain Brook Estates]] began to be developed.
* [[Jemison & Company]] began developing [[Mountain Brook Estates]].
* [[James McWane]] founded the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company in Provo, Utah.
* The [[Norwood Clinic]] was incorporated.
* [[Ollie McClung]] opened the first [[Ollie's Barbecue]] near [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
* [[Ollie McClung]] opened the first [[Ollie's Barbecue]] near [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
* [[Lonnie Noojin]] bought out his brother's interest in the [[Noojin Supply Company]].
* The [[Piccadilly Theater]] began screening films.
* The [[Piccadilly Theater]] began screening films.
* [[Sonny Boy Products]] was founded.
* [[Sonny Boy Products]] was founded.
* [[Sloss Furnaces]] was updated with new equipment.
* [[Leonard Terrell]] opened the [[Terrell Store]].
* [[C. I. Taylor]]'s Indianapolis ABCs baseball team folded.
* The [[Doll House Sweet Shoppe]] was incorporated by [[Sigmund Nesselroth|Sigmund]] and [[Mildred Nesselroth]] and [[Sol Catonzano]].
* The [[Country Club of Birmingham]] moved to [[Mountain Brook]].
* The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] opened the [[Fairfield Sheet Mill]].
* The [[Robert E. Lee Klan]] sold the former [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] building on [[20th Street North]] to the [[Birmingham YMCA]].
* [[Molton, Allen & Williams]] moved to 2026 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[Raymond Rochell]] began bottling [[Orange Crush]].
* [[James Head]] founded a distribution company.
* The [[Trianon Theatre]] closed.


===Government===
===Government===
* [[1926 general election]]
* The city of [[Homewood]] was incorporated with the merger of [[Edgewood]], [[Rosedale]] and [[Grove Park]].
* The city of [[Homewood]] was incorporated with the merger of [[Edgewood]], [[Rosedale]] and [[Grove Park]].
* [[U. S. Highway 11]] was dedicated.
* The [[1926 Birmingham Zoning Ordinance]] reinforced the city's physical [[segregation ordinances|segregation]].
* [[Brownville, Tuscaloosa County]] got a post office.


===Education===
===Education===
*  
* [[Daniel Payne College|Payne University]] changed its name to Greater Payne University.
* [[Tuggle Institute]] entered a partnership with [[Birmingham City Schools]].


===Religion===
===Religion===
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===Sports===
===Sports===
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* [[January 1]]: The [[1925 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] defeated the University of Washington 20-19 in the 1926 Rose Bowl.
* The [[1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] went 9-0 and was invited to the 1927 Rose Bowl.
* The [[Birmingham Black Barons]] returned to the field as part of a newly re-organized Negro Southern League.
* [[April 13]]: The [[Birmingham Barons]]' [[Sammy West]] set a team record with 6 hits in a game against Chattanooga.
* Archer [[Howard Hill]] won his first of 196 consecutive field tournaments.


==Works==
==Works==
[[File:Magic City sign.jpg|right|thumb|The Magic City sign, erected 1926]]
[[File:Magic City sign.jpg|right|thumb|The Magic City sign, erected 1926]]
* "[[Birmingham Boys]]", song by the [[Birmingham Jubilee Singers]]
* "[[Birmingham Boys]]", song by the [[Birmingham Jubilee Singers]]
* The 23-foot "[[Electra]]" statue was placed atop the [[Alabama Power Building]]
* The 23-foot "[[Electra]]" statue was placed atop the [[Alabama Power Building]].
* The "[[Magic City sign]]" was erected in front of [[Birmingham Terminal Station]]
* The "[[Magic City sign]]" was erected in front of [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* The feature film ''[[Men of Steel]]'', filmed in [[Ensley]], was released
* The feature film ''[[Men of Steel]]'', filmed in [[Ensley]], premiered at the [[Franklin Theatre]].
* Bertha "Chippie" Hill's "[[Pratt City Blues]]" was released
* Bertha "Chippie" Hill's "[[Pratt City Blues]]" was released
* The [[Alabama Power Company]]'s "[[Reddy Kilowatt]]" character made his debut
* The [[Alabama Power Company]]'s "[[Reddy Kilowatt]]" character made his debut
* [[Epp Sykes]] wrote "[[Yea Alabama!]]" for a contest sponsored by the ''[[Rammer-Jammer]]''
* [[Epp Sykes]] wrote "[[Yea Alabama!]]" for a contest sponsored by the ''[[Rammer-Jammer]]''
* June: "[[The Love Story of Vulcan and Electra]]" by [[B. U. L. Conner]] ran daily in ''[[The Birmingham Post]]''
* June: "[[A Love Story of Vulcan and Electra]]" by [[B. U. L. Conner]] ran daily in ''[[The Birmingham Post]]''
* An E. M. Skinner organ was installed at [[Ensley High­lands Presbyterian Church]].
* [[Coot Grant]] recorded a series of country blues songs with Blind Blake.


===Books===
===Books===
* ''[[The Deep Seam]], novel by [[Jack Bethea]]
* George W. Hamilton, ed. (1926) ''Beautiful Homes and Buildings of Alabama.'' Turner & McPherson, Architects
* George I. Adams, Charles Butts, L. W. Stephenson, & Wythe Cooke (1926) ''Geology of Alabama.'' Geological Survey of Alabama, Special Report No. 14. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press
* George I. Adams, Charles Butts, L. W. Stephenson, & Wythe Cooke (1926) ''Geology of Alabama.'' Geological Survey of Alabama, Special Report No. 14. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press


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* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 10]] at 4120 [[2nd Avenue South]] in [[Forest Park-South Avondale|Avondale]]
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 10]] at 4120 [[2nd Avenue South]] in [[Forest Park-South Avondale|Avondale]]
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 14]] at 210 [[Graymont Avenue West]] in [[Graymont]]
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 14]] at 210 [[Graymont Avenue West]] in [[Graymont]]
* [[Birmingham News building (1917)|Birmingham News building]] addition
* [[Black Creek Bridge]] in [[Fultondale]]
* [[Black Creek Bridge]] in [[Fultondale]]
* [[Bottega Favorita|Bottega Favorita building]] on [[Highland Avenue]]
* [[Bottega Favorita|Bottega Favorita building]] on [[Highland Avenue]]
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* [[Donnachaidh residence]] on [[Southwood Road]] in [[Mountain Brook]]
* [[Donnachaidh residence]] on [[Southwood Road]] in [[Mountain Brook]]
* [[Edgewood Elementary School]] in [[Homewood]]
* [[Edgewood Elementary School]] in [[Homewood]]
* [[Ensley High School]] addition
* [[First Baptist Church of Birmingham]] education building
* [[Gibson Elementary School]] in [[Woodlawn]]
* [[Gibson Elementary School]] in [[Woodlawn]]
* [[Hill Building]] on [[5th Avenue South]] in [[Forest Park-South Avondale|Avondale]]
* [[Hollywood Country Club]] in [[Shades Valley]]
* [[Hollywood Country Club]] in [[Shades Valley]]
* [[Independent Presbyterian Church]] on [[Highland Avenue]] at [[Rushton Park]]
* [[Independent Presbyterian Church]] on [[Highland Avenue]] at [[Rushton Park]]
* [[LaSalle Apartments]]
* [[Leeds High School]]
* [[Leeds High School]]
* [[McElwain Elementary School]] in [[Eastwood]]
* [[McElwain Elementary School]] in [[Eastwood]]
* [[Phoenix Lofts|Phoenix Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Phoenix Lofts|Phoenix Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Pratt Elementary School]] addition
* [[Ritz Theatre]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Ritz Theatre]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Ruhama Baptist Church]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[Ruhama Baptist Church]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[Shades Cahaba High School|Shades Cahaba School]] addition
* [[Shades Mountain Baptist Church]] on [[Canyon Road]]
* [[Shades Mountain Baptist Church]] on [[Canyon Road]]
* [[Spanish Stores]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Spanish Stores]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[West End Masonic Temple]] on [[Tuscaloosa Avenue]]
* [[West End Masonic Temple]] on [[Tuscaloosa Avenue]]
 
* [[Woodlawn High School]] addition
 
* [[Young Men's Hebrew Association building]] on [[18th Street North]]


===Demolitions===
===Demolitions===
*
* [[January 22]]: [[Minor High School]] was heavily damaged in a fire.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
*  
* [[Tallulah Bankhead]] made a splash on the London stage as Amy in Sidney Howard's Pulitzer-winning "They Knew What They Wanted".
* [[Hugo Black]] addressed a statewide gathering of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* [[Mack Burley]] succeeded [[George Word]] as president of [[Miles College]].
* [[Oliver Carmichael]] succeeded [[Thomas Palmer]] as [[President of the University of Montevallo]].
* [[Luther Davis Sr]] succeeded [[D. Beatty Robertson]] as [[Mayor of Tuscaloosa]].
* [[B. M. Montgomery]] became principal of [[Rosedale School]].
* [[J. E. Morris]] succeeded [[W. E. Faust]] as pastor of [[East Lake United Methodist Church]].
* [[Charles Rice]] took office as the first [[Mayor of Homewood]].
* [[W. A. Smart]] succeeded [[George Stewart]] as pastor of [[First United Methodist Church]].
* [[Irita Van Doren]] succeeded Stuart Sherman as book editor of the ''New York Herald Tribune''.
* [[Henry Walthall]] starred opposite Lillian Gish in ''The Scarlet Letter''.
* [[Theo Wright]] became principal of [[Barker Elementary School]].


===Births===
===Births===
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* [[April 14]]: [[Harry Gilmer]], NFL quarterback
* [[April 14]]: [[Harry Gilmer]], NFL quarterback
* [[June 28]]: [[Jack Shannon]], investment banker and developer
* [[June 28]]: [[Jack Shannon]], investment banker and developer
* [[July 15]]: [[Henry Tuttle]], pastor of [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]]
* [[August 8]]: [[Urbie Green]], jazz trombonist
* [[August 8]]: [[Urbie Green]], jazz trombonist
* [[September 10]]: [[Arthur Jazwinski]], traffic engineer
* [[September 10]]: [[Arthur Jazwinski]], traffic engineer
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
*  
* [[Clarence Allgood]] completed his bachelor of science at [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]].
* [[Ivy Andrews]] graduated from [[Dora High School]].
* [[Hobart Grooms]] completed law school at the University of Kentucky.
* [[Mike Higgins]] graduated from W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas, Texas.
* [[Ida Moffett]] completed nursing school at [[Birmingham Baptist Hospital]].
* [[Virginia Tyler]] graduated from [[Shades Cahaba School]].
* [[Robert Van de Graaff]] earned his bachelor's in physics at Queen's College, Oxford


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
*  
* January: [[P. H. Polk]] married the former Margaret Blanche Thompson of Brunswick, Georgia.
* [[March 13]]: [[R. C. Coleman]] married the former Mable Pate.
* [[November 24]]: [[William Rushton Jr]] married the former Elizabeth Perry.
 
===Awards===
* [[Miss Birmingham]]: [[Vivian McDowell]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[January 26]]: [[A. B. Moore]] and [[Ruby Thornton]] were found murdered near [[Roebuck]].
* [[June 1]]: [[Mel Drennen]], [[Mayor of Birmingham]]
* [[June 1]]: [[Mel Drennen]], [[Mayor of Birmingham]]
* [[September 16]]: [[Robert Jemison Sr]], president of the [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] and real estate developer
* [[September 16]]: [[Robert Jemison Sr]], president of the [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] and real estate developer
* [[October 27]]: [[W. G. Lunsford]], building contractor
* [[October 27]]: [[W. G. Lunsford]], building contractor
* [[December 2]]: [[Alfred Keily Sr]], photographer
* [[Joseph Turner]], architect
* [[Joseph Turner]], architect


Revision as of 16:14, 16 March 2018

1926 was the 55th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Government

Education

Religion

Sports

Works

The Magic City sign, erected 1926

Books

  • The Deep Seam, novel by Jack Bethea
  • George W. Hamilton, ed. (1926) Beautiful Homes and Buildings of Alabama. Turner & McPherson, Architects
  • George I. Adams, Charles Butts, L. W. Stephenson, & Wythe Cooke (1926) Geology of Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Special Report No. 14. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press

Buildings

Demolitions

Individuals

Births

Lurleen Wallace, born September 19, 1926

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

Context

1926

The top-grossing films of 1926 were

Notables born in 1926 include

Among those who died in 1926 were

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