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==Events==
==Events==
* Spring: The [[1912 West End tornado]] pulled up fences at [[Rickwood Field]].
* Spring: The [[1912 West End tornado]] pulled up fences at [[Rickwood Field]].
* [[April 20]]: The light cruiser ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)]]'' reverted to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia
* [[August 13]]: The [[1912 Abernant Mine explosion]] killed 18 miners.
* [[Birmingham Lodge No. 757]] was chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]].
* The [[Brookside Social Club]] was founded.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[E. B. Van Keuren]] founded an [[Davis Architects|architecture firm]].
* Under the direction of company president [[George Crawford]], the practice of [[convict leasing]] was abandoned at [[TCI]]'s mines.
* [[May 8]]: [[ACIPCO]] employees were given access to a new bathhouse with hot and cold running water.
* [[September 5]]: The [[Birmingham, Ensley & Bessemer Railroad]] began passenger service to western [[Jefferson County]].
* [[September 22]]: Publisher [[Victor Hanson]] launched a Sunday edition of ''[[The Birmingham News]]''.
* [[September 22]]: Publisher [[Victor Hanson]] launched a Sunday edition of ''[[The Birmingham News]]''.


=== Education ===
=== Education ===
* [[James Shelborne]] succeeded [[Andrew Montague]] as [[List of Samford University presidents|President]] of [[Howard College]].
* [[James Shelborne]] succeeded [[Andrew Montague]] as [[List of Samford University presidents|President]] of [[Howard College]].
* [[William A. Bell]] succeeded [James Bray]] as [[List of Miles College presidents|President]] of [[Miles College]].
* [[Roy Dimmitt]] succeeded [[R. E. Tidwell]] as principal of [[Ensley High School]].   
* [[Roy Dimmitt]] succeeded [[R. E. Tidwell]] as principal of [[Ensley High School]].   
* [[September 12]]: The trustees of the [[Birmingham Medical College]] transferred its building and land to the [[University of Alabama]].


=== Government ===
=== Government ===
* The town of [[North Johns]] was incorporated.
* The town of [[North Johns]] was incorporated.
* The [[Blount County]] town of [[Cleveland]] was incorporated.
* [[Hugo Black]] resigned from the [[Birmingham Police Court]].
* [[Hugo Black]] resigned from the [[Birmingham Police Court]].


=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* [[Willis Clark]] succeeded [[Raimundo deOvies]] as pastor of [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]].
* [[Willis Clark]] succeeded [[Raimundo deOvies]] as pastor of [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]].
* [[John Plunker]] resigned from the pulpit of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]].
* [[James R. Edwards]] succeeded [[Willis W. Lee]] as [[List of pastors of Ruhama Baptist Church|pastor]] of [[Ruhama Baptist Church]].
* [[Louis Pizitz]] succeeded [[Isadore Shapiro]] as president of the [[Levite Jewish Community Center|Young Men's Hebrew Association]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[April 11]]: Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher [[Eddie Dent]] made his last Major League appearance.
* [[Carlton Molesworth]]'s [[1912 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] pennant.
* [[Carlton Molesworth]]'s [[1912 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] pennant.


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[Kelly Ingram]] re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
* [[Kelly Ingram]] re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
* [[Oscar Underwood]] declined nomination for Vice President of the United States
* [[Oscar Underwood]] declined nomination for Vice President of the United States.
* [[A. H. Parker]] resigned from the [[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]].
* [[November 5]]: [[B. O. Hargrove]] was promoted to Captain of [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 7]].


===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 11]]: [[Hugh Stubbins, Jr]], architect
* [[January 12]]: [[Howard Bailey]], football player
* [[January 13]]: [[George Gaunt]], architect
* [[January 15]]: [[Leon Medlock]], [[Birmingham Police Department]]
* [[April 4]]: [[George Brownell, Jr]], president of [[Brownell Travel]]
* [[April 20]]: [[Helen Davis]], architect
* [[June 1]]: [[Little Man Popwell|Julius "Little Man" Popwell]], poker player
* [[June 1]]: [[Little Man Popwell|Julius "Little Man" Popwell]], poker player
* [[June 30]]: [[Mamie Foster]], educator
* [[August 7]]: [[Tom Drake]], baseball player
* [[August 7]]: [[Tom Drake]], baseball player
* [{December 23]]: [[John Monro]], professor at Harvard University and [[Miles College]]
* [[Francis Falkenburg]], [[Alabama State House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]] and manager of the [[Alabama Theatre]]


===Awards===
===Awards===
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===


===Marriages===
* [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in New York City.


===Retirements===
===Retirements===
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===Deaths===
===Deaths===
 
* [[August 13]]: 18 miners were killed in the [[1912 Abernant Mine explosion]].
* [[September 4]]: [[William Mailly]], labor leader


==Works==
==Works==
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* [[American Trust and Savings Bank Building|John A. Hand Building]]
* [[American Trust and Savings Bank Building|John A. Hand Building]]
* [[T. S. Jackson residence]]
* [[T. S. Jackson residence]]
* [[Pell City High School]]
* [[Rehobeth Baptist Church of Lawley]]
* [[Stewart Hall]] at [[Miles College]]
* [[Stewart Hall]] at [[Miles College]]
* [[Windham Building]] in [[Smithfield]]
* [[Windham Building]] in [[Smithfield]]
* [[YWCA Birmingham]]


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 16:52, 18 September 2014

1912 was the 41st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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