September 1

September 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2013: Renasant Bank purchased M&F Bank.
• 2013: Rachel Lindley began her tenure as news director for WBHM-FM.
• 2010: Sojourns relocated to the Eubanks Mercantile building.
• 2009: Charm opened for business on 2nd Avenue North.
• 2007: The fourth annual Southern Heritage Festival kicked off at Railroad Reservation Park.
• 2007: The second annual Alabama Butterbean Festival was held in Pinson.
• 2005: FM 105.9 was moved to FM 105.5.
• 2003: Valerie Gribben's Fairytale was published.
• 1996: ABC 33/40 debuted and WBRC-TV became a FOX Network affiliate.
• 1977: Peter Frampton performed at the BJCC Coliseum.
• 1974: Diamond Jim's opened for business on Morris Avenue.
• 1969: Alabama College was renamed University of Montevallo.
• 1961: WBRC-6 switched from CBS to ABC.
• 1961: The Treadwell Barber Shop opened at the Mountain Brook Shopping Center.
• 1960: Bob Truett succeeded the previously ousted Tom Briskey as director of the Birmingham Zoo.
• 1939: Birmingham's sister city of Hitachi, Japan was incorporated.
• 1928: The Granada open air ballroom opened north of Trussville.
• 1917: The Sanitary Market opened on 2nd Avenue North.
• 1906: Alf Brown was appointed captain of the Southside Fire Station Engine Company No. 2.
• 1903: The first official observation was taken at the Weather Forecast Office Birmingham.
• 1879: The Birmingham Female Institute opened.

Johnny Mack Brown, born September 1, 1904

Births

• 1992: Olympic gold medalist Kirani James was born in Gouyave, Grenada.
• 1974: Former police officer Jason McIntosh was born.
• 1946: Pastor and former Jefferson County Commissioner Steve Small was born in Wilcox County.
• 1918: Congressman James Martin was born in Tarrant.
• 1914: Alabama Football Network founder Bert Bank was born in Montgomery.
• 1906: Daniel Corporation president R. Hugh Daniel was born.
• 1904: Football player and western B-movie actor Johnny Mack Brown was born.
• 1888: Poet and writer Clement Wood was born in Tuscaloosa.
• 1874: Coroner Jesse Russum was born in Bowman, Georgia.
• 1869: Historian Marie Bankhead Owen was born on the Bankhead plantation in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
• 1858: Building contractor, mine operator, and philanthropist Belton Gilreath was born in Greenville, South Carolina.

Marriages

• 1975: Former Miss Alabama Ann Fowler married ABC Sports president Roone Arledge.
• 1947: Law student Robert Guillot married the former Patty Shirley.

Deaths

• 1986: Labor and civil rights leader Asbury Howard died.
• 1954: Baseball player Wimpy Quinn died.
• 1900: Photographer D. C. Redington died from a stroke of apoplexy.

Sheriffs

• 1900: Andrew W. Burgin was sworn in as Jefferson County Sheriff.
• 1896: Frank P. O'Brien was sworn in as Jefferson County Sheriff.
• 1892: George Morrow was sworn in as Jefferson County Sheriff.
• 1888: Joseph S. Smith succeeded Samuel Truss as Jefferson County Sheriff.

Sports

• 2007: UAB Blazers lost 18-55 to Michigan State in Lansing, Michigan.
• 1930: Hank Crisp succeeded Wallace Wade as Athletic Director for the University of Alabama.