1901

1901 was the 30th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• February 23: A rare snowfall brought 5 inches to Birmingham.
• March 25: A series of tornadoes swept through the Birmingham area.
• Alabama adopted the Alabama Constitution of 1901
• The Carnival Society held their last Mardi Gras ball in Birmingham.
• William D. Jelks succeeded William J. Samford as Governor of Alabama
• W. E. Weir succeeded C. W. Austin as Birmingham Police Chief
• Ensley High School was founded, meeting at the Old Bush School.
• Birmingham Public Library opened to subscribers.
• U. S. Steel incorporated by J. P. Morgan.
• The town of Adamsville was incorporated.

Sports

• The Birmingham Barons joined the newly-formed Southern Association

Buildings

• East Lake School
• Birmingham City Hall (1901)
• Ensley School
• Graymont Elementary School
• McElwain Baptist Church (former building)
• Shiloh Baptist Church (former building)
• Spencer Honors House
• St Anthony's Church, Ensley (former building)
• Ullman School

Births

• January 5: Luke Sewell, baseball player
• September 5: Stanleigh Malotte, theater organist
• December 20: Robert Van de Graaff, physicist and inventor
• Harold Blach, retailer
• Mary Fabian, opera soprano

Context

1908 was the first year of the 20th century. Queen Victoria died and the Commonwealth of Australia was founded. Oil was discovered near Beaumont, Texas. William McKinley began his second term as President in January and was assassinated in September. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took office. He caused a backlash by inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House. The first Nobel Prize was awarded. The first trans-Atlantic radio signal was received. Picasso entered his "blue period". Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Louis Armstrong, Ed Sullivan, and Walt Disney were born. Giuseppe Verdi and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died.

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