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* First surviving daily newspaper: ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]'' (1874)
* First surviving daily newspaper: ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]'' (1874)
* First "talkie": Newsreel of President Coolidge welcoming Charles Lindbergh to New York, played at the [[Ritz Theatre]] in [[1927]]
* First "talkie": Newsreel of President Coolidge welcoming Charles Lindbergh to New York, played at the [[Ritz Theatre]] in [[1927]]
===Sports===
* First title boxing match: [[Wilder vs. Molina]], [[June 13]], [[2015]] at [[Bartow Arena]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:39, 14 June 2015

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This list of Birmingham firsts is drawn from Bertha Bendall Norton's 1970 book Birmingham's First Magic Century: Were You There?, with a few additions:

People

Government

Retailers

Services

Media

  • First newspaper: Birmingham Sun (weekly in 1871, daily for a brief time in 1872)
  • First surviving daily newspaper: Birmingham Iron Age (1874)
  • First "talkie": Newsreel of President Coolidge welcoming Charles Lindbergh to New York, played at the Ritz Theatre in 1927

Sports

References