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* [[1921 Fashion-Industrial Exposition]] | * [[1921 Fashion-Industrial Exposition]] was held at [[Linn Park|Capitol Park]] | ||
* [[Wilsonville Lodge No. 510]] was founded. | |||
===Business=== | ===Business=== | ||
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===Buildings=== | ===Buildings=== | ||
* [[Hueytown High School]] | |||
* [[Jasper First United Methodist Church]] | |||
* [[Jones Valley High School]] | |||
* [[Long-Lewis Ford]] showroom | |||
* [[Model Poultry Farm]] at [[Avondale Park]] | |||
* [[Norwood Methodist Church]] | |||
* [[Thompson High School]] | |||
* [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building|United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse]] on [[5th Avenue North]] | |||
* [[Walker Memorial United Methodist Church]] in [[Elyton]] | |||
* [[Wilsonville Lodge No. 510]] | |||
== Individuals == | == Individuals == | ||
Revision as of 12:00, 22 September 2017
1921 was the 50th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- 1921 Fashion-Industrial Exposition was held at Capitol Park
- Wilsonville Lodge No. 510 was founded.
Business
Sports
Works
Buildings
- Hueytown High School
- Jasper First United Methodist Church
- Jones Valley High School
- Long-Lewis Ford showroom
- Model Poultry Farm at Avondale Park
- Norwood Methodist Church
- Thompson High School
- United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse on 5th Avenue North
- Walker Memorial United Methodist Church in Elyton
- Wilsonville Lodge No. 510
Individuals
Births
- January 6: Gladys Gillem, professional wrestler
- January 11: Jim Beckham, Alabama Power Company executive
- January 27: Marvin Engel, insurance and real estate executive
- January 29: Frank Samford Jr, president of Liberty National Life Insurance Company
- February 10: Big Joe Duskin, blues and boogie-woogie pianist
- February 25: Buck Falkner, Eagle Department Store owner and Mayor of Columbiana
- March 10: James Atkins, Major League baseball player
- April 10: Maxine Sykes, cofounder of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q
- May 11: Joe Shannon, military and commercial pilot
- June 1: Caldwell Marks, cofounder of Motion Industries
- June 5: Mae Rosenberger, CEO of Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk
- June 11: George Gulyanics, professional football player
- June 19: Howell Heflin, U.S. Senator
- July 3: Roland Frye, theologian and literary scholar
- July 4: Frank Wagner, director of the Birmingham Parks & Recreation Board
- July 13: Frank Moore Cross, Presbyterian pastor and religious scholar
- July 19: John Harbert III, construction magnate
- August 9: James Hatcher, theater director and performer
- August 12: Elliott Dent, fighter pilot and advertising executive
- August 16: Frances Moore, lifelong Bromberg's employee
- August 18: Alexander Lacy, attorney and Alagasco executive
- August 21: Julius Ellsberry, US Navy seaman
- September 7: Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton, journalist, educator and historian
- September 27: John Patterson, Governor of Alabama
- October 3: Shorty Price, attorney
- October 6: Joseph Lowery, Methodist minister and Civil Rights leader
- October 7: Vaughn Mancha, Florida State University athletic director
- October 26: Paul Bailey, geneticist and Mayor of Baileyton
- October 26: Frederick Brown Jr, federal official and Mayor of Peachtree City, Georgia
- November 2: Sam Mitchell, Samford University English professor
- November 20: Charles Kleibacker, fashion designer and curator
- November 26: Jon Crow, Presbyterian pastor and missionary
- December 5: Harold Wilson, U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- December 16: Frank Evans, Negro Leagues baseball player
- Robert Adams, Birmingham News photographer
- Norman Albright, attorney and founder of Albright Business College
- Del Chambordon, bookkeeper and "Twinkles the elf" portrayer
- Mary Helen Foster, military pilot and librarian
- Alexander Jefferson, Tuskegee airman
- Rosemary Morse, bookkeeper and trustee of Hargis Retreat
- Emmet O'Neal II, chairman of O'Neal Steel
- Virginia Simpson, socialite
- Arthur Stewart, portrait painter
- H. B. Thompson, Gardendale Youth Baseball founder
- Thomas Tolbert, Bessemer City Council member
- Evan Zeiger Sr, Samford University athletic director
Deaths
- February 17: Elyton Land Company engineer Willis Milner died.
- February 23: Legislator, judge and Birmingham Barons owner John McQueen died.
- May 10: Rail car coupler inventor Andrew Beard died at the Jefferson County Alms House.
- June 6: Former Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Russell Cunningham died in Birmingham.
- July 21: Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools John Phillips died.
- August 11: Father James Coyle was murdered at the rectory adjoining St Paul's Catholic Church.
- December 22: Judge Oscar Hundley died after a long illness.
- Bookseller John B. Roden died.
Graduations
Context
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People born in 1921
1921 deaths
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