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* [[January 2]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was decomissioned.
* [[January 2]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was decomissioned.
* [[June 26]]: The [[1947 Dairy Month Parade]] was held in [[downtown Birmingham]].
* [[June 26]]: The [[1947 Dairy Month Parade]] was held in [[downtown Birmingham]].
* [[August 18]]: The home of [[Samuel Mathews]] in [[North Smithfield]] was targeted by a [[List of racially-motivated bombings|racially-motivated bombing]].
* [[November 11]]: Birmingham put on the nation's first [[Veterans Day]] celebration.
* [[November 11]]: Birmingham put on the nation's first [[Veterans Day]] celebration.
* The North American Numbering Plan went into effect, giving Alabama the [[Area code 205|205 area code]].
* The North American Numbering Plan went into effect, giving Alabama the [[Area code 205|205 area code]].
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===Business===
===Business===
* [[January 2]]: "[[The Club]]" was incorporated.
* The [[Alhambra Restaurant]] opened on [[5th Avenue North]].
* The [[Alhambra Restaurant]] opened on [[5th Avenue North]].
* The [[Birmingham Electric Company]] began using "streamlined" PCC-type streetcars.
* The [[Birmingham Electric Company]] began using "streamlined" PCC-type streetcars.
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===Government===
===Government===
* [[Jim Folsom Sr]] succeeded [[Chauncey Sparks]] as [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[January 20]]: [[Jim Folsom Sr]] succeeded [[Chauncey Sparks]] as [[Governor of Alabama]].
* [[Laurie C. Battle]] succeeded [[Luther Patrick]] as Representative of the [[9th Congressional District of Alabama]].
* December: The [[Homewood City Council]] rezoned the site of the future [[Vulcan Park Condominiums|Valley View Apartments]].
* [[Fultondale]] was incorporated.
* [[Fultondale]] was incorporated.
* [[Mulga]] was incorporated.
* [[Mulga]] was incorporated.
* [[Trussville]] was incorporated.
* [[Trussville]] was incorporated.
* The [[Alabama State Fair Authority]] was established by the [[Alabama Legislature]] as a successor to the [[Alabama State Fair & Exhibit Association]].
* The [[Alabama State Fair Authority]] was established by the [[Alabama Legislature]] as a successor to the [[Alabama State Fair & Exhibit Association]].
* [[Homewood]] deeded land on [[Shades Creek Parkway]] to the [[Armory Commission of Alabama]] for a [[Homewood National Guard Armory]].


===Education===
===Education===
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===Religion===
===Religion===
* [[June 21]]: [[Joseph Adams]] was appointed pastor of [[Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church]].
* [[Garywood Assembly of God]] was founded as [[Garywood Assembly of God|El Bethel Assembly of God]].
* [[Garywood Assembly of God]] was founded as [[Garywood Assembly of God|El Bethel Assembly of God]].
* [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] began holding services in an army chapel building bought as surplus from [[Camp Sibert]] near [[Gadsden]].
* [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] began holding services in an army chapel building bought as surplus from [[Camp Sibert]] near [[Gadsden]].
* [[Edward Gardner]] became pastor of [[Mount Olive Baptist Church, Kingston]].
* [[Edward Gardner]] became pastor of [[Mount Olive Baptist Church, Kingston]].
* [[Al Mathes]] became pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[William Vines]] succeeded [[J. Ivey Edwards]] as pastor of [[Dawson Family of Faith|Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[January 1]]: Tennessee State defeated Louisville Municipal College 32-0 in the [[Vulcan Bowl#1946 season|1947 Vulcan Bowl]].
* The [[Birmingham Skyhawks]] began play in the Professional Basketball League of America
* The [[Birmingham Skyhawks]] began play in the Professional Basketball League of America
* The [[Birmingham Vulcans (SPBL)|Birmingham Vulcans]] began play in the Southern Professional Basketball League
* The [[Birmingham Vulcans (SPBL)|Birmingham Vulcans]] began play in the Southern Professional Basketball League
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==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[Erskine Hawkins]] was given an honorary doctorate by [[Alabama State University]].
* [[October 2]]: [[Stanleigh Malotte]] returned to the [[Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ]] at the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[October 2]]: [[Stanleigh Malotte]] returned to the [[Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ]] at the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[Orville Schanbacher]] was named president of [[Loveman's]].
* [[Orville Schanbacher]] was named president of [[Loveman's]].
* [[Roy Downs]] became president of [[Central State Bank of Calera]].
* [[Roy Downs]] became president of [[Central State Bank of Calera]].
* [[Dorothy Love Coates|Dorothy Love]] left the [[Gospel Harmonettes]].
===Awards===
* [[Erskine Hawkins]] was given an honorary doctorate by [[Alabama State University]].
* [[John Rhoden]] was awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship for sculpture at Columbia University.
* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Peggy Elder]]


===Births===
===Births===
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==Works==
==Works==
* ''[[Annals of the Southside Baptist Church]]'' by [[James Sulzby Jr]]
* ''[[Annals of the Southside Baptist Church]]'' by [[James Sulzby Jr]]
* [[Colonial Stores]] introduced their "rooster" logo.


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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===Film, Radio and TV===
===Film, Radio and TV===
* Walter Lantz Productions made a series of [[Reddy Kilowatt]] cartoon shorts.


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 13:12, 22 September 2020

1947 was the 76th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Establishments

Government

Education

Media

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Awards

Births

Emmylou Harris

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

Works

Buildings

Music

Film, Radio and TV

  • Walter Lantz Productions made a series of Reddy Kilowatt cartoon shorts.

Context

1940s
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