1922

1921 was the 51st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• May 1–2: Antonio Scotti's Grand Opera Company performed "Tosca", "La Boheme", "Carmen", "Pagliacci", and "Il segreto di Susanna" at the Jefferson Theatre, presented by the Birmingham Music Club. The event marked the "Tosca' debut of young tenor Armand Tokatyan, who joined the Metropolitan Opera the following year.

Government

• May: The Birmingham City Commission declined to vote on an ordinance to limit parking in heart of the business district, calling for more study of the matter.

Individuals

Births

Fred Shuttlesworth, born March 18, 1922

Joseph Volker, born March 9, 1922

• January 2: Robert Guillot, Mayor of Vestavia Hills and college president
• January 3: Houston Blount, Vulcan Materials executive
• February 4: James C. Lewis real estate developer and investor
• February 15: Freddie Rogers, Mayor of Roosevelt City
• February 17: Ed Chandler, professional baseball pitcher
• March 9: Joseph Volker, first president of UAB
• March 18: Fred Shuttlesworth, Baptist minister and civil rights leader
• April 29: Hugo Black Jr, attorney and scholar
• June 1: Charles Todel, monk and social activist
• June 25: Johnny Smith, jazz guitarist
• July 15: Sister Mary Joseph, co-founder of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery
• August 2: Red Cochran, football player and coach
• September 14: Frances Bergen, actor and model
• December 10: Freeman Andress, florist and co-founder of Birmingham Landmarks
• Camille Baird, aviator
• Ralph Butler, FBI agent
• Frances Carter, war worker and educator
• Wendell Givens, sportswriter
• Jack Granata, sculptor and art instructor
• Louis LeVaughn, school administrator
• Brooksie Lovvorn, clothes cleaner
• John L. Martin, postal worker
• Ben McKinnon, radio executive
• Archie Millican, welder
• John Nixon, dentist and civil rights activist
• Walter Palmer, Tuskegee airman
• Madelyn Poole, pianist and music director
• Ildefonso Ramirez, restaurateur
• James Travis, Tuskegee airman

Deaths

• • See also: List of homicides in 1922 and List of Birmingham homicides in 1922

Context

1920s

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