1918
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1918 was the 47th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- February 12: Central High School burned down.
- The first Birmingham magazine was published.
- Tarrant City was incorporated.
- April 30: The Town of Wilton was incorporated.
- May 10: The formerly private East Lake Park was dedicated as a public park.
- Camp Winnataska was founded by the Birmingham Sunday School Association.
- October 7–12: 1918 Alabama State Fair
- October 9: The Lincoln Branch of Birmingham Public Library opened to black patrons
- October: The 1918 influenza pandemic hit Birmingham, causing hundreds of deaths.
Business
- January 1: The Connors Steel Company was organized.
- Joe Goldstein opened the first New Williams store on 3rd Avenue North
- Drilling of the vertical shaft Pyne Mine began.
Sports
Individuals
Births
- February 22: Charlie Finley, Major League Baseball executive
- February 23: Jim Carlin, Major League Baseball player
- March 11: Lyman Bostock Sr, Birmingham Black Barons infielder
- May 6: Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire, First Lady of Costa Rica
- May 14: Wimpy Quinn, Major League Baseball player
- June 6: Jean Glenn, librarian
- June 14: Andrew Hodges, insurance executive and Operation New Birmingham president
- June 29: J. D. Hill, grocer
- July 25: Herman Frank Cash, truck driver and bombing suspect
- August 18: Hank Penny, musician and entertainer
- August 27: Jack Meyer, hotel executive
- September 1: James Martin, U.S. Representative
- September 9: Colonel Stone Johnson, Union leader, Civil Rights activist and guard
- November 1: Arris Jebeles, restaurateur
- November 8: Michael Matsos, restaurateur
- November 2: Bill Cather, president of the A. H. Cather Publishing Company
- December 3: Marie Jemison essayist and Birmingham Public Library director
- December 11: Elmer Moree, school administrator
- Willie Brantley, voting rights activist
- Ken Faulkner, department store manager
- James Kidd Jr, president of Sunnyland Refining Company
- Charles Patrick, mail carrier, furnace worker and cook
Marriages
Deaths
- Civil engineer William Merkel died.
- February 14: Writer John DuBose was killed in a railway accident.
- August 2: Infantry officer Mortimer Jordan III died from combat wounds at Sergy, France.
- October 9: Infantry lieutenant Orville Coston died from combat wounds near Cornay, France.
- October 14: Circus performer Elma Moore died from the "Spanish" influenza.
- October 18: Aviator Arthur Roberts was shot down over Issoudun, France
- November 14: Aviator John R. Williams was killed in a training accident near Salisbury, England.
- November 15: Plantation owner and Elyton Land Company partner William Nabers died.
Works
- "The Barricade" by George Bellows
- "Flags" by Theodore Butler
- October 15: The USS Osmond Ingram was laid down at Quincy, Massachusetts.
Books
Buildings
Context
1918
Notable births in 1918 included . Notable deaths included
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