1960

1960 was the 89th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• Hueytown was incorporated.
• Margaret was incorporated.
• The Alabama Polytechnic Institute became Auburn University.
• The Birmingham Transit Company began using B-Liner buses .
• Bull Connor was elected to the Democratic National Committee
• Pilot Joe Shannon flew a C-47 transport to Europe during the Berlin crisis.
• Parts of Lakeshore were annexed into Homewood.
• The Vestavia Hills Park and Recreation Board was created.
• The New York Times sued Fred Shuttlesworth for libel.
• Paul Laurence Dunbar High School closed.
• Jimmy Morgan commissioned a master plan for a future Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Business

• Jack's restaurant chain was founded by Jack Caddell.
• Frank P. Samford, Jr became president of Liberty National Life Insurance Company

Sports

• Races were first held on the newly-paved track at the Birmingham International Raceway.

Works

• Fate in a Pleasant Mood (LP) by Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra

Buildings

• Bryan Educational Building at Third Presbyterian Church
• Camp Jimmy Goodwin
• Cherokee Campground
• Eastwood Mall
• Hayes High School
• Hixson Hall
• J. S. Abrams High School
• The marquee at the Alabama Theatre was replaced.
• A 2-story addition to Barrett Elementary School was completed.
• Construction of Logan Martin Dam began.

People

• John Swindle succeeded R. B. Knox as Chief of the Birmingham Fire Department.
• Arthur Winograd succeeded Arthur Lipkin as conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
• Composer Hugh Martin suffered a nervous breakdown.
• Stylist Jay Sebring married model Cami.

Awards

• Earl Hilliard graduated from Western Olin HIgh School.
• Shin Oh completed his medical degree at the Seoul National University in South Korea.
• Richard Gilliam completed graduate school.

Births

• March 13: Oliver Robinson, politician and former basketball player
• April 14: Mike Jones football player and coach
• August 25: Ashley Crow, actress
• August 29: Bill Latham, baseball player
• September 15: Mike Davis, UAB Blazers basketball coach
• October 10: Rod Foster, basketball player
• Jim Howard, product designer and entrepreneur
• Wanda Jones, antiques dealer
• David Marsh, swimming and diving coach
• Scott Stantis, cartoonist
• Mac Underwood, accountant, Birmingham Water Works manager

Deaths

• February 29: George Huddleston, Sr, U. S. Congressman
• December 11: Mike Donahue, Auburn Tigers coach
• Henry Edmonds, founder of Independent Presbyterian Church

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1960

Context

1960s

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