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==Events==
==Events==
 
* [[William Brandon]] succeeded [[Thomas Kilby]] as [[Governor of Alabama]].
* [[F. A. Gallup]] succeeded Mr Carmichael as principal of [[Woodlawn High School]].
* [[Oscar Underwood]] completed his second term as Senate Minority Leader.
* [[T. J. Shirley]] succeeded [[J. Chris Hartsfield]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[James Falkner]] succeeded [[Andrew Jackson]] as [[Shelby County Sheriff]].
* The [[Birmingham Little Theater]] was founded by [[Bernhard Szold]].
* [[Cahaba Girl Scout Council|Girl Scouts]] began holding summer camps at [[Camp Winnetaska]].
* [[Hugo Black]] joined the [[Ku Klux Klan]] at a rally at [[Edgewood Park]].
* The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)|USS Birmingham]]'' light cruiser was decommissioned.
* The [[University of Montevallo|Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute and College for Women]] in [[Montevallo]] was renamed [[University of Montevallo|Alabama College, State College for Women]].
* [[Solomon Katz]] became rabbi of [[Temple Beth-El]]
* [[John Canepa]] founded [[St John's Catholic Church]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[United Way of Central Alabama|Birmingham Community Chest]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Park and Recreation Board]] was established.
* Birmingham voters prohibited private jitney services by public referendum.
* [[Minor High School]] graduated its first class.
* [[Shades Cahaba High School]] graduated its first class.
* The Women's Auxiliary of the [[Jefferson County Medical Society]] was founded.
* [[George Ward]] purchased the land for his [[Vestavia (estate)|Vestavia]] estate.
* [[Engine No. 4018]] was sold to the [[St Louis and San Francisco Railway]].
* The [[North Alabama Methodist Conference]] met at [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]].
* [[Frank Hartley Anderson]] married [[Martha Fort Anderson|Martha Fannin Fort]].


===Business===
===Business===
 
* City Stores Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania purchased a majority stake in [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph & Loeb]].
* [[Alabama Power Company]] hired [[Maria Whitson]] as its first female engineer.
* [[Giuseppi Moretti]] bought a marble quarry near [[Sylacauga]].
* [[WSY-AM]] relocated its broadcast studio to the [[Loveman's|Loveman's Building]].
* [[David O. Whilldin]] established his own architectural office.
* [[Meadowcraft|Birmingham Ornamental Iron]] ([[Meadowcraft]]) was founded.
* [[Golden Flake|Magic City Foods]] ([[Golden Flake]]) was founded.
* The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company|TCI]] division of U.S.S. Corp. opened a merchant steel mill in [[Fairfield]].
* [[Douglas Arant]] joined the law firm of [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings|Bradley, Baldwin, All & White]].
* [[Lonnie Noojin|Lonnie]] and his brother founded the [[Noojin Supply Company]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
 
* [[Charlie Brown]] coached his final season for the [[BSC Panthers]] football team.
* [[Harris Cope]] coached his final season for the [[Samford Bulldogs football]] team.
* Female members of the [[Birmingham Country Club]] founded a women's golf tournament.


==Works==
==Works==
* The steamship ''[[City of Birmingham (steamship)|City of Birmingham]]'' was christened
* ''[[Art Work of Birmingham, Ala.]]'' was published by the Gravure Illustration Company of Chicago, Illinois


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
 
* [[Belvedere Theatre]]
* [[Bessemer Colored High School]]
* [[Bush Middle School]]
* [[Druid City Hospital]]
* [[Henry Neely Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Neely Henry]])
* [[Lake Purdy Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Purdy]])
* [[Mitchell Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Mitchell]])
* [[North Birmingham Elementary School]]
* [[Phillips High School]]
* [[St Stanislaus Catholic Church]]
* [[Tuscaloosa Country Club]]
* ground was broken for [[A. H. Parker High School|Negro High School]] (now [[A. H. Parker High School]])
* ground was broken for [[Norwood Elementary School]]


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
===Births===
===Births===
 
* [[March 22]]: [[Temple Tutwiler II]]
* [[April 20]]: [[Mother Angelica]], founded of [[Our Lady of the Angels Monastery]] and [[EWTN]].
* [[June 11]]: [[Bill Edmonds]], civil engineer
* [[August 22]]: [[Louis Willie]], insurance executive
* [[September 23]]: [[Willie Spencer]], Methodist minister
* [[October 28]]: [[Tom King]], attorney and state senator
* [[November 30]]: [[Maxie Bryant]], environmental activist
* [[December 3]]: [[Bill Ireland]], industrialist
* [[December 24]]: [[David Friedman]], exploitation film producer
* [[James Armstrong]], barber
* [[S. Richardson Hill]], president of [[UAB]]
* [Mac Fleming]], history teacher
* [[John E. Moore]], civil leader in Dayton, Ohio
* [[Thomas Stubbs]], state senator
* [[Merritt Stoves]], Civil Rights watchman
* 1920-23: [[Mildred Howard]], gospel vocalist


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* August: [[A. J. Dickinson]], Baptist minister
* [[October 29]]: [[Jack Nabors]], baseball player
* [[Thomas Duke Parke]], physician
* [[R. S. Munger]], industrialist


===Awards===
* [[Ida Moffett]] graduated from [[Alliance High School]]
* [[Douglas Arant]] graduated from Yale Law School.


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 15:33, 10 December 2009

1923 was the 52nd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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