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==Events==
==Events==
* [[August 30]]: A "Reunion of Former Slaves" was held at [[Avondale Park]], featuring sing-alongs and sermons.
* [[August 30]]: A "Reunion of Former Slaves" was held at [[Avondale Park]], featuring sing-alongs and sermons.
* [[Montgomery Highway]] was improved with gentler grades and curves on the slopes of [[Shades Mountain]], leaving bits of "[[Old Montgomery Highway]]" off of the main route.
* [[October 15]]: The [[1937 Mulga Mine explosion]] cost 34 workers their lives.
* [[Montgomery Highway]] was improved, utilizing sections of [[Independence Drive|East Avenue]] with gentler grades and curves on the slopes of [[Shades Mountain]], and leaving bits of "[[Old Montgomery Highway]]" off of the main route.
* The [[Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial]] was moved to [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] from [[Five Points Circle]].
* The [[Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial]] was moved to [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] from [[Five Points Circle]].
* John Emery and [[Tallulah Bankhead]] were married at her family's "[[Sunset (estate)|Sunset]]" estate in [[Jasper]] and hosted a rousing party afterward at the [[Tutwiler Hotel]]'s "Continental Room".
* John Emery and [[Tallulah Bankhead]] were married at her family's "[[Sunset (estate)|Sunset]]" estate in [[Jasper]] and hosted a rousing party afterward at the [[Tutwiler Hotel]]'s "Continental Room".
* [[William Leslie Welton]]'s collection of 1,500 mounted photographs of architectural subjects was donated to the [[Birmingham Public Library]] by his widow.
* [[William Leslie Welton]]'s collection of 1,500 mounted photographs of architectural subjects was donated to the [[Birmingham Public Library]] by his widow.
* [[Hosea Hudson]] founded the [[Right to Vote Club]] to educate black citizens about their voting rights and coordinate efforts to defeat practices set up by poll workers to disenfranchise them.


===Business===
===Business===
* The [[Southern Natural Gas Company]] acquired the [[Alabama Gas Company]] and the [[Birmingham Gas Company]].
* [[A. L. Gilliland]]'s [[Alabama Ride Company]] debuted a new touring carnival, dubbed the, "Garden of Rides and Congress of Dare Devils."
* [[A. L. Gilliland]]'s [[Alabama Ride Company]] debuted a new touring carnival, dubbed the, "Garden of Rides and Congress of Dare Devils."
* The "Rainbow Room" lounge opened at the [[Redmont Hotel]].
* The "Rainbow Room" lounge opened at the [[Redmont Hotel]].
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* The [[Little Southerner Supper Club]] opened on [[29th Avenue South]].
* The [[Little Southerner Supper Club]] opened on [[29th Avenue South]].
* [[Eliose Smith]] took over [[WBRC-AM]] after the death of her husband.
* [[Eliose Smith]] took over [[WBRC-AM]] after the death of her husband.
* The ''[[Southern Worker]]'' ceased publication.
* [[Graffeo Brothers Grocery Store]] moved from [[Pratt City]] to [[Ensley]].
* [[Grady Sharp|Grady]] and [[Margaret Sharp]] founded [[Greg's Cookies]].
* [[William Rushton Jr]] became president of the [[Protective Life Corporation|Protective Life Insurance Company]].
* The [[Palm Leaf Lunchroom]] and [[Harlem Shoe Shop]] opened in the [[Brock Drugs building]].
* [[Bob Williams]] opened the [[Little Savoy Cafe]].
* [[Jane Speed's Book Store]] opened on [[5th Avenue North]].


===Education===
===Education===
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* Legal liquor sales [[Prohibition|returned to Alabama]] with the creation of the [[Alcoholic Beverage Control Board]].
* Legal liquor sales [[Prohibition|returned to Alabama]] with the creation of the [[Alcoholic Beverage Control Board]].
* The [[Alabama State Legislature]] passed a law allowing public entertainments to be staged in [[Jefferson County]] on Sundays. (Birmingham already had an exemption to the [[blue laws]]).
* The [[Alabama State Legislature]] passed a law allowing public entertainments to be staged in [[Jefferson County]] on Sundays. (Birmingham already had an exemption to the [[blue laws]]).
* [[Richmond Hobson]] succeeded [[William Oliver]] as U.S. Representative for the [[6th District of Alabama]].
* [[Luther Patrick]] succeeded [[George Huddleston Sr]] as U.S. Representative for the [[9th District of Alabama]].
* [[Luther Patrick]] succeeded [[George Huddleston Sr]] as U.S. Representative for the [[9th District of Alabama]].
 
* The [[Birmingham City Commission]] relieved [[Birmingham Motion Picture Council]] chief inspector [[Harriett Adams]] of her responsibility to prohibit the screening of films which violated community standards.
* The [[Alabama Supreme Court]] ruled that the [[parking meters]] used by the city of [[Birmingham]] exceeded its legal authority to collect revenues and ordered them removed.


===Religion===
===Religion===
* [[John Buchanan]] succeeded [[James Dillard]] as pastor of [[Southside Baptist Church]].
* [[Alex Klein]] became rabbi of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[Alex Klein]] became rabbi of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[Joseph Solomon]] succeeded [[Jacob Allen]] as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Joseph Solomon]] succeeded [[Jacob Allen]] as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Harold Cook]] succeeded [[Wick Broomall Jr]] as president of the [[Southeastern Bible College|Birmingham School of the Bible]].
* [[United Church of Birmingham]] merged with the [[Congregational Community Church]] to form [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]].
* [[John Goodgame Jr]] succeeded his father as pastor of [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[January 1]]: The [[1936 Auburn Tigers football team]] played Villanova Wildcats to a 7-7 tie in the 1937 Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba.
* [[January 1]]: The [[1936 Auburn Tigers football team]] played Villanova Wildcats to a 7-7 tie in the 1937 Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba.
* The [[Birmingham Black Barons]] joined the newly-formed Negro American League.
* The [[Birmingham Black Barons]] joined the newly-formed Negro American League.
* [[Satchel Paige]] recruited several Negro Leagues stars as ringers for "Los Dragones" of Ciudad de Trujillo, a baseball club owned by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.  
* [[Satchel Paige]] recruited several Negro Leagues stars as ringers for "Los Dragones" of Ciudad de Trujillo, a baseball club owned by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
* The [[1937 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] won the [[Southeastern Conference]] championship, earning a spot in the 1938 Rose Bowl.


==Works==
==Works==
* ''[[Black Earth]]'', novel by [[Thomas Rowan]]
* ''[[Black Earth]]'', novel by [[Thomas Rowan]]
* "For My People", poem by [[Margaret Walker]]
* "For My People", poem by [[Margaret Walker]]
* "[[Birmingham, Alabama: The City of Perpetual Promise]]", ''Harpers Magazine'' feature by [[George Leighton]]
* [[Richard Blauvelt Coe]] began painting the [[Sidney van Sheck]]-designed mural "[[Youth's Strife in the Approach to Life's Problems]]" on the proscenium of [[Woodlawn High School]]'s auditorium.


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[Bryant-Denny Stadium|Denny Stadium]] was expanded to 18,000 seats.
* [[Bryant-Denny Stadium|Denny Stadium]] was expanded to 18,000 seats.
* [[Engle-Armstrong House]] on [[Roseland Drive]]
* [[S. H. Kress & Company Building]]
* [[Caheen Building]] and [[Roden Block]] renovations for [[Parisian]].
* [[Caheen Building]] and [[Roden Block]] renovations for [[Parisian]].
* [[Works Progress Administration]] projects:
* [[Works Progress Administration]] projects:
** [[Birmingham Jail]]
** [[Locust Fork High School]]
** [[Mortimer Jordan High School]] gymnasium
** [[Mortimer Jordan High School]] gymnasium
** [[Smithfield Court]] public housing project
** [[Smithfield Court]] public housing project
** [[Wilton Pump House]]
** [[Wilton Pump House]]


===Demolitions==
===Demolitions===
* The [[Jefferson County Courthouse (1889)|1889 Jefferson County Courthouse]] was torn down.
* The [[Jefferson County Courthouse (1889)|1889 Jefferson County Courthouse]] was torn down.


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* [[Erskine Hawkins]] signed a record contract with RCA Victor's Bluebird label.
* [[Erskine Hawkins]] signed a record contract with RCA Victor's Bluebird label.
* [[Hank Penny]] formed the [[Radio Cowboys]] swing band.
* [[Hank Penny]] formed the [[Radio Cowboys]] swing band.
* [[Forbes Piano Company]] employees [[Johnnie Catalina]] and [[Larry Yester]] founded a 25-person [[Forbes Accordion Band]].


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
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* [[Stanleigh Malotte]] began his tenure as house organist at the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[Stanleigh Malotte]] began his tenure as house organist at the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[Alf Brown]] succeeded [[B. O. Hargrove]] as [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service#Chiefs|Chief]] of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[Alf Brown]] succeeded [[B. O. Hargrove]] as [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service#Chiefs|Chief]] of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].


===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 8]]: [[Jabo Waggoner Jr]], state representative
* [[January 30]]: [[G. B. Burt]], blues musician
* [[February 22]]: [[Sid Ingram]], school administrator
* [[February 22]]: [[Sid Ingram]], school administrator
* [[April 12]]: [[J. D. Weeks]], health officer and author
* [[April 12]]: [[J. D. Weeks]], health officer and author
* [[June 1]]: [[Ellen Simonton]], interior designer
* [[June 2]]: [[Jimmy Jones (singer)|Jimmy Jones]], R&B singer
* [[June 18]]: [[Gail Godwin]], novelist
* [[June 18]]: [[Gail Godwin]], novelist
* [[July 2]]: [[Polly Holliday]], actor
* [[July 2]]: [[Polly Holliday]], actor
* [[July 31]]: [[T. C. Cannon]] bar owner
* [[August 13]]: [[Charles Crowder]], judge
* [[October 20]]: [[William Cobb]], novelist
* [[October 20]]: [[William Cobb]], novelist
* [[December 3]]: [[Bobby Allison]], race car driver
* [[December 3]]: [[Bobby Allison]], race car driver
* [[Martin Bell]], private investigator and Episcopal priest
* [[Keith Blayney]], [[UAB]] administrator
* [[Keith Blayney]], [[UAB]] administrator
* [[Ed Boutwell]], recording studio owner
* [[Ed Boutwell]], recording studio owner
* [[Jane Comer]], owner of [[The Elegant Earth]]
* [[Thomas Hearn]], president of Wake Forest University
* [[Burl Lawson]], furniture designer
* [[Willie Maye Jr]], school administrator
* [[Terry Oden]], [[Mayor of Mountain Brook]]
* [[Terry Oden]], [[Mayor of Mountain Brook]]
* [[Tony Ruffino]], concert promoter
* [[Rex Shotts]], electrician
* [[Edna Snow]], [[Homewood City Schools]] administrator
* [[Edna Snow]], [[Homewood City Schools]] administrator
* [[Cleve Wester]], [[Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn football player]] and tire dealer
* [[William Wilson]], Anglican bishop
* [[Ray Woodard]], soccer coach


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
 
* [[Alice Chalifoux]] to John Gordon Rideout.


===Awards===
===Awards===
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[Kenneth Daniel]] earned an engineering degree at the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Jessie Hale Downs]] earned a teaching certificate at [[Livingston State Teacher's College]].
* [[Marvin Harper]] graduated from [[Tuscaloosa County High School]].
* [[George Seibels]] earned a history degree at the University of Virginia.
* [[Barbara Dorough Thomas]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Evelyn Williams]] graduated from [[Ensley High School]].
* [[Evelyn Williams]] graduated from [[Ensley High School]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* May: [[Leon Friedman]], ''[[Birmingham News]]'' editor
* May: [[Leon Friedman]], ''[[Birmingham News]]'' editor
* [[October 15]]: 15 workers died in the [[1937 Mulga Mine explosion]].
* [[Edna Gockel Gussen]], music educator
* [[M. D. Smith Jr]], owner of [[WBRC-AM]].
* [[M. D. Smith Jr]], owner of [[WBRC-AM]].


Revision as of 17:03, 6 May 2019

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