1919

1919 was the 48th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham and the 100th anniversary of Alabama's statehood.

Events

• Joy Young opened on 20th Street.
• Wallace Rayfield began teaching at Industrial High School
• J. Chris Hartsfield succeeded Thomas Batson as Jefferson County Sheriff
• Charles B. Williams succeeded James M. Shelborne as President of Howard College.
• The Birmingham Flying Club was founded.
• The Kiwanis Club of Birmingham hosted a national Kiwanis convention at the Tutwiler Hotel.
• The Trussville Furnace closed in the spring.
• The United Mine Workers of Alabama led a strike in Wylam
• Dixie Field opened as Birmingham's first airport.
• January 2: A rare snowfall brought 5.5 inches to Birmingham.
• August 1: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta opened in the Jefferson County Bank Building.
• October: Engine No. 4018 was built at the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio

Births

• George M. Murray, Episcopal Bishop of Alabama
• March 17: Entertainer Nat King Cole
• March 18: Football star Joe Domnanovich
• June 24: Quilter Nora Ezell
• August 25: Alabama Governor George Wallace
• September 21: Preservationist Marvin Harper
• September 23: Birmingham Post-Herald columnist Clettus Atkinson

Deaths

• January 2: John Hearst Miller, Judge

Context

1919 marked the end of World War I and saw the founding of the League of Nations. It was the year of the first Miss America pageant. Atatürk began the Turkish war of independence in 1919. The 18th amendment (Prohibition) was ratified and the 19th amendment (Women's suffrage) passed the legislature. The American Communist Party was established. The Cincinnati Reds were handed the World Series championship in the "Black Sox" scandal.

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