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==Events==
==Events==
* [[George Ward]] succeeded [[Culpepper Exum]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham|President]] of the [[Birmingham City Commission]].
* [[George Huddleston, Sr]] succeeded [[Oscar Underwood]] as Representative for the [[9th Congressional District of Alabama]].
* A [[1913 Birmingham tornado|tornado]] damaged [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]].
* [[Samford University|Howard College]] admitted its first female students.
* The [[Birmingham Public Library|Birmingham Public Library Board]] succeeded the [[Birmingham Public Library Association]].
* [[St Stanislaus Parish]] was established in [[Wylam]].
* [[St Joseph's Catholic Church]] was established in [[Ensley]].
* [[Miss Fancy]] was purchased from a failed circus by the [[Birmingham Advertising Club]] and displayed in [[Avondale Park]].
* [[Henry Edmonds]] became pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[Lloyd Noland]] was hired by the [[Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company]] to reorganized their employee health department.
* [[John Wesley Gilbert]] succeeded [[William A. Bell]] as [[List of Miles College presidents|president]] of [[Miles College]].
* [[A. Feinsilver]] succeeded [[J. T. Loeb]] as rabbi of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[Calera Lodge No. 445]] began meeting at the [[Cowart Drug Company Building|Bondurant and Burke Drug Store]].
* [[February 6]]: The [[Rotary Club of Birmingham]] was chartered.
* [[October 1]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)]]'' was recommissioned and sent to carry officials of the Panama-Pacific Exposition on a South American tour.
* [[Patti Ruffner Jacobs]] addressed the annual convention of the National Woman's Suffrage Association in Washington D. C.
* Dean [[William B. Oliver]] left his position with the [[University of Alabama School of Law]].
* The [[Avondale Regional Library]] joined the [[Birmingham Public Library]] system.
* [[Adna Moore]] became pastor of the [[Pilgrim Church]].


===Busines===
===Business===
* The [[Jack Daniel Distilling Company]] opened on [[2nd Avenue North]].
* The [[Oak Hill Memorial Association]] took over management of [[Oak Hill Cemetery]].
* [[George Crawford]] and [[Robert Jemison, Jr]] began planning construction of the [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]].
* [[H. M. Newsome]] purchased the [[Bonita Theater]], later rebuilding it as the [[Rialto Theatre|Rialto]].
* The [[Birmingham Tidewater Railway]] began passenger service between [[Ensley]] and [[East Lake]].
* Hand picks supplanted mechanical coal cutters at the [[Brookside mine]].
* Actor [[Henry Walthall]] signed a contract with Reliance-Majestic Studios in Los Angeles, California.
* [[Ranson & Son Grocery]] opened.
* [[Browdy's]] delicatessen opened.
* [[Franklin Glass]] was appointed to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Senator [[Joseph Johnston]], but was not confirmed. [[Francis White]] was seated in [[1914]].
* [[August 3]]: The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]] began servicing the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]].
* [[December 23]]: The [[Birmingham, Selma & Pensacola Railroad]] was acquired by [[Birmingham, Selma & Mobile Railroad]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* The 8-0 [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] won the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] football championship.
* [[Guy Tutwiler]] played his final season for the Detroit Tigers.
* [[Lonnie Noojin]] played his final season in the minor leagues.
* [[Samford Bulldogs|Howard College]] went 5-3-1 under coach [[Lonnie Noojin]].


==Works==
==Works==


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rosedale]]
* [[City Federal Building]]
* [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]]
* [[Howell-Porter House]]
* [[Pythian Temple]] ([[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]] building)
* [[Ridgely Apartments]] (now the [[Tutwiler Hotel (1986)|Tutwiler Hotel]])
* [[Trianon Theatre]]
* The [[Roden Hotel]] was begun, but construction was halted and the steel frame demolished for scrap.
* [[Rebie Hall]] was destroyed by fire.


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 31]]: [[Don Hutson]], football player
* [[February 14]]: [[Mel Allen]], sports announcer
* [[March 12]]: [[Loulie Jean Norman]], operatic soprano
* [[April 1]]: [[Buster Bray]], baseball player
* [[June 20]]: [[Al Gallodoro]], saxophone player
* [[July 1]]: [[Wedo Martini]], baseball player
* [[July 16]]: [[George Seibels]], [[Mayor of Birmingham]]
* [[September 11]]: [[Bear Bryant|Paul "Bear" Bryant]], football coach
* [[October 13]]: [[Kenneth Daniel]], [[ACIPCO]] president
* [[October 27]]: [[Robert Waldrop]], [[Mayor of Homewood]]
* [{December 20]]: [[Carl Elliott]], U. S. congressman
* [[Jack Brazleton]], comptroller and aviator
* [[Jessie Johnson]], daughter of [[Crawford Johnson|Crawford]] and [[Caroline Johnson]].
* [[Nell Williams]], socialite and murder victim


===Awards===
===Awards===
* [[Tom Stewart]] was admitted to the Alabama Bar.
* [[Octavus Roy Cohen]] was admitted to the South Carolina Bar.
* [[Kirkman O'Neal]] graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy.


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[May 16]]: [[Louise Wooster]], madame
* [[August 8]]: [[Joseph Johnston]], [[Governor of Alabama]] and U. S. Senator
* [[November 26]]: [[Rufus Cobb]], [[Governor of Alabama]]


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 15:19, 20 October 2009

1913 was the 4nd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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Business

Sports

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