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** [[May 21]]: The [[1921 National Balloon Race]] launched.
** [[May 21]]: The [[1921 National Balloon Race]] launched.
** [[1921 Fashion-Industrial Exposition]] was held at [[Linn Park|Capitol Park]].
** [[1921 Fashion-Industrial Exposition]] was held at [[Linn Park|Capitol Park]].
** [[1921 Birmingham Automobile Show]] was held near the park.
** [[October 24]], [[October 26|26]] and [[October 27|27]]: The "[[Pageant of Birmingham]]" was staged at [[Avondale Park]].
** [[October 24]], [[October 26|26]] and [[October 27|27]]: The "[[Pageant of Birmingham]]" was staged at [[Avondale Park]].
** [[October 25]]: [[1921 throwback game]] at [[Rickwood Field]]
** [[October 26]]: President Warren Harding [[1921 Presidential visit|visited Birmingham]].
** [[October 26]]: President Warren Harding [[1921 Presidential visit|visited Birmingham]].
* [[April 15]]:  [[1921 West End tornado]]
* [[April 29]]: [[Birmingham Music Festival]] was held at the [[Jefferson Theater]].
* [[April 29]]: [[Birmingham Music Festival]] was held at the [[Jefferson Theater]].
* [[1921 West End tornado]]
* Floodwaters on [[Crooked Creek]] damaged the [[Clarkson Bridge]].
* A series of attacks attributed to an "[[Axe syndicate]]" continued to plague small shopkeepers.
* [[Parrish]] was incorporated.
* The property for [[Altamont Park]] was purchased by the City of Birmingham.
* The [[Birmingham Railway & Electric Company]] began operating Birmingham's first motor coaches.
* The [[Birmingham Railway & Electric Company]] began operating Birmingham's first motor coaches.
* [[Wilsonville Lodge No. 510]] was founded.
* [[Wilsonville Lodge No. 510]] was founded.
* [[Shades Valley Lodge No. 829]] was chartered.
* The [[Alabama High School Athletic Association]] was founded.
* The [[Women's Missionary Union]] relocated its offices to Birmingham from Baltimore, Maryland.
* [[Elyton Baptist Church]] was organized.
* [[West End Hills Missionary Baptist Church]] was organized.
* The [[Birmingham Press Club]] was reorganized.
* [[Fess Whatley]]'s "[[Jazz Demons]]" began performing.


===Business===
===Business===
* The [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company]] reorganized as the [[Birmingham Electric Company]].
* [[Edmund Leach]] opened a [[Sterne Agee]] office in Montgomery.
* [[U.S. Pipe]] switched its casting to the [[DeLavaud process]].
* The [[Alabama Coal Operators Association]] was reorganized as the [[Alabama Mining Institute]].
* Ore mining resumed at [[Valley View Mine]].
===Establishments===
* January: The ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' was launched by [[Ed Leech]] and Scripps-Howard.
* January: The ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' was launched by [[Ed Leech]] and Scripps-Howard.
* [[April 24]]: [[WSY-AM]] began broadcasting from a studio at 1921 [[Powell Avenue]].
* The [[Champion Theatre]] opened on [[18th Street North]].
* The [[Champion Theatre]] opened on [[18th Street North]].
* The [[Five Points Theatre]] opened on [[11th Avenue South]]
* The [[Five Points Theatre]] opened on [[11th Avenue South]]
* The [[Frolic Theatre]] opened on [[4th Avenue North]].
* The [[Frolic Theatre]] opened on [[4th Avenue North]].
* The [[Gay Theater]] opened on [[4th Avenue North]].
* The [[Gay Theater]] opened on [[4th Avenue North]].
* [[George Barber]] founded [[Barber's Dairy]].
* [[William Hoover]] founded the [[Employers Mutual Insurance Company]].
* [[Norton's Florist]] opened.
* [[Norton's Florist]] opened.
* [[Dixie Store Fixtures]] was founded.
* [[E. E. Essig]] founded the [[Banner Baking Co.]]
* [[Mabe Power Equipment]] opened.
* The [[Jefferson County Truck Growers Association]] was founded.
* The [[Jefferson County Truck Growers Association]] was founded.
* [[U.S. Pipe]] switched its casting to the [[DeLavaud process]].
* [[E. L. Higdon]] founded the [[E. L. Higdon Concrete Company]].
* [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] shut down its coal mine at [[Brookside]] following the [[1920 UMWA strike]].
* [[Kirkman O'Neal]] founded [[O'Neal Industries|Southern Steel Works]].
* Contractor [[Thomas Brasfield]] founded the [[Brasfield & Gorrie|Thomas C. Brasfield Company]].
* [[James McWane]] left the [[American Cast Iron Pipe Company]] to found [[McWane Inc.]]
* [[A. N. Chappell|A. N.]] and [[S. M. Chappell]] founded [[Bama Company|ANCCO]], a maker of food products which soon became [[Bama Company]].
 
====Disestablishments====
* [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] shut down its [[Brookside mine|coal mine]] at [[Brookside]] following the [[1920 UMWA strike]].
* The [[Birmingham International Raceway|Fairgrounds Race Track]] closed.


===Government===
===Government===
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===Sports===
===Sports===
* The [[Bessemer Stars]] were organized to play in the [[Negro Southern League]].


==Works==
==Works==
* The [[Alabama Centennial half dollar]] was produced by the U.S. Mint.
* The ''[[Book of Birmingham]]'' by [[John Hornady]]
* The ''[[Book of Birmingham]]'' by [[John Hornady]]
* [[William Denham]] was awarded US patent no. 1,366,067 for an "aeroplane" with two horizontally-mounted propellers.


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[Morris Benson residence]] on [[17th Street South]]
* [[Georges & Eleanor Bridges residence]] in [[Edgewood]]
* [[First United Methodist Church]] administration building
* [[Five Points Theatre]]
* [[Five Points Theatre]]
* [[Holt High School]] in [[Tuscaloosa]]
* [[Hueytown High School]]
* [[Hueytown High School]]
* [[Jasper First United Methodist Church]]
* [[Jasper First United Methodist Church]]
* [[Jones Valley High School]]
* [[Jones Valley High School]] in [[Powderly]]
* [[Locust Fork High School|Locust Fork School]]
* [[Long-Lewis Ford]] showroom
* [[Long-Lewis Ford]] showroom
* [[Model Poultry Farm]] at [[Avondale Park]]
* [[Model Poultry Farm]] at [[Avondale Park]]
* [[Norwood Methodist Church]]
* [[Norwood Methodist Church]]
* [[Pinson School]]
* [[Preston Motors Plant No. 2]] in [[North Birmingham]]
* [[Robinson Elementary School]] addition
* [[Thompson High School]]
* [[Thompson High School]]
* [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building|United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse]] on [[5th Avenue North]]
* [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building|United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse]] on [[5th Avenue North]]
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== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* [[Guy Snavely]] succeeded [[Cullen Daniel]] as President of [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[John Dawson]] succeeded [[Charles Williams]] as [[List of Samford University president|President of Howard College]].
* [[John Dawson]] succeeded [[Charles Williams]] as [[List of Samford University president|President of Howard College]].
* [[Charles Glenn]] succeeded [[John Phillips]] as Superintendent of [[Birmingham City Schools]].
* [[Clarence Going]] succeeded [[Charles Brown]] as principal of Birmingham's [[Central High School]].
* [[Mr Gordon]] succeeded [[Mennie Halliman]] as principal of [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* [[Fred McDuff]] succeeded [[Thomas Shirley]] as chief of the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[Brother Bryan]] was awarded the first "[[Birmingham News Loving Cup]]".
* [[Lemuel Dawson]] was elected president of the [[Alabama Baptist Convention]].
* [[A. J. Hawkins]] succeeded [[J. D. Webb]] as Birmingham's city engineer.
* [[Charles Fisher]] began his second tenure as pastor of [[16th Street Baptist Church]].
* [[Earline Driver]] succeeded [[Reginald Gaines]] as director of the [[Booker T. Washington Library]].


===Births===
===Births===
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* [[February 25]]: [[Buck Falkner]], [[Eagle Department Store]] owner and Mayor of [[Columbiana]]
* [[February 25]]: [[Buck Falkner]], [[Eagle Department Store]] owner and Mayor of [[Columbiana]]
* [[March 10]]: [[James Atkins]], Major League baseball player
* [[March 10]]: [[James Atkins]], Major League baseball player
* [[March 30]]: [[Joe Simpson]], attorney
* [[April 2]]: [[Herndon Dowling Jr]], herpetologist
* [[April 10]]: [[Maxine Sykes]], cofounder of [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]]
* [[April 10]]: [[Maxine Sykes]], cofounder of [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]]
* [[May 11]]: [[Joe Shannon]], military and commercial pilot
* [[May 11]]: [[Joe Shannon]], military and commercial pilot
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* [[June 5]]: [[Mae Rosenberger]], CEO of [[Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk]]
* [[June 5]]: [[Mae Rosenberger]], CEO of [[Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk]]
* [[June 11]]: [[George Gulyanics]], professional football player
* [[June 11]]: [[George Gulyanics]], professional football player
* [[June 14]]: [[Eric Embry]], [[Alabama Supreme Court]] justice
* [[June 19]]: [[Howell Heflin]], U.S. Senator
* [[June 19]]: [[Howell Heflin]], U.S. Senator
* [[July 3]]: [[Roland Frye]], theologian and literary scholar
* [[July 3]]: [[Roland Frye]], theologian and literary scholar
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* [[July 13]]: [[Frank Moore Cross]], Presbyterian pastor and religious scholar
* [[July 13]]: [[Frank Moore Cross]], Presbyterian pastor and religious scholar
* [[July 19]]: [[John Harbert III]], construction magnate
* [[July 19]]: [[John Harbert III]], construction magnate
* [[August 1]]: [[Heidi Bowman]], enamel artist
* [[August 5]]: [[Mary Helen Foster]], military pilot and librarian
* [[August 9]]: [[James Hatcher]], theater director and performer
* [[August 9]]: [[James Hatcher]], theater director and performer
* [[August 12]]: [[Elliott Dent]], fighter pilot and advertising executive
* [[August 12]]: [[Elliott Dent]], fighter pilot and advertising executive
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* [[August 21]]: [[Julius Ellsberry]], US Navy seaman
* [[August 21]]: [[Julius Ellsberry]], US Navy seaman
* [[September 7]]: [[Virginia Hamilton|Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton]], journalist, educator and historian
* [[September 7]]: [[Virginia Hamilton|Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton]], journalist, educator and historian
* [[September 13]]: [[Nimrod Long II]], construction supplier
* [[September 27]]: [[John Patterson]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[September 27]]: [[John Patterson]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[October 3]]: [[Shorty Price]], attorney
* [[October 3]]: [[Shorty Price]], attorney
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* October 26: [[Frederick Brown Jr]], federal official and Mayor of Peachtree City, Georgia
* October 26: [[Frederick Brown Jr]], federal official and Mayor of Peachtree City, Georgia
* [[November 2]]: [[Sam Mitchell]], [[Samford University]] English professor
* [[November 2]]: [[Sam Mitchell]], [[Samford University]] English professor
* [[November 13]]: [[Carroll Harmon]], architect
* [[November 15]]: [[Virginia Liles|Virginia Pitts Rembert Liles]], art professor and administrator
* [[November 20]]: [[Charles Kleibacker]], fashion designer and curator
* [[November 20]]: [[Charles Kleibacker]], fashion designer and curator
* [[November 26]]: [[Jon Crow]], Presbyterian pastor and missionary
* [[November 26]]: [[Jon Crow]], Presbyterian pastor and missionary
* [[December 5]]: [[Harold Wilson]], U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[December 5]]: [[Harold Wilson]], U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[December 7]]: [[Caroline P. Ireland]], philanthropist
* [[December 16]]: [[Frank Evans (baseball)|Frank Evans]], Negro Leagues baseball player
* [[December 16]]: [[Frank Evans (baseball)|Frank Evans]], Negro Leagues baseball player
* [[Robert Adams]], ''[[Birmingham News]]'' photographer
* [[Robert Adams]], ''[[Birmingham News]]'' photographer
* [[Norman Albright]], attorney and founder of Albright Business College
* [[Norman Albright]], attorney and founder of Albright Business College
* [[Del Chambordon]], bookkeeper and "Twinkles the elf" portrayer
* [[Del Chambordon]], bookkeeper and "Twinkles the elf" portrayer
* [[Mary Helen Foster]], military pilot and librarian
* [[JoBo Country|Joseph "JoBo" Country]], Mayor of [[Cardiff]]
* [[Alexander Jefferson]], Tuskegee airman
* [[Alexander Jefferson]], Tuskegee airman
* [[Rosemary Morse]], bookkeeper and trustee of [[Hargis Retreat]]
* [[Rosemary Morse]], bookkeeper and trustee of [[Hargis Retreat]]
* [[Emmet O'Neal II]], chairman of [[O'Neal Steel]]
* [[Emmet O'Neal II]], chairman of [[O'Neal Industries|O'Neal Steel]]
* [[Virginia Simpson]], socialite
* [[Virginia Simpson]], socialite
* [[Arthur Stewart]], portrait painter
* [[Arthur Stewart]], portrait painter
* [[Ian Sturrock]], RAF fighter pilot and bagpiper
* [[H. B. Thompson]], [[Gardendale Youth Baseball]] founder
* [[H. B. Thompson]], [[Gardendale Youth Baseball]] founder
* [[Thomas Tolbert]], [[Bessemer City Council]] member
* [[Thomas Tolbert]], [[Bessemer City Council]] member
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[William Rushton Jr]] earned his bachelor's degree at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.


===Marriages==
===Marriages===
* [[February 23]]: [[Hugo Black]] married [[Josephine Black|Josephine Foster]].
* [[February 23]]: [[Hugo Black]] married [[Josephine Black|Josephine Foster]].
* [[May 11]]: [[Asa Rountree Jr]] married [[Cherokee Rountree|Cherokee Jemison Van de Graaff]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
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* [[August 11]]: Father [[James Coyle]] was murdered at the rectory adjoining [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Catholic Church]].
* [[August 11]]: Father [[James Coyle]] was murdered at the rectory adjoining [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Catholic Church]].
* [[December 22]]: Judge [[Oscar Hundley]] died after a long illness.
* [[December 22]]: Judge [[Oscar Hundley]] died after a long illness.
* [[December 30]]: Former [[Avondale]] mayor [[William Starbuck]] died.
* [[December 31]]: Five miners died in the [[1921 Docena Mine explosion]].
* Bookseller [[John B. Roden]] died.
* Bookseller [[John B. Roden]] died.
** See also: [[List of homicides in 1921]] and [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1921]]
** See also: [[List of homicides in 1921]] and [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1921]]
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==Context==
==Context==
1921 ..
In 1921 Swedish women gained the right to vote. Bolshevist forces invaded the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Warren Harding was inaugurated as President of the United States. The Emirate of Transjordan was founded. The Irish Free State gained independence and Northern Ireland was carved out as a province of the United Kingdom. Norway experienced a general strike. Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder in Massachusetts. Communist Parties were chartered in China, Spain and Czechoslovakia. Adolf Hitler became "Führer" of Germany's Nazi party. The United States declared an end to its participation in the Great War (WWI). The first "Miss America" pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first White Castle hamburger stand opened in Kansas. KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh pioneered radio broadcasting of baseball games. Albert Einstein was awarded a Nobel Prize for physics. More than five million people starved to death during a famine in Russia.
 
Notable literary works of 1921 included F. Scott Fitzgerald's ''The Beautiful and Damned,'' Aldous Huxley's ''Crome Yellow''; two books of Marcel Proust's ''À la recherche du temps perdu'', Rafael Sabatini's ''Scaramouche'' and Eugene Winter's ''The Byzantine Riddle and Other Stories''. Notable films of 1921 included Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid," "Brewster's Millions" with Fatty Arbuckle, and "The Sheik" starring Rudolph Valentino.
 
The New York Giants claimed the World Series title over the New York Yankees. The Yankees' Babe Ruth set a season record with 59 home runs. Jack Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier in front of 80,000 fans at a farm in Jersey City. Belgian Léon Scieur won the 15th Tour de France.


People born in 1921
People born in 1921 included actors Steve Allen, Charles Bronson, Carol Channing, Chuck Connors, Rodney Dangerfield; Alan Hale Jr, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Abe Vigoda ; dancer Cyd Charisse; feminist Betty Friedan; newscaster Hugh Downs; Senators Jesse Helms and John Glenn; television producer Gene Roddenberry; cartoonist Al Jaffee; author Alex Haley; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; King Faud of Saudi Arabia; physicist Andrei Sakharov; First Lady Nancy Reagan; boxer Sugar Ray Robinson; artist Joseph Beuys; and bandleader Nelson Riddle.


1921 deaths
1921 deaths included King Ludwig III of Bavaria; anarchist Peter Kropotkin; gunfighter Bat Masterson; naturalist John Burroughs; tenor Enrico Caruso; and composers Engelbert Humperdinck and Camille Saint-Saëns.




Latest revision as of 12:49, 2 February 2024

The Semicentennial of Birmingham was celebrated in 1921.

1921 was the 50th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Establishments

Disestablishments

Government

Sports

Works

Buildings

Individuals

Births

Graduations

  • William Rushton Jr earned his bachelor's degree at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

Marriages

Deaths


Context

In 1921 Swedish women gained the right to vote. Bolshevist forces invaded the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Warren Harding was inaugurated as President of the United States. The Emirate of Transjordan was founded. The Irish Free State gained independence and Northern Ireland was carved out as a province of the United Kingdom. Norway experienced a general strike. Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder in Massachusetts. Communist Parties were chartered in China, Spain and Czechoslovakia. Adolf Hitler became "Führer" of Germany's Nazi party. The United States declared an end to its participation in the Great War (WWI). The first "Miss America" pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first White Castle hamburger stand opened in Kansas. KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh pioneered radio broadcasting of baseball games. Albert Einstein was awarded a Nobel Prize for physics. More than five million people starved to death during a famine in Russia.

Notable literary works of 1921 included F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned, Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow; two books of Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, Rafael Sabatini's Scaramouche and Eugene Winter's The Byzantine Riddle and Other Stories. Notable films of 1921 included Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid," "Brewster's Millions" with Fatty Arbuckle, and "The Sheik" starring Rudolph Valentino.

The New York Giants claimed the World Series title over the New York Yankees. The Yankees' Babe Ruth set a season record with 59 home runs. Jack Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier in front of 80,000 fans at a farm in Jersey City. Belgian Léon Scieur won the 15th Tour de France.

People born in 1921 included actors Steve Allen, Charles Bronson, Carol Channing, Chuck Connors, Rodney Dangerfield; Alan Hale Jr, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Abe Vigoda ; dancer Cyd Charisse; feminist Betty Friedan; newscaster Hugh Downs; Senators Jesse Helms and John Glenn; television producer Gene Roddenberry; cartoonist Al Jaffee; author Alex Haley; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; King Faud of Saudi Arabia; physicist Andrei Sakharov; First Lady Nancy Reagan; boxer Sugar Ray Robinson; artist Joseph Beuys; and bandleader Nelson Riddle.

1921 deaths included King Ludwig III of Bavaria; anarchist Peter Kropotkin; gunfighter Bat Masterson; naturalist John Burroughs; tenor Enrico Caruso; and composers Engelbert Humperdinck and Camille Saint-Saëns.


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