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* Spring: Writer [[Margaret Mitchell]] spent several weeks in Birmingham as a guest of [[Augusta Dearborn]].
* Spring: Writer [[Margaret Mitchell]] spent several weeks in Birmingham as a guest of [[Augusta Dearborn]].
* [[May 1]]–[[May 2|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.
* [[May 1]]–[[May 2|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.
* [[May 17]]: [[Jefferson County Health Officer]] [[Judson Dowling]] was abducted by a group of masked men, flogged, and ordered to leave town, apparently because of his campaign to improve food safety by requiring milk sold commercially to be pasteurized.
* [[May 18]]: [[William White]] founded the [[AMBUCS|American Business Clubs]] service organization.
* [[May 18]]: [[William White]] founded the [[AMBUCS|American Business Clubs]] service organization.
* [[June 24]]: The ''[[USS Osmond Ingram]]'' was decommissioned.
* November: The [[Robert E. Lee Klan No. 1]] organized a "parade" of 400 vehicles, their license plates covered with cloth, from [[Avondale Park]] to [[downtown Birmingham]] via the [[5th Avenue North underpass|"subway" tunnel]] below [[Birmingham Terminal Station]].
* [[November 11]] (Armistice Day): The "[[Spirit of the American Doughboy]]" was dedicated at the corner of [[19th Street North Bessemer|19th Street North]] and [[Carolina Avenue]].
* [[November 11]] (Armistice Day): The "[[Spirit of the American Doughboy]]" was dedicated at the corner of [[19th Street North Bessemer|19th Street North]] and [[Carolina Avenue]].
* [[November 22]]: [[Dolomite No. 3 Mine explosion]]
* [[November 22]]: [[Dolomite No. 3 Mine explosion]]
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* [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]] music director [[Fess Whatley]] began performing with his "[[Jazz Demons]]".
* [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]] music director [[Fess Whatley]] began performing with his "[[Jazz Demons]]".
* The [[Kamram Grotto]] masonic society was founded.
* The [[Kamram Grotto]] masonic society was founded.
* The first senior class from [[Hueytown High School]] was graduated.
* The first senior class from [[Jones Valley High School]] was graduated.
* The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)|USS Birmingham]]'' (CL-2) was assigned to serve as flagship of the Special Service Squadron at the Panama Canal Zone.
* A supposed "[[Axe syndicate]]" continued to target shop owners in Birmingham.
* [[Glasgow Hill Cemetery]] and [[Henry Ellen Cemetery]] were established.
* [[Jefferson County Schools]] took over the [[Mineral Springs School|company school]] at [[Jew Hollow]] and relocated it to [[Mineral Springs]].
* [[Frances Nimmo Greene]] toured Northern Alabama speaking in favor of the "Seaport Amendment" allowing the state to issue bonds to construct and operate a port facility at Mobile.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[January 1]]: [[Joseph Smolian]] bought [[Louis Pizitz]]' interest in the [[Pizitz]] department store chain.
* [[February 1]]: [[Alf Porter]] opened a large [[Porter's]] department store in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* [[Joy Young Restaurant]] moved to [[20th Street North]].
* [[Joy Young Restaurant]] moved to [[20th Street North]].
* [[B. B. Comer]] and two partners purchased the ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]''.
* Birmingham's first [[Gus Mayer]] store opened in the [[Retail Block]] on [[5th Avenue North]].
* [[Jacob Friedman]] purchased the [[City Paper Company]].
* Architect [[John Davis]] joined the firm of [[Warren, Knight & Davis|Warren & Knight]].
* The [[Empire Company]] merged with [[Henry T. DeBardeleben]]'s [[Maryland Coal and Coke Company]] and the [[Corona Coal Company]] to form the [[DeBardeleben Coal Corporation]].
* Rail trackage and a turntable were installed at the [[Hardie-Tynes]] plant.
* The [[Zac Smith Stationery Company]] moved into the [[Brown-Marx Building]].
* [[Bama Company|A. N. Chappell & Co.]] opened a new preserving plant for its [[Bama Company|Bama brand]] food products.


===Establishments===
===Establishments===
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* [[Melrose Ice Cream]] opened on [[26th Street North]].
* [[Melrose Ice Cream]] opened on [[26th Street North]].
* [[Minnie Todd]] opened [[Mrs Todd's Cafeteria]] on [[21st Street South]].
* [[Minnie Todd]] opened [[Mrs Todd's Cafeteria]] on [[21st Street South]].
* [[William Badham]] founded the [[Naphthalene Products Company]].
* [[Alabama Typewriter Company|Victor Adding Machine Company]] branch on [[5th Avenue North]]
* [[Alabama Typewriter Company|Victor Adding Machine Company]] branch on [[5th Avenue North]]
* The [[Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.]] opened a manufacturing plant at 700 [[39th Street North]].


====Disestablishments====
====Disestablishments====
* The [[Rye-Ola|Rye-Ola Company]] closed.
* The [[Rye-Ola|Rye-Ola Company]] closed.
* [[WIAG-AM]] signed off.
* [[WIAG-AM]] signed off.
 
* [[Independent Presbyterian Church]] established the [[Children's Fresh Air Farm]] in [[Bluff Park]].


===Government===
===Government===
* [[1922 general election]]
* 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.
* 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.
* [[June 16]]: The [[Birmingham City Commission]] members were indicted by a Grand Jury on charges of violating the [[Corrupt Practices Act]] by promising public offices to supporters.
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] was appointed to the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* The [[City of Birmingham]] contracted with the Gamewell Fire Alarm Company of Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts to replace its existing telegraph-based fire alarm system with alarm call boxes in the downtown area.


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[Smutter Matthews]] succeeded [[Carlton Molesworth]] as [[List of Birmingham Barons managers|manager]] of the [[Birmingham Barons]].
* [[Willis Keinholz]] succeeded [[Mike Donahue]] as coach of the [[Auburn Tigers football team|Alabama Polytechnic Institute football team]].
* [[Harris Cope]] succeeded [[Robert Marshall]] as coach of the [[Samford Bulldogs football team|Howard College Bulldogs football team]].
* [[Gordon Lewis]] succeeded [[Gordon Lewis]] as coach of the [[Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team]].
* [[May 5]]: [[Ernie Cox]] made his Major League debut with the Chicago White Sox.
* [[Newt Joseph]] made his Negro National League debut with the Kansas City Monarchs.


==Works==
[[File:Birmingham Trust Building.jpg|right|thumb|[[Birmingham Trust building (1922)|Birmingham Trust building]], built in 1922]]
[[File:Temple Theatre.jpg|right|thumb|The Masonic Temple, built in 1922]]
[[File:Temple Theatre.jpg|right|thumb|The Masonic Temple, built in 1922]]
==Works==
[[File:Silvers Building.jpg|right|thumb|Silver's Building, built in 1922]]
* "[[The Green Apple]]," painting by Georgia O'Keeffe at the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]]
* "[[The Green Apple]]," painting by Georgia O'Keeffe at the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]]
* ''[[Nigger (novel)|Nigger]]'', novel by [[Clement Wood]]
* "Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co. Opus 540", pipe organ at [[Norwood Methodist Church]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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* [[Belcher-Nixon building]] at "[[Tuxedo Junction]]"
* [[Belcher-Nixon building]] at "[[Tuxedo Junction]]"
* [[Brookwood Baptist Health|Birmingham Baptist Hospital]] on [[Princeton Avenue]]
* [[Brookwood Baptist Health|Birmingham Baptist Hospital]] on [[Princeton Avenue]]
* [[Birmingham News building (1917)|Birmingham News building]] addition
* [[Birmingham Trust building (1922)|Birmingham Trust building]] on [[20th Street North]]
* [[Birmingham Trust building (1922)|Birmingham Trust building]] on [[20th Street North]]
* [[Buffalo Rock building]] and [[Buffalo Rock sign]] on [[26th Street North]]
* [[Buffalo Rock building]] and [[Buffalo Rock sign]] on [[26th Street North]]
* [[Central Park Elementary School]] classroom addition
* [[Corner High School]] classroom addition
* [[Duke Brothers building]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]
* [[Duke Brothers building]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]
* [[Edgewood Town Hall]]
* [[Gorgas Hospital Hotel]] on [[Highland Avenue]]
* [[Gorgas Hospital Hotel]] on [[Highland Avenue]]
* [[Hudson K-8 School]] in [[Collegeville]]
* [[Hudson K-8 School]] in [[Collegeville]]
* [[Hugh Martin residence]] on [[15th Avenue South]]
* [[Hugh Martin residence]] on [[15th Avenue South]]
* [[Independent Presbyterian Church]] education wing
* [[Masonic Temple]] on [[19th Street North]]
* [[Masonic Temple]] on [[19th Street North]]
* [[Minor High School]]
* [[Minor High School]]
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* [[Retail Block]] on [[5th Avenue North]]
* [[Retail Block]] on [[5th Avenue North]]
* [[Roberts Field]] in [[Thomas neighborhood|Thomas]]
* [[Roberts Field]] in [[Thomas neighborhood|Thomas]]
* [[Shades Cahaba High School]] lunchroom and wood shop
* [[Silver's Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Silver's Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Thomas School]] addition
* [[Woodlawn High School]]
* [[Woodlawn High School]]
* [[Woodlawn Infirmary]]
* [[Woodlawn Infirmary]]
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== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
 
* [[J. L. Akin]] succeeded [[Sidney Middleton]] as chief of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]].
* [[Sid Lee]] was elected president of the National Bottlers Association.
* [[William McDowell]] succeeded [[Charles Beckwith]] as [[Episcopal Bishop of Alabama]].
* Artist [[Carrie Hill]] toured Europe with George Elmer Brown.
* [[W. Paul Pim]] began teaching commercial art at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Clarence Going]] succeeded [[Charles A. Brown]] as principal of [[Birmingham High School]].
* Hiram Wesley Evans succeeded [[William Simmons]] as Imperial Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* [[John Henry Adams]] was elected president of the [[O'Neals Lime Works]] at [[Eureka]].
* [[J. R. Slaughter]] succeeded [[Jesse Richardson]] as principal of [[Thompson High School]].
* Daniel Crissinger succeeded [[William Harding]] as Chair of the Federal Reserve.
* [[Nat Wilford]] began a long tenure as caretaker of [[Underwood Park]].
* [[Henry Norton Sr]] succeeded [[T. D. Moor]] as principal of [[Robinson Elementary School]].


===Births===
===Births===
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* [[August 2]]: [[Red Cochran]], football player and coach
* [[August 2]]: [[Red Cochran]], football player and coach
* [[September 14]]: [[Frances Bergen]], actor and model
* [[September 14]]: [[Frances Bergen]], actor and model
* [[October 14]]: [[Anna Catharine Grace]], educator and philanthropist
* [[December 1]]: [[C. Orian Truss]], physician
* [[December 10]]: [[Freeman Andress]], florist and co-founder of [[Birmingham Landmarks]]
* [[December 10]]: [[Freeman Andress]], florist and co-founder of [[Birmingham Landmarks]]
* [[Camille Baird]], aviator
* [[Camille Baird]], aviator
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
 
* [[Arthur Shores]] graduated from [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]].
* [[Epp Sykes]] graduated from [[Birmingham High School]].
* [[Peahead Walker]] graduated from [[Howard College]].
* [[Dorsey Whittington]] graduated from the Institute of Musical Art in New York City.


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* June: [[Luther Hollums]] married the former [[Farris Hollums|Farris McCray]].
* November: [[Robert Meyer]] married [[Lewis Barrett]].
* [[James Dovel]] married the former [[Marie Dovel|Marie Katherine McLoughlin]].


===Awards===
* [[Elise Sparrow]] was crowned [[Miss Birmingham]].
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] was presented with the ''[[Birmingham News]]'' [[Birmingham News Loving Cup|Loving Cup]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
[[File:Emmet O'Neal.jpg|right|thumb|Emmet O'Neal, died September 7, 1922]]
[[File:Emmet O'Neal.jpg|right|thumb|Emmet O'Neal, died September 7, 1922]]
* [[February 23]]: [[C. I. Taylor]], baseball player, manager & owner
* [[February 2]]: 9 workers were killed in the [[1922 Belle Ellen No. 2 Mine explosion]].
* [[February 23]]: [[C. I. Taylor]], baseball player, manager and owner
* [[February 26]]: [[Flemming Saltsman]], carpenter, gunsmith and grocer
* [[March 25]] & [[May 25]]: 22 workers were killed in the [[1922 Acmar No. 3 Mine explosions]].
* June: [[Andrew Gatsis]], owner of the [[Little Gem Cafe]]
* [[June 24]]: [[William Rushton Sr]], ice manufacturer
* [[June 24]]: [[William Rushton Sr]], ice manufacturer
* [[July 9]]: [[Edward Barrett]],''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' publisher
* [[July 9]]: [[Edward Barrett]],''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' publisher
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* [[August 10]]: [[Mattie Sloss]], wife of [[James Sloss]]
* [[August 10]]: [[Mattie Sloss]], wife of [[James Sloss]]
* [[September 7]]: [[Emmet O'Neal]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[September 7]]: [[Emmet O'Neal]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[November 22]]: 90 workers were killed in the [[1922 Dolomite No. 3 Mine explosion]].
* December: [[Hallie Menefee]], wife of [[George Menefee]]
* [[Samuel Jones]], electrician and boat builder
* [[Florida Graves]], wife of [[William Graves]]
* [[Damon Lee]], grocer
** See also: [[List of homicides in 1922]] and [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1922]]
** See also: [[List of homicides in 1922]] and [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1922]]


==Context==
==Context==
In 1922, the first successful insulin treatment of diabetes was made, by Frederick Banting in Toronto. The first issue of ''Reader's Digest'' was published. Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) succeeded Pope Benedict XV, to become the 259th pope. The United Kingdom ended its protectorate over Egypt; Fuad I became King of Egypt.  Robert J. Flaherty's ''Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, premiered in the U.S. The Hollywood Bowl opened. The British Broadcasting Company was formed. Benito Mussolini became dictator of Italy. Rose Bowl stadium opened in Pasadena, California. Rebecca Felton of Georgia became the first woman United States Senator.  Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.  Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Republic (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) came together to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.).
Books published in 1922 included ''Ulysses'' by James Joyce, ''The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle'' by Hugh Lofting, and ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' by Margery Williams.
The top films of 1922 were ''Robin Hood'', ''When Knighthood Was in Flower'', ''Blood and Sand'', ''Grandma's Boy'', and ''Smilin' Through''.


Notable births in 1922 included actors Bea Arthur, Sid Caesar, Doris Day, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, and Paul Scofield; actor and comedian Redd Foxx; actor and director Carl Reiner; author Kurt Vonnegut; baseball player and broadcaster Ralph Kliner; cartoonist Charles M. Schulz; comedian Dick Martin; comic book writer Stan Lee; film director Blake Edwards; inventor Ralph H. Baer; poet Philip Larkin; politician George McGovern; television writer and producer Norman Lear; and treasure hunter Mel Fisher.


Notable deaths in 1922 included artist Leslie Ward, actor and singer Lillian Russell, baseball player Tommy McCarthy, Emperor Charles I of Austria, entertainer Bert Williams, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, journalist Nellie Bly, and Pope Benedict XV.


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[[Category:1922|*]]

Latest revision as of 13:34, 10 December 2023

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

Events

Business

Establishments

Disestablishments

Government

Sports

Works

Birmingham Trust building, built in 1922
The Masonic Temple, built in 1922
Silver's Building, built in 1922

Buildings

Demolitions

Individuals

Births

Fred Shuttlesworth, born March 18, 1922
Joseph Volker, born March 9, 1922

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

Emmet O'Neal, died September 7, 1922

Context

In 1922, the first successful insulin treatment of diabetes was made, by Frederick Banting in Toronto. The first issue of Reader's Digest was published. Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) succeeded Pope Benedict XV, to become the 259th pope. The United Kingdom ended its protectorate over Egypt; Fuad I became King of Egypt. Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, premiered in the U.S. The Hollywood Bowl opened. The British Broadcasting Company was formed. Benito Mussolini became dictator of Italy. Rose Bowl stadium opened in Pasadena, California. Rebecca Felton of Georgia became the first woman United States Senator. Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Republic (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) came together to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.).

Books published in 1922 included Ulysses by James Joyce, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, and The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.

The top films of 1922 were Robin Hood, When Knighthood Was in Flower, Blood and Sand, Grandma's Boy, and Smilin' Through.

Notable births in 1922 included actors Bea Arthur, Sid Caesar, Doris Day, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, and Paul Scofield; actor and comedian Redd Foxx; actor and director Carl Reiner; author Kurt Vonnegut; baseball player and broadcaster Ralph Kliner; cartoonist Charles M. Schulz; comedian Dick Martin; comic book writer Stan Lee; film director Blake Edwards; inventor Ralph H. Baer; poet Philip Larkin; politician George McGovern; television writer and producer Norman Lear; and treasure hunter Mel Fisher.

Notable deaths in 1922 included artist Leslie Ward, actor and singer Lillian Russell, baseball player Tommy McCarthy, Emperor Charles I of Austria, entertainer Bert Williams, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, journalist Nellie Bly, and Pope Benedict XV.

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