1972
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1972 is the 101st year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- Bull Connor defeated in re-election bid for the Alabama Public Service Commission.
- Kate Jackson appears in "The Rookies"
- Eli Gold debuts as a sports announcer for the Mutual Broadcasting System
- Mel Allen is inducted into the Sportswriters and Broadcasters Hall of Fame
- The Homewood High School band is founded.
- BE&K was founded.
- First National Bank is renamed AmSouth Bancorporation
- Mary Kay Beard makes the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
- St Elias Maronite Church hosts the 1972 National Apostolate of Maronites convention
- James C. Parsons named Birmingham Police Chief
- Jimmy Means joins the Alabama Gang
- Joe Shannon retired from the U. S. Air Force
- Trilogy Leather founded
- Richard Gilliam hired as Montevallo High School basketball coach.
- Ralph M. Tanner succeeds Charles D. Hounshell as President of Birmingham-Southern College
- George Wallace shot on the campaign trail. Jere Beasley serves as acting governor
- July 22: Sloss Blast Furnace Site: 1st Avenue North is added to the National Register of Historic Places
- December 31: Bernard Kincaid weds Alfreda Harris
Sports
- October: Alabama A&M beats Alabama State 8-7 in the Magic City Classic
- December 2: Auburn defeats Alabama with two blocked punts in the 1972 Iron Bowl
Graduations
- Kamau Afrika graduates from Parker High School
- David Cutcliffe graduates from Banks High School
- Larry Langford earns a degree in social and behavioral sciences from UAB
- Larry DeLucas earns a degree in chemistry from UAB
- Tobias Wolff earns a degree in English from Hertford College, Oxford
- David Cromwell Johnson earnes his juris doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law
Works
Buildings
- Birmingham International Airport Terminal Building
Books
Films
- Fair Play, starring Phillip Alford
- The Erotic Adventures of Zorro and The Adult Version of Jeckyll & Hide, produced by David F. Friedman
Songs
- "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", The Temptations, featuring Dennis Edwards
- "Black Tattler" / "Stop the Merry-Go-Round" & "Black Haze Express", Sam Dees
- ""I've Been Lonely for So Long." Frederick Knight, recorded by Neal Hemphill
Births
- Sandra Gregory, abducted lawyer
Deaths
- Clifford Stiles, owner of the Redmont Hotel from 1946.
- October 10: Tom Stewart, U. S. Senator (Tennessee)
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1972