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[[Image:Monkey Island postcard.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Monkey Island, constructed in 1955]]
[[Image:Monkey Island postcard.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Monkey Island, constructed in 1955]]
[[File:1955 Red Diamond fire.jpg|right|thumb|275px|The 1955 Red Diamond building fire]]
[[File:1955 Red Diamond fire.jpg|right|thumb|275px|The 1955 Red Diamond building fire]]
* [[January 23]]: [[Martin Luther King Jr]] delivered a speech to a [[Birmingham NAACP]] meeting at [[Tabernacle Baptist Church]].
* [[February 14]]: The [[Town & Gown Theater]] opened their newly-donated [[Little Theater]] home with a performance of "Candles in the Canebrake".
* [[February 14]]: The [[Town & Gown Theater]] opened their newly-donated [[Little Theater]] home with a performance of "Candles in the Canebrake".
* [[March 15]]:  The [[Paul Hayne School time capsule]] was opened.
* [[March 15]]:  The [[Paul Hayne School time capsule]] was opened.
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* The [[C. Powell Noland]] family purchased the [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Birmingham Little Theater]] and donated it to the [[Town & Gown Theatre]].
* The [[C. Powell Noland]] family purchased the [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Birmingham Little Theater]] and donated it to the [[Town & Gown Theatre]].
* [[Red Diamond]]'s production facility was destroyed by fire.
* [[Red Diamond]]'s production facility was destroyed by fire.
* [[Ed Baker]] donated land for the rebuilding of [[McElwain Baptist Church]].
* [[Rickwood Caverns]] opened to the public.
* [[Rickwood Caverns]] opened to the public.
* The first [[Country Boy Eddie Show]] appeared on [[WAPI-TV]].
* The first [[Country Boy Eddie Show]] appeared on [[WAPI-TV]].
* [[Jim Folsom Sr]] returned to office for a second term as [[Governor of Alabama]], succeeding [[Gordon Persons]].
* [[Holy Rosary Catholic Church]] in [[Gate City]] became its own parish under the care of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
* The [[Jefferson County Department of Health]] noted that tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the county.
* The [[Jefferson County Department of Health]] noted that tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the county.
* [[Oakmont United Methodist Church]] was organized.


===Business===
===Business===
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* A [[King Edward Cigar Plant]] opened in [[Cullman]].
* A [[King Edward Cigar Plant]] opened in [[Cullman]].
* The [[Goodgame Company]] was founded.
* The [[Goodgame Company]] was founded.
===Religion===
* [[March 20]]: [[NorthPark Church|Roebuck Park Baptist Church]] was established.
* [[Ed Baker]] donated land for the rebuilding of [[McElwain Baptist Church]].
* [[Holy Rosary Catholic Church]] in [[Gate City]] became its own parish under the care of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
* [[Oakmont United Methodist Church]] was organized.
* The [[Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County]] founded [[St Martin's in the Pines|St Martin's Home for the Aged]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[Jim Folsom Sr]] returned to office for a second term as [[Governor of Alabama]], succeeding [[Gordon Persons]].
* [[Joseph A. Durick]] was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Mobile-Birmingham Diocese.
* [[Joseph A. Durick]] was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Mobile-Birmingham Diocese.
* [[Annie Easley]] began working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in Cleveland, Ohio.
* [[Annie Easley]] began working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in Cleveland, Ohio.
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===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 3]]: [[Ed Reynolds]], writer and musician
* [[January 19]]: [[Michael O'Connor]], chief of the [[North Shelby Fire and Emergency Medical District]]
* [[January 19]]: [[Michael O'Connor]], chief of the [[North Shelby Fire and Emergency Medical District]]
* [[February 1]]: [[T. R. Dunn]], basketball player
* [[February 1]]: [[T. R. Dunn]], basketball player
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* [[April 4]]: [[Michael R. Jordan]], pastor of [[New Era Baptist Church]]
* [[April 4]]: [[Michael R. Jordan]], pastor of [[New Era Baptist Church]]
* [[April 6]]: [[Michael Rooker]], actor
* [[April 6]]: [[Michael Rooker]], actor
* [[April 9]]: [[Buck Brock]], banker and [[Samford University]] vice president
* [[April 16]]: [[Mart Avant]], musician
* [[April 16]]: [[Mart Avant]], musician
* [[May 6]]: [[Debra Ghigna]], author and poet
* [[May 6]]: [[Debra Ghigna]], author and poet
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* [[Jon Anthony]], [[WSGN-AM]] deejay
* [[Jon Anthony]], [[WSGN-AM]] deejay
* [[Buck Brock]], Vice President of Business Affairs at [[Samford University]]
* [[Buck Brock]], Vice President of Business Affairs at [[Samford University]]
* [[Kenneth Coachman]], former [[Mayor of Fairfield]]
* [[John Draper]], school administrator
* [[John Draper]], school administrator
* [[Bobby Duke, Jr]], halfback and murder victim
* [[Bobby Duke, Jr]], halfback and murder victim

Latest revision as of 17:12, 15 January 2024

1955 was the 84th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Monkey Island, constructed in 1955
The 1955 Red Diamond building fire

Business

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Deaths

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1955

Works

Books

Buildings

Demolitions

Context

In 1955 Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera was assassinated. Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was introduced. West Germany was recognized as a sovereign state and joined NATO. Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. Gunsmoke premiered on CBS. Juan Peron was ousted by coup in Argentina. Racial segregation in interstate buses was banned. Rosa Parks kicked off the Montgomery bus boycott.

Notable births in 1955 included Kevin Costner, Eddie Van Halen, John Grisham, Arsenio Hall, Bruce Willis, Reba McEntire, Billy Bob Thornton, Edwin Moses, Yo-Yo Ma, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Deaths in 1955 included Albert Einstein, James Agee, Charlie Parker, James Dean, and Honus Wagner.

Top grossing films of 1955 included Lady and the Tramp, Rebel Without a Cause, and Oklahoma. Nobakov's Lolita was published in Paris. William Faulkner won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for A Fable and Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The top pop songs were Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock", Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons", and Mitch Miller's "Yellow Rose of Texas."

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