1964

1964 was the 93rd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• March 19: Billy Graham Easter Rally at Legion Field
• Amerigo Marino succeeded Arthur Winograd as conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Sports

• 1964 Birmingham Barons
• November 26: 1964 Iron Bowl

Works

Buildings

• Collegeville Housing Community
• Hewitt-Trussville Junior High
• Logan Martin Dam
• Parliament House
• Valley Elementary School in Pelham

Individuals

Births

• January 3: Buck Johnson, basketball player
• January 20: Mark Gottfried, basketball coach
• January 28: Justin Fox, journalist
• March 27: Bubba Bussey, radio show host
• May 26: Caitlín R. Kiernan, novelist
• June 15: Courteney Cox Arquette, actress
• June 19: Kevin Schwantz, motorcycle racer and trainer
• June 21: Chris Hodges, pastor of Church of the Highlands
• July 13: Damon Johnson, guitarist and rock singer
• August 24: David Bonnett, race car driver
• August 24: Oteil Burbridge, bass player
• September 9: Ben Tamburello, football player
• October 2: Hector Villanueva, baseball player
• October 3: Rick Burgess, radio show host
• October 6: Lucy Bonds, owner of Lucy's Coffee and Tea
• October 10: Jerome Mincy, basketball player
• October 20: Clifford Allison, race car driver
• November 7: Michael Papajohn, stunt performer and actor
• November 22: Olin Barnes III, insurance executive
• Kathryn Woodson Barr, head of the Highlands School
• Charles Benjamin, coach for Birmingham City Schools
• Justin Brown, conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra
• Scott Daniels, radio personality
• Bobby Jackson, fantasy miniaturist
• Melissa Kendrick, social activist and owner of Sojourns
• Lee Long, artist and cartoonist

Deaths

• R. L. Zeigler, grocer and meat processor

1960s

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