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[[Image:1908 tornado.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Aftermath of the [[1908 tornado]]]]
'''1908''' was the 37th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].
'''1908''' was the 37th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* April 24: The [[1908 tornado]] kills 35 and injures 188 more along its 105 mile-long path.
* [[January 1]]: [[Prohibition|Local prohibition]] went into effect in [[Jefferson County]].
* The original [[16th Street Baptist Church]] building is condemned
* [[March 18]]: The [[Birmingham Motorcycle Club]] held a hill-climb contest on [[7th Street North]] in [[Fountain Heights]].
* Architect [[Wallace Rayfield]] relocates his practice to Birmingham
* [[April 24]]: The [[1908 tornado]] killed 35 and injured 188 more along its 105 mile-long path.
* Local [[prohibition]] is enacted in the City of Birmingham
* [[May 19]]: An eastbound train derailed and damaged a steel bridge over the [[Cahaba River]] 15 miles east of [[Birmingham]].
* [[Frank P. O'Brien]] succeeds [[George Ward]] as [[List of Mayors of Birmingham|Mayor of Birmingham]]
* [[May 30]]: The first passenger train stopped at the [[Birmingham Terminal Station]] platform, with the station building still under construction.
* The [[Birmingham Art Club]] is founded
* [[June 9]]–[[June 11|11]]: The [[1908 Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans]] was held in [[Birmingham]].
* The [[Brown Marx Building]] is expanded
* [[July 8]]: Miner [[Porter Bickert]]'s house was bombed in [[Lewisburg]].
* [[1908 coal miners strike]]
* [[September 8]]:  The first [[Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway]] train pulled into [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* [[November 15]]: 8 miners were killed in the [[1908 No. 3 Mine fire]].
* The original [[16th Street Baptist Church]] building was condemned.
* Local [[prohibition]] was enacted in the City of Birmingham.
* [[Frank P. O'Brien]] succeeded [[George Ward]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* The [[Birmingham Art Club]] was founded.
* [[Alberta City]] founded outside [[Tuscaloosa]].
* The [[Birmingham Police Department]] initiated a bicycle corps for patrols.


==Sports==
===Business===
* [[Carleton Molesworth]] begins managing the [[Birmingham Barons]]
* [[May 8]]: [[Vanderbilt Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.
* The [[University of Alabama]] and [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]] (Auburn) fail to agree on a meal stipend for players, thus ending their rivalry until the legislature required them to play each other again in [[1948 Iron Bowl|1948]].
* [[July 8]]–[[August 30]]: The [[1908 United Mine Workers strike]] idled 18,000 workers.
* [[July 9]]: [[Pete Perolio]], [[Charles Perolio]], [[John Brocket]] and [[Frank Damastri]] incorporated the [[Pratt City Transfer Co.]]
* [[Charles Carraway]] founded the [[Carraway Infirmary]] in [[Pratt City]].
* [[Gunn's Pharmacy]] was incorporated.
* [[J. C. Marks & Company]], a wholesale wine, liquor and cigar dealer, moved to Louisville, Kentucky following local prohibition.
* [[James McWane]] joined [[ACIPCO]] as a vice-president.
* Architect [[Wallace Rayfield]] relocated his practice to Birmingham.


==Buildings==
=== Education ===
* [[Collegeville]]'s [[Hudson School]] was established.
* [[James Hall]] retired from teaching, closing his [[Zelosophian Academy]] in [[Oak Grove (Homewood)|Oak Grove]].
* [[Oak Grove Elementary School (1908)|Oak Grove Elementary School]] was founded in what later became part of [[Homewood]].
 
===Religion===
* [[October 18]]: [[St Barnabas Catholic Church]], remodeled from [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]], was formally dedicated.
* [[Temple Beth-El]] was founded by former members of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[Central Park Methodist Church]] was established.
 
===Sports===
* [[May 5]]: [[Bill Foxen]] made his Major League debut with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* August: [[Carlton Molesworth]] took over as manager of the [[Birmingham Barons]].
* The [[Birmingham Giants]] claimed the title of "Colored Champions of the South".
* The [[University of Alabama]] and [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]] (Auburn) failed to agree on a meal stipend for players, thus ending their rivalry until the legislature required them to play each other again in [[1948 Iron Bowl|1948]].
 
== Works ==
[[Image:Mary A Cahalan statue.jpg|right|thumb|Mary Cahalan statue]]
* [[Mary Cahalan statue]] by [[Giuseppe Moretti]]
 
===Buildings===
* Construction of a second [[Alley School]] in [[Elyton]] began.
* [[Avondale Library]]
* Expansion of [[Canaan Missionary Baptist Church]] in [[Bessemer]]
* The [[Clark Building]] on [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Elyton Elementary School]]
* [[Elyton Elementary School]]
* [[Ensley High School]]
* [[Ensley High School]]
* The second [[1908 Woodlawn City Hall|Woodlawn City Hall]]
* [[Brown Marx Building]] expansion
* The first [[North Birmingham Elementary School]]
* [[William Merritt residence]] at [[2020 Highland Avenue]]
* [[A. B. Loveman residence]]
* [[324 21st Street North]]
* [[Hueytown School]] was rebuilt on [[Dabbs Avenue]]
==Publications==
* {{Views-1908}}
== Individuals ==
[[Image:Alice Chalifoux 1936.jpg|right|thumb|175px|[[Alice Chalifoux]], born in 1908]]
* [[Blanche Dean]] began teaching at a local church school.
* [[William Bell (Miles College)|William Bell]] began teaching Greek and mathematics at [[Miles College]].
* [[John A. Carroll]] came to [[Birmingham]] to open a furniture store.
===Births===
* [[January 22]]: [[Alice Chalifoux]], harpist
* [[March 15]]: [[Alice Pigman]], educator and social worker
* [[April 20]]: [[Lionel Hampton]], jazz vibraphonist and bandleader
* [[July 14]]: [[Harry Curl]], theater manager
* [[July 15]]: [[Lee Erwin]], organist and composer
* [[July 29]]: [[Felix Gaines]], artist
* [[August 18]]: [[Veterans Day]] founder [[Raymond Weeks]]
* [[September 8]]: [[Emory Jackson]], ''[[Birmingham World]]'' editor and NAACP leader
* [[September 13]]: [[Earnest Mostella]], miner, preacher and luthier
* [[October 2]]: [[Ed Ramage]], Presbyterian minister
* [[October 9]]: Governor [[Jim Folsom Sr]] was born in Elba, Coffee County.
* October 9: Photographer [[A. C. Keily]]
* [[December 9]]: [[Walter Gewin]], federal circuit court judge
* [[Robert Bragg]], Chief of the [[Irondale Police Department]]
* [[Clarence Hanson Jr]], ''[[The Birmingham News|Birmingham News]]'' publisher
* [[John Jemison Jr]], investment banker
* [[Augusta Williams]], murder victim


==Births==
===Deaths===
* [[Augusta Williams]]
* [[February 23]]: [[Benjamin Roden]]
* April 20: [[Lionel Hampton]]
* [[March 6]]: [[M. J. Hurst]], wife of [[Edward Hurst]]
* [[June 4]]: [[Oliver Marble]], architect
* [[June 6]]: [[Y. E. Holloway]], physician
* [[June 8]]: [[J. Q. A. Wilhite]], former pastor of [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]]
* [[July 8]]: [[P. J. Powell]], judge
* [[July 9]]: [[C. J. Martin]], [[Ensley Works]] employee
* July 9: [[August Lavell]], [[Ensley Works]] employee
* [[July 17]]: [[Charles Gardner]]
* [[August 4]]: Labor organizer [[Will Millin]] was lynched in [[Brighton]]
* [[August 21]]: [[Chambers McAdory]]
* [[December 11]]: [[James Luckie]], physician


==Deaths==
===Graduations===
* [[Benjamin F. Roden]]
* [[Blanche Dean]], from Lineville High School


==Context==
==Context==
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* "[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dystopos/sets/1169281/ Views of Birmingham, Alabama] with a glimpse at some of the natural resources of the Birmingham District and industries based theron." published by Isidore Newman & Son, Bankers (New York, New Orleans) and copyrighted in 1908.
* "[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dystopos/sets/1169281/ Views of Birmingham, Alabama] with a glimpse at some of the natural resources of the Birmingham District and industries based theron." published by Isidore Newman & Son, Bankers (New York, New Orleans) and copyrighted in 1908.


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Latest revision as of 16:40, 28 January 2023

Aftermath of the 1908 tornado

1908 was the 37th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Education

Religion

Sports

Works

Mary Cahalan statue

Buildings

Publications

Individuals

Alice Chalifoux, born in 1908

Births

Deaths

Graduations

Context

1908 was a leap year. It was the year that the Grand Canyon was made a National Monument. The Boy Scouts of America was founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell. The first Model T rolled off the Ford Motor Co. assembly line in Dearborn, Michigan. The Cubs earned their most recent World Series victory over Detroit. Taft was elected President over William Jennings Bryan. And an earthquake in Sicily killed more than 75,000 people.

External links

  • "Views of Birmingham, Alabama with a glimpse at some of the natural resources of the Birmingham District and industries based theron." published by Isidore Newman & Son, Bankers (New York, New Orleans) and copyrighted in 1908.
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