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* [[Frank P. O'Brien]] succeeds [[George Ward]] as [[List of Mayors of Birmingham|Mayor of Birmingham]] | * [[Frank P. O'Brien]] succeeds [[George Ward]] as [[List of Mayors of Birmingham|Mayor of Birmingham]] | ||
* The [[Birmingham Art Club]] is founded | * The [[Birmingham Art Club]] is founded | ||
* The [[Brown-Marx]] | * The [[Brown-Marx building]] is expanded | ||
* [[1908 coal miners strike]] | * [[1908 coal miners strike]] | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 20 July 2006
1908 was the 37th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- The original 16th Street Baptist Church building is condemned
- Architect Wallace Rayfield relocates his practice to Birmingham
- Local prohibition is enacted in the City of Birmingham
- Frank P. O'Brien succeeds George Ward as Mayor of Birmingham
- The Birmingham Art Club is founded
- The Brown-Marx building is expanded
- 1908 coal miners strike
Sports
- Carleton Molesworth begins managing the Birmingham Barons
- The University of Alabama and 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.
Births
- Augusta Williams
- April 20: Lionel Hampton
Deaths
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.