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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 2]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was decomissioned.
* [[January 2]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was decommissioned.
* [[June 26]]: The [[1947 Dairy Month Parade]] was held in [[downtown Birmingham]].
* [[June 26]]: The [[1947 Dairy Month Parade]] was held in [[downtown Birmingham]].
* [[Arthur Shores]] filed the first legal challenge to Birmingham's [[segregation ordinances|segregated zoning laws]] on behalf of [[Samuel Mathews]].
* [[August 18]]: The home of [[Samuel Mathews]] in [[North Smithfield]] was targeted by a [[List of racially-motivated bombings|racially-motivated bombing]].
* [[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.
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* [[James Sulzby Jr]] founded the [[Alabama Historical Association]].
* [[James Sulzby Jr]] founded the [[Alabama Historical Association]].
* The American Heritage Foundation canceled the "[[American Freedom Train#1940s Freedom Train|Freedom Train]]"'s planned visit to Birmingham due to local [[segregation ordinances]].
* The American Heritage Foundation canceled the "[[American Freedom Train#1940s Freedom Train|Freedom Train]]"'s planned visit to Birmingham due to local [[segregation ordinances]].
* [[Epp Sykes]] donated the copyright to his song, "[[Yea Alabama!]]" to the [[University of Alabama]].


===Business===
===Business===
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===Government===
===Government===
* [[January 20]]: [[Jim Folsom Sr]] succeeded [[Chauncey Sparks]] as [[Governor of Alabama]].
* [[January 20]]: [[Jim Folsom Sr]] succeeded [[Chauncey Sparks]] as [[Governor of Alabama]].
* January 20: [[James Inzer]] succeeded [[Leven Ellis]] as [[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama]].
* [[Laurie C. Battle]] succeeded [[Luther Patrick]] as Representative of the [[9th Congressional District 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]].
* December: The [[Homewood City Council]] rezoned the site of the future [[Vulcan Park Condominiums|Valley View Apartments]].
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* 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]].
* [[Homewood]] deeded land on [[Shades Creek Parkway]] to the [[Armory Commission of Alabama]] for a [[Homewood National Guard Armory]].
* Residents of [[Homewood]] and [[Mountain Brook]] approved a 5-mill property tax to support development of [[Shades Valley High School]].


===Education===
===Education===
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==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[September 1]]: [[John Caldwell]] succeeded [[Arthur Harman]] as [[President of the University of Montevallo]].
* [[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]].
* [[Harvie Branscomb]] was appointed chair of the first United States Advisory Commission for Education Exchange.
* [[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]].
* [[John Gallalee]] succeeded [[Raymond Paty]] as [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President of the University of Alabama]].
* [[Dorothy Love Coates|Dorothy Love]] left the [[Gospel Harmonettes]].
* [[Dorothy Love Coates|Dorothy Love]] left the [[Gospel Harmonettes]].
* [[Willie Ruff]] and [[Dwike Mitchell]] formed the [[Mitchell-Ruff Duo]].
* [[Willie Ruff]] and [[Dwike Mitchell]] formed the [[Mitchell-Ruff Duo]].
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* Texas A&M Aggies football coach [[Homer Norton]] was fired.
* Texas A&M Aggies football coach [[Homer Norton]] was fired.
* [[Grady Price]] succeeded [[Hayes Parnell]] as [[Mayor of Leeds]].
* [[Grady Price]] succeeded [[Hayes Parnell]] as [[Mayor of Leeds]].
* [[W. C. Patton]] became president of the [[Alabama NAACP]].
* [[G. B. Baggett]] succeeded [[Powell Hamner]] as [[Walker County Sheriff]].


===Awards===
===Awards===
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* [[Bill Bolen]] graduated from Albert G. Parish High School.
* [[Bill Bolen]] graduated from Albert G. Parish High School.
* [[Joseph Braswell]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Joseph Braswell]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Leven Hazlegrove]] completed a chemistry degree at [[Howard College]].
* [[Autherine Lucy]] graduated from Linden Academy in Marengo County.
* [[Autherine Lucy]] graduated from Linden Academy in Marengo County.
* [[Jack Nelson]] graduated from Notre Dame High School in Biloxi, Mississippi.
* [[William Powell]] graduated from [[Phillips High School]].
* [[Frank Samford Jr]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Frank Samford Jr]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Ezra Sims]] completed a bachelor of arts at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Ezra Sims]] completed a bachelor of arts at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
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===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[August 8]]: [[Rosamond McDuff]] married Mary Evelyn Morgan at the [[First Pentecostal Holiness Church]] in [[North Birmingham]].
* [[October 12]]: [[Satchel Paige]] married Lahoma Brown in Hays, Kansas.
* [[October 12]]: [[Satchel Paige]] married Lahoma Brown in Hays, Kansas.
* [[Virginia Pounds Brown|Virginia Pounds]] married [[William Bestor Brown]].


===Awards===
===Awards===
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* [[Home Baking Company]] renovations
* [[Home Baking Company]] renovations
* [[Parham Apothecary Building]] in [[Fairfield]]
* [[Parham Apothecary Building]] in [[Fairfield]]
* [[South Elyton Baptist Church]]
* [[Legion Field]] south end zone grandstands
* [[Legion Field]] south end zone grandstands
* [[Wenonah Elementary School]]
* [[Wenonah Elementary School]]

Revision as of 09:27, 23 September 2020

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

Events

Business

Establishments

Government

Education

Media

Religion

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Individuals

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Births

Emmylou Harris

Graduations

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Music

Film, Radio and TV

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

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1940s
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