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==Events==
==Events==
* [[February 28]]: [[List of snowfalls|Two inches of snow]] fell on the city.
* [[February 28]]: [[List of snowfalls|Two inches of snow]] fell on the city.
* [[March 29]]: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement came into effect, with [[WAPI-AM]] and [[WSGN-AM]] moving temporarily to [[AM 1170]] and [[AM 1340]], respectively.
* [[March 29]]: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement came into effect, with [[WAPI-AM]] and [[WSGN-AM]] moving temporarily to [[AM 1170]] and [[AM 1340]], respectively.\
* [[June 14]]: [[1941 Docena Mine explosion]].
* [[July 10]]: [[1941 Acmar No. 6 Mine explosion]].
* [[September 29]]-[[October 4]]: [[1941 Alabama State Fair]]
* [[October 24]]: Pianist [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] performed in Birmingham.
* [[Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1]] was chartered.
* [[Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1]] was chartered.
* Twenty-five [[Chinese elm]] trees were planted around [[Glen Iris Elementary School]] by the Parent-Teacher Association.
* [[Donald Beatty]] organized the "Consairway" trans-Pacific cargo system for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego, California.
* The [[Apollo Boys' Choir]] relocated to Dallas, Texas.
* [[Nazareth Bogan Jr]] moved his [[Bogan's Birmingham Busters]] to Los Angeles, California.
* Gustave Courbet's painting "[[Entrée d'un gave]]" was seized from Parisian businessman Moïse Lévy de Benzion by the Nazis.
* Hubert Drouais's painting "[[Les Portraits de MM. De Béthune Jouant avec un Chien]]" was seized from Parisian art dealer  S. R. Founes by the Nazis.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[February 15]]: [[WSGN-AM]] moved its studios to the [[Dixie Carlton Hotel]].
* [[February 15]]: [[WSGN-AM]] moved its studios to the [[Dixie Carlton Hotel]].
* The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' adopted Linotype's new "Corona" typeface.
* The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' adopted Linotype's new "Corona" typeface.
* [[Emory Jackson]] took over publication of the ''[[Birmingham World]]''.
* [[Penn Central Airlines]] inaugurated direct passenger service from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]] to Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Airport.
* [[Penn Central Airlines]] inaugurated direct passenger service from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]] to Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Airport.
* The [[New Ideal]] department store expanded into the former [[Sears]] building on [[2nd Avenue North]] at [[18th Street North|18th Street]].
* The [[New Ideal]] department store expanded into the former [[Sears]] building on [[2nd Avenue North]] at [[18th Street North|18th Street]].
* [[Standard Furniture]] relocated to the [[New Ideal building]] at 111 [[19th Street North]].
* [[Leo E. Bashinsky]] sold his stake in the [[Bashinsky Case Cotton Company]] to become president of [[Automatic Machine Products]].
* [[I. L. Fabian]], [[Abe Klotzman]] and [[Ralph Blach]] bought the [[Empire Hotel (1912)|Empire Hotel]] at 2130 [[4th Avenue North]].


====Establishments====
====Establishments====
* [[Tom Martin]] founded the [[Southern Research|Alabama Research Institute]].
* [[Tom Martin]] founded the [[Southern Research|Alabama Research Institute]].
* [[A & P]] opened a store at in the former [[Adamson Motor Company]] showroom at [[1729 5th Avenue North]].
* A second [[Alley's Drugs]] opened at 5017 [[5th Avenue South]] in [[Crestwood North|Woodlawn Heights]].
* The [[Anchorage Restaurant]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* The [[Anchorage Restaurant]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[Ariail Drug Co.]] opened in [[Crestline Village]].
* [[Ariail Drug Co.]] opened in [[Crestline Village]].
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* The [[Lucky Strike Bowling Alley]] opened at 2217 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* The [[Lucky Strike Bowling Alley]] opened at 2217 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[Stapleton's Fine Foods]] opened at 2131 [[7th Avenue South]].
* [[Stapleton's Fine Foods]] opened at 2131 [[7th Avenue South]].
* [[Vaughan-Weil]] opened at 1816 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[Paul Vaughan]] and [[Ferd Weil]] opened their [[Vaughan-Weil]] store at 1816 [[3rd Avenue North]].
 
====Disestablishments====
* The [[Birmingham Civic Symphonic Orchestra]] was disbanded.


===Government===
===Government===
* The U.S. Army Air Corps created the [[Tuskegee Airmen|332nd Fighter Group]] which trained African-American aviators at the [[Tuskegee Army Air Field]].
* The U.S. Army Air Corps created the [[Tuskegee Airmen|332nd Fighter Group]] which trained African-American aviators at the [[Tuskegee Army Air Field]].
* The [[Alabama Highway Department]] took over maintenance of the "Rose Trails" along the [[U.S. Highway 280|Florida Short Route]].
* The [[Alabama Highway Department]] took over maintenance of the "Rose Trails" along the [[U.S. Highway 280|Florida Short Route]].
* [[September 1]]: Reservists from the [[106th Observation Squadron]] were assigned to the 66th Observation Group.
* [[October 13]]: [[1941 Birmingham municipal election]]
* [[October 13]]: [[1941 Birmingham municipal election]]


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* [[Our Lady Queen of the Universe Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[Our Lady Queen of the Universe Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[St Theresa Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[St Theresa Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]] hosted the [[1941 North Alabama Methodist Conference]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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* [[Five Points West Shopping City]]
* [[Five Points West Shopping City]]
* [[Downtown Sears store|Sears, Roebuck & Co. store]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]
* [[Downtown Sears store|Sears, Roebuck & Co. store]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]
* [[Gantt Machinery Co.]]
* [[Hanger C]], [[101st Observation Squadron]], [[Birmingham Airport]]
* [[Inglenook Park]] was dedicated.
* [[Inglenook Park]] was dedicated.
* [[McAdory High School]] in [[McCalla]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* [[McAdory High School]] in [[McCalla]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* [[Joe Money Machinery Co.]]
* Dam at [[Lake Tranquility]], [[Oak Mountain State Park]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Dam at [[Lake Tranquility]], [[Oak Mountain State Park]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* [[Pilgrim Church|Pilgrim Congregational Church]] at 1819 [[8th Avenue North]]
* [[Pilgrim Church|Pilgrim Congregational Church]] at 1819 [[8th Avenue North]]
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* Addition to [[McElwain Elementary School]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Addition to [[McElwain Elementary School]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Indoor plumbing was added to [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* Indoor plumbing was added to [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* Expansion of the clinic at [[Slossfield Community Center]]
* Remodeling of the [[Ensley Theatre]]


====Demolitions====
====Demolitions====
* [[March 14]]: [[Barker Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.
* [[March 14]]: [[Barker Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.
* The [[Drennen Department Store]] at [[123 20th Street North]] was destroyed by fire.


===Music===
===Music===
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*


===Film===
===Film===
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* [[June 7]]: [[Joseph Vath]] was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.  
* [[June 7]]: [[Joseph Vath]] was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.  
* [[July 20]]: [[Joseph Raya]] was ordained a priest of the Melkite Catholic Church.
* [[July 20]]: [[Joseph Raya]] was ordained a priest of the Melkite Catholic Church.
* November: [[F. K. Gamble]] succeeded [[G. Fred Cooper]] as pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church]].
* [[December 7]]: [[Milton Grafman]] succeeded [[Myron Silverman]] as rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[December 7]]: [[Milton Grafman]] succeeded [[Myron Silverman]] as rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Douglas Arant]] was elected chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on the Bill of Rights.
* [[Mattie Bush]] began directing the [[8th Avenue YMCA]].
* [[George Denny]] re-assumed the position of [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President]] of the [[University of Alabama]] on an interim basis following the death of [[Richard Foster]].
* [[Leon Hicks]] succeeded [[William Poe]] as president of [[Thompson High School]].
* [[Ida Moffett]] assumed management of nurses at [[Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital]] and [[Birmingham Baptist Hospital]].
* [[Ida Moffett]] assumed management of nurses at [[Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital]] and [[Birmingham Baptist Hospital]].
* [[Avery Parrish]] left the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* [[Avery Parrish]] left the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* [[John Persons]] was promoted to Major General of the [[Alabama National Guard]].
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] resigned from the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[Oscar Roettger]] succeeded [[Ira Smith]] as manager of the [[Birmingham Barons]].
* [[Luke Sewell]] began managing the American League's St Louis Browns.
* [[Luke Sewell]] began managing the American League's St Louis Browns.
* [[Virginia Tyler]] assumed directorship of the [[Ensley Community House]].
* [[Virginia Tyler]] assumed directorship of the [[Ensley Community House]].
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* [[Dave Roddy]], radio personality
* [[Dave Roddy]], radio personality
* [[Carole Samuelson]], pediatrician and Jefferson County Health Officer
* [[Carole Samuelson]], pediatrician and Jefferson County Health Officer
===Graduations===
* Judge [[Clarence Allgood]] completed his bachelor of laws at the [[Birmingham School of Law]].
* Attorney [[Samuel Burr]] earned his bachelor of arts at the [[University of Alabama]].
* Patholigist [[Joseph Cunningham]] completed a residency at the Boston University School of Medicine.
* Architect [[George Gaunt]] earned his degree at the University of Michigan.
* Historian [[Virginia Hamilton]] completed her bachelor's degree in English at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* College administrator [[Harry Lipson Jr]] earned his master's in business administration at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
* Insurance executive [[Lee McGriff]] earned a mathematics degree at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Business owner [[Katherine McTyeire]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* Educator [[Ernest Palmore]] earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture at [[Tuskegee Institute]].
* Novelist [[Walker Percy]] completed an M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
* Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] graduated from [[Ramsay High School]].
* Industrialist [[William Spencer III]] earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Businessman [[Hall Thompson]] graduated from the Duncan Preparatory School in Nashville, Tennessee.
* Park director [[Frank Wagner]] graduated from [[West End High School]].
* U.S. Marine Corps Commandant [[Louis Wilson Jr]] earned his bachelor of arts at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi
* [[List of UAB presidents|UAB President]] [[Joseph Volker]] earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Rochester, New York.
===Marriages===
* [[June 21]]: [[William Sulzby]] married [[Mildred Sulzby|Mildred Wood]].
* [[June 28]]: [[William Yester]] married [[Ruth Yester|Ruth Anne Mulvaney]].
* [[October 18]]: [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]] married José Figueres Ferrer, head of Costa Rica's Social Democratic Party.
* [[December 24]]: [[Buck Falkner]] married Lorene Juzan.
* [[Dorothea Fox|Dorothea Warren]] married Charles Fox.
* [[Izzy Jannazzo]] married Francesca Tombrello.
* [[B. Davie Napier]] married Joyce Robertson White.
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] married [[Ruby Shuttlesworth|Ruby Keeler]].
====Divorces====
* [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and John Emery were divorced.
* [[Lucille Bogan]] and [[Nazareth Bogan]] were divorced.
===Retirements===
* [[Lois Wilson]] retired from acting.
===Awards===
* [[Miss Birmingham]]: [[Virginia McGraw]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
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* [[March 11]]: [[Harry Breeding]], architect
* [[March 11]]: [[Harry Breeding]], architect
* [[June 10]]: [[John Coe]], coal and lumber dealer
* [[June 10]]: [[John Coe]], coal and lumber dealer
* [[June 14]]: Five workers were killed in the [[1941 Docena Mine explosion]].
* [[July 10]]: Eleven workers were killed in the [[1941 Acmar No. 6 Mine explosion]].
* [[July 30]]: [[Eugene Enslen]], real estate and business investor
* [[July 30]]: [[Eugene Enslen]], real estate and business investor
* [[October 14]]: [[Herbert Salmon]], mining engineer
* [[October 14]]: [[Herbert Salmon]], mining engineer
* [[December 7]]: [[Julius Ellsberry]], U.S. Navy crewman
* [[December 7]]: [[Julius Ellsberry]], U.S. Navy crewman
* December 7: [[Billy McCary]], U.S. Navy musician
* December 7: [[Billy McCary]], U.S. Navy musician
* [[Richard Foster]], [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President of the University of Alabama]]
:''See also: [[List of homicides in 1941]]''
:''See also: [[List of homicides in 1941]]''
===Marriages===
* [[June 21]]: [[William Sulzby]] married [[Mildred Sulzby|Mildred Wood]].
* [[October 18]]: [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]] married José Figueres Ferrer, head of Costa Rica's Social Democratic Party.
* [[B. Davie Napier]] married Joyce Robertson White.
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] married [[Ruby Shuttlesworth|Ruby Keeler]].
===Awards===
*
===Graduations===
* Attorney [[Samuel Burr]] earned his bachelor of arts at the [[University of Alabama]].
* Insurance executive [[Lee McGriff]] earned a mathematics degree at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Novelist [[Walker Percy]] completed an M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
* Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] graduated from [[Ramsay High School]].


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 15:52, 9 October 2018

1941 was the 70th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business


Establishments

Disestablishments

Government

Religion

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

Bessemer City Hall

Demolitions

Music

Film

Individuals

Births

Way Bandy
Marty Eagle

Graduations

Marriages

Divorces

Retirements

Awards

Deaths

Julius Ellsberry
See also: List of homicides in 1941

Context

In 1941

1940s
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