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* [[June 18]]: 10 people were injured when a [[Frisco railroad|Frisco]] switch engine and a [[North Highland Line|North Highland streetcar]] collided at [[19th Street North|19th Street]] and [[9th Avenue North]].
* [[June 18]]: 10 people were injured when a [[Frisco railroad|Frisco]] switch engine and a [[North Highland Line|North Highland streetcar]] collided at [[19th Street North|19th Street]] and [[9th Avenue North]].
* [[June 30]]: The first [[Southern Railway]] train pulled into the platform at the site of the future [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* [[June 30]]: The first [[Southern Railway]] train pulled into the platform at the site of the future [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* [[September 12]]: The [[Hillman Hotel]] hosted the first annual banquet of the [[Caterers of Alabama]].
* [[October 8]]: [[Buffalo Bill's Wild West]] performed in [[Opelika]].
* October: Stocks crashed during an ongoing recession, triggering the [[1907 financial panic]].
* October: Stocks crashed during an ongoing recession, triggering the [[1907 financial panic]].
* The [[Birmingham Motorcycle Club]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Motorcycle Club]] was founded.
* May: Traveling showman Orlando Clayton Brooks purchased the mummified body of [[Hazel Farris]] from Harvey Lee Boswell.
* May: Traveling showman Orlando Clayton Brooks purchased the mummified body of [[Hazel Farris]] from Harvey Lee Boswell.
* [[Hillman Hospital]] was sold to [[Jefferson County]].
* [[Phelan Park]] was dedicated.
* [[Phelan Park]] was dedicated.
* [[Bessemer]]'s [[DeBardeleben Park|Berney Park]] was renamed for industrialist [[Henry DeBardeleben]].
* [[November 15]]: Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink headlined a recital at the [[Jefferson Theatre]].
* [[December 16]]: 57 workers were killed in the [[1907 Yolande Mine explosion]].


===Government===
===Government===
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* [[Henry Gray]] succeeded [[Russell Cunningham]] as [[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama]].
* [[Henry Gray]] succeeded [[Russell Cunningham]] as [[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama]].
* [[John H. Bankhead]] succeeded [[John Tyler Morgan]] as U.S. Senator from Alabama.
* [[John H. Bankhead]] succeeded [[John Tyler Morgan]] as U.S. Senator from Alabama.
* [[Archibald Carmichael]] was elected Speaker of the [[Alabama State House of Representatives]].
* [[January 15]]: [[E. L. Higdon]] succeeded [[Andrew W. Burgin]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[January 15]]: [[E. L. Higdon]] succeeded [[Andrew W. Burgin]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[February 18]]: [[George Ward]] defeated [[Frank O'Brien]] for [[Mayor of Birmingham]] in the [[1907 Birmingham municipal election]].
* [[February 18]]: [[George Ward]] defeated [[Frank O'Brien]] for [[Mayor of Birmingham]] in the [[1907 Birmingham municipal election]].
* [[John L. Parker]] served briefly as [[Mayor of Birmingham]] during [[George Ward]]'s trip to Italy.
* The "Southern Judicial District" of [[St Clair County]] was established, with its seat at [[Pell City]].
* The "Southern Judicial District" of [[St Clair County]] was established, with its seat at [[Pell City]].
* [[October 28]]: Temperance voters carried the [[1907 prohibition election]], meaning that [[Prohibition]] would be enacted county-wide beginning [[January 1]], [[1908]].
* [[October 28]]: Temperance voters carried the [[1907 prohibition election]], meaning that [[Prohibition]] would be enacted county-wide beginning [[January 1]], [[1908]].
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* [[August 7]]: A state law authorizing a referendum for the "[[Greater Birmingham]]" merger proposal was signed by [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] [[B. B. Comer]].
* [[August 7]]: A state law authorizing a referendum for the "[[Greater Birmingham]]" merger proposal was signed by [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] [[B. B. Comer]].
* [[Robert Thach]] began serving as [[Birmingham City Attorney]].
* [[Robert Thach]] began serving as [[Birmingham City Attorney]].
* [[T. O. Long]] succeeded [[J. S. Moore]] was [[Walker County Sheriff]].
* The [[Birmingham Municipal Ownership League]] formed and campaigned in favor of public ownership of the [[Birmingham Water Works]].
* The [[Birmingham Municipal Ownership League]] formed and campaigned in favor of public ownership of the [[Birmingham Water Works]].
* The [[Mobile Basin and Tennessee River Association]] formed and lobbied for improvements to water transport in Alabama.
* The [[Mobile Basin and Tennessee River Association]] formed and lobbied for improvements to water transport in Alabama.
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* The architectural partnership of [[Warren & Welton]] was formed.
* The architectural partnership of [[Warren & Welton]] was formed.
* [[July 26]]: The [[South Birmingham Heights Land Company]] was formed.
* [[July 26]]: The [[South Birmingham Heights Land Company]] was formed.
* November: [[U.S. Steel]] acquired controlling interest in Birmingham's [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]].
* [[October 26]]: The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] idled the [[Oxmoor Furnaces]].
* November: [[U.S. Steel]] acquired controlling interest in Birmingham's [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] and appointed [[George Crawford]] was president.


====Disestablishments====
====Disestablishments====
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* [[James McCoy]] succeeded [[John Turner]] as [[List of Birmingham-Southern College presidents|President]] of [[Birmingham-Southern College|Birmingham College]].
* [[James McCoy]] succeeded [[John Turner]] as [[List of Birmingham-Southern College presidents|President]] of [[Birmingham-Southern College|Birmingham College]].
* [[Booker City High School]] was purchased by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] and principal [[James Bray]] began its merger into the nearby [[Miles College|Miles Memorial College]].
* [[Booker City High School]] was purchased by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] and principal [[James Bray]] began its merger into the nearby [[Miles College|Miles Memorial College]].
* [[Thomas Palmer]] succeeded [[Francis Peterson]] as [[President of the University of Montevallo|President]] of the [[University of Montevallo]].


===Religion===
===Religion===
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* Maronite missionary [[Mobarek Bellama]] visited Birmingham and helped organize what would become [[St Elias Maronite Church]].
* Maronite missionary [[Mobarek Bellama]] visited Birmingham and helped organize what would become [[St Elias Maronite Church]].
* [[Odenville First Baptist Church|Missionary Baptist Church]] was organized in [[Odenville]].
* [[Odenville First Baptist Church|Missionary Baptist Church]] was organized in [[Odenville]].
* [[Hoyt Dobbs]] succeeded [[James McCoy]] as pastor of [[Highlands United Methodist Church|Five Points Methodist Episcopal Church, South]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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[[File:Terrace Court rendering.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Terrace Court apartments]]
[[File:Terrace Court rendering.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Terrace Court apartments]]
[[File:1907 Bessemer Library.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bessemer Public Library]]
[[File:1907 Bessemer Library.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bessemer Public Library]]
* [[First Presbyterian Church]] commissioned a marble baptismal font from [[Giuseppe Moretti]].
* [[May 29]]: The [[USS Birmingham (CL-2)]] was launched from Quincy, Massachusetts.
* [[May 29]]: The [[USS Birmingham (CL-2)]] was launched from Quincy, Massachusetts.


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* The [[A. H. Parker residence]] at 522 [[5th Street North]]
* The [[A. H. Parker residence]] at 522 [[5th Street North]]
* [[Pilgrim Congregational Hall]] at 725 [[19th Street North]]
* [[Pilgrim Congregational Hall]] at 725 [[19th Street North]]
* [[Pleasant Hill Academy]] in [[McCalla]]
* [[St Joseph's House|St Andrew's Rectory]]
* [[St Joseph's House|St Andrew's Rectory]]
* [[Terrace Court]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Terrace Court]] at [[Five Points South]]
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====Demolitions====
====Demolitions====
* The vacant [[Chalifoux Building]] burned down.
* The vacant [[Chalifoux Building]] burned down.
* [[Gunn's Pharmacy]] at 2017 [[2nd Avenue North]] was damaged by fire.


==Publications==
==Publications==
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* ''[[The Arc Light]]'' weekly was launched.
* ''[[The Birmingham Blade]]'' weekly began publishing.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* [[Hugo Black]] returned to Birmingham to open a law office.
* [[Hugo Black]] returned to Birmingham to open a law office.
* [[Harry Coveleski]] made his Major League debut with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* [[Henry Edmonds]] became pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Montgomery.
* [[Henry Edmonds]] became pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Montgomery.
* [[B. O. Hargrove]] joined the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[B. O. Hargrove]] joined the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[Seale Harris]] joined the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile as chair of the practice of medicine.
* [[Wallace Rayfield]] resigned from the faculty of [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee Institute]] to open an architectural practice in Birmingham.
* [[Wallace Rayfield]] resigned from the faculty of [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee Institute]] to open an architectural practice in Birmingham.
* Merchant [[Raymond Rochell]] relocated to Birmingham from Pulaski, Tennessee.
* Sculptor [[Giuseppe Moretti]] hired [[Geneva Mercer]] as an apprentice.
* Sculptor [[Giuseppe Moretti]] hired [[Geneva Mercer]] as an apprentice.
* [[John Hearst Miller]] was appointed to the [[Jefferson County Circuit Court]].
* [[John Hearst Miller]] was appointed to the [[Jefferson County Circuit Court]].
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===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[Edward Barrett]] married [[Lewis Barrett|Lewis Robertson Butt]].
* [[Jimmie Jones]] married the former [[Cynthia Jones|Cynthia Bryan]].
* [[Jimmie Jones]] married the former [[Cynthia Jones|Cynthia Bryan]].
* [[Lloyd Noland]] married the former [[Margaret Noland|Margaret Gillick]].
* [[Lloyd Noland]] married the former [[Margaret Noland|Margaret Gillick]].
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* [[June 11]]: [[John Tyler Morgan]], former U.S. Senator and Klan leader
* [[June 11]]: [[John Tyler Morgan]], former U.S. Senator and Klan leader
* [[James Lane]]
* [[James Lane]]
* [[December 16]]: [[1907 Yolande Mine explosion]]


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 18:27, 14 January 2020

Tom Bonduras at the Bright Star restaurant in 1907

1907 was the 36th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Government

Business

Disestablishments

Education

Religion

Sports

Works

Terrace Court apartments
Bessemer Public Library

Buildings

Demolitions

Publications

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Context

In 1907 an earthquake killed nearly 1,000 in Jamaica. Romanian peasant rose in revolt. Robert Baden-Powell led his first Boy Scout camp. Oklahoma became the 46th state. Gustav V succeeded Oscar II as King of Sweden. New York began the New Year's Eve tradition of a ball drop in Times Square. Rudyard Kipling won the Nobel prize for literature.

Notable people born in 1907 include actors Gene Autry, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Barbara Stanwyck, John Wayne and Fay Wray; architect Oscar Niemeyer; artist Frida Kahlo; authors Rachel Carson, Robert Heinlein and Daphne du Maurier; businessman Orville Redenbacher; cartoonists Hergé and William Steig; Haitian dictator François Duvalier; Justices Warren Burger and Lewis Powell Jr; poet W. H. Auden; and singers Cab Calloway and Tino Rossi.

Notable deaths in 1907 included author Sully Prudhomme; chemist Dmitri Mendeleev; composer Edvard Grieg; engineer William Le Baron Jenney; and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

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