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* [[January 10]]: 5 miners were killed in the [[1923 Dolomite No. 1 Mine explosion]].
* [[January 10]]: 5 miners were killed in the [[1923 Dolomite No. 1 Mine explosion]].
* [[January 22]]: Pianist [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] made his [[Birmingham]] debut at the [[Jefferson Theatre]].
* [[January 22]]: Pianist [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] made his [[Birmingham]] debut at the [[Jefferson Theatre]].
* February: A massive ice storm hit the region.
* [[February 5]]-[[February 6|6]]: A major sleet storm left the city bound in ice and cut off from services.
* [[March 3]]: A performance by the Washington Goodner Trio at the [[Frolic Theatre]] was cut short due to "smutty" jokes.
* [[June 7]]: The [[Cascade Plunge|Cascade Plunge and Pavilion]] opened in [[East Lake]].
* [[July 12]]: 5 miners were killed in the [[1923 Sloss No. 1 Mine accident]].
* [[July 12]]: 5 miners were killed in the [[1923 Sloss No. 1 Mine accident]].
* [[August 23]]: The [[Birmingham City Commission]] was reduced from 5 members to 3 by a newly-passed state law.
* [[August 23]]: The [[Birmingham City Commission]] was reduced from 5 members to 3 by a newly-passed state law.
* [[November 11]]: The [[Spirit of the American Doughboy]] was dedicated as a [[World War I]] memorial at [[Linn Park]]
* [[November 11]]: The [[Spirit of the American Doughboy]] was dedicated as a [[World War I]] memorial at [[Linn Park]]
* [[William Brandon]] succeeded [[Thomas Kilby]] as [[Governor of Alabama]].
* [[William Brandon]] succeeded [[Thomas Kilby]] as [[Governor of Alabama]].
* [[F. A. Gallup]] succeeded Mr Carmichael as principal of [[Woodlawn High School]].
* [[Oscar Underwood]] completed his second term as Senate Minority Leader.
* [[Oscar Underwood]] completed his second term as Senate Minority Leader.
* [[Thomas Shirley]] succeeded [[J. Chris Hartsfield]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[Thomas Shirley]] succeeded [[J. Chris Hartsfield]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
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* [[Hugo Black]] joined the [[Ku Klux Klan]] at a rally at [[Edgewood Park]].
* [[Hugo Black]] joined the [[Ku Klux Klan]] at a rally at [[Edgewood Park]].
* The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)|USS Birmingham]]'' light cruiser was decommissioned.
* The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)|USS Birmingham]]'' light cruiser was decommissioned.
* The [[University of Montevallo|Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute and College for Women]] in [[Montevallo]] was renamed [[University of Montevallo|Alabama College, State College for Women]].
* [[Solomon Katz]] became rabbi of [[Temple Beth-El]]
* [[John Canepa]] founded [[St John's Catholic Church]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[United Way of Central Alabama|Birmingham Community Chest]] was founded.
* [[United Way of Central Alabama|Birmingham Community Chest]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Park and Recreation Board]] was established.
* The [[Birmingham Park and Recreation Board]] was established.
* Birmingham voters prohibited private jitney services by public referendum.
* Birmingham voters prohibited private jitney services by public referendum.
* [[Minor High School]] graduated its first class.
* [[Shades Cahaba High School]] graduated its first class.
* The Women's Auxiliary of the [[Jefferson County Medical Society]] was founded.
* The Women's Auxiliary of the [[Jefferson County Medical Society]] was founded.
* [[George Ward]] purchased the land for his [[Vestavia (estate)|Vestavia]] estate.
* [[George Ward]] purchased the land for his [[Vestavia (estate)|Vestavia]] estate.
* [[Engine No. 4018]] was sold to the [[St Louis and San Francisco Railway]].
* [[Engine No. 4018]] was sold to the [[St Louis and San Francisco Railway]].
* The [[North Alabama Methodist Conference]] met at [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]].
* [[Frank Hartley Anderson]] married [[Martha Fort Anderson|Martha Fannin Fort]].


===Business===
===Business===
[[Image:WSY logo.png|right|thumb|125px|[[WSY-AM]]]]
[[Image:WSY logo.png|right|thumb|125px|[[WSY-AM]]]]
* [[Joseph Loveman]] succeeded [[Moses Joseph]] as president of [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph & Loeb]].
* City Stores Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania purchased a majority stake in [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph & Loeb]].
* City Stores Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania purchased a majority stake in [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph & Loeb]].
* [[Alabama Power Company]] hired [[Maria Whitson]] as its first female engineer.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] hired [[Maria Whitson]] as its first female engineer.
* [[Giuseppi Moretti]] bought a marble quarry near [[Sylacauga]].
* [[Giuseppe Moretti]] bought a marble quarry near [[Sylacauga]].
* [[WSY-AM]] relocated its broadcast studio to the [[Loveman's|Loveman's Building]].
* [[WSY-AM]] relocated its broadcast studio to the [[Loveman's|Loveman's Building]].
* [[David O. Whilldin]] established his own architectural office.
* [[David O. Whilldin]] established his own architectural office.
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* [[Lonnie Noojin]] and his brother founded the [[Noojin Supply Company]].
* [[Lonnie Noojin]] and his brother founded the [[Noojin Supply Company]].
* The [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]] merged with the [[Alabama Byproducts Corporation]].
* The [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]] merged with the [[Alabama Byproducts Corporation]].
* The Birmingham office of [[Ballard & Ballard]] millers moved to 2409 [[1st Avenue South]].
* [[Charles Harris]] founded the [[Protective Industrial Insurance Company]].
* The [[North Birmingham Theatre]] opened.
=== Education ===
* September: [[Bessemer High School]] separated from [[Arlington School]] by moving into a new school building.
* The [[University of Montevallo|Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute and College for Women]] in [[Montevallo]] was renamed [[University of Montevallo|Alabama College, State College for Women]].
* [[Bluff Park School]] opened on [[Park Avenue (Bluff Park)|Park Avenue]].
* [[Minor High School]] graduated its first class.
* [[Shades Cahaba High School]] graduated its first class.
===Religion===
* [[Isaac Holness]] founded [[Pilgrim Lutheran Church]].
* [[Solomon Katz]] became rabbi of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[John Canepa]] founded [[St John's Catholic Church]] in [[East Lake]].
* The [[North Alabama Methodist Conference]] met at [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[June 19]]–[[June 23|23]]: [[1923 Southern Amateur Golf Tournament]]
* [[Charlie Brown]] coached his final season for the [[BSC Panthers]] football team.
* [[Charlie Brown]] coached his final season for the [[BSC Panthers]] football team.
* [[Harris Cope]] coached his final season for the [[Samford Bulldogs football]] team.
* [[Harris Cope]] coached his final season for the [[Samford Bulldogs football]] team.
* Female members of the [[Birmingham Country Club]] founded a women's golf tournament.
* Female members of the [[Birmingham Country Club]] founded a women's golf tournament.


==Works==
== Individuals ==
* The steamship ''[[City of Birmingham (steamship)|City of Birmingham]]'' was christened
* [[F. A. Gallup]] succeeded Mr Carmichael as principal of [[Woodlawn High School]].
* ''[[Art Work of Birmingham, Ala.]]'' was published by the Gravure Illustration Company of Chicago, Illinois
* [[Frank Hartley Anderson]] married [[Martha Fort Anderson|Martha Fannin Fort]].


===Buildings===
* [[Belvedere Theatre]]
* [[Bessemer Colored High School]]
* [[Bush Middle School]]
* [[Druid City Hospital]]
* [[Henry Neely Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Neely Henry]])
* [[Mitchell Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Mitchell]])
* [[North Birmingham Elementary School]]
* [[Phillips High School]]
* [[Simpson Building]] (Simpson Preparatory School) at [[Birmingham-Southern College]])
* [[St Stanislaus Catholic Church]]
* [[Tuscaloosa Country Club]]
* ground was broken for [[A. H. Parker High School|Negro High School]] (now [[A. H. Parker High School]])
* ground was broken for [[Norwood Elementary School]]
== Individuals ==
===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 14]]: [[Bea Carlton]], co-founder of [[Milo's Hamburgers]]
* [[January 23]]: [[Walt Dropo]], baseball player
* [[January 23]]: [[Walt Dropo]], baseball player
* [[January 28]]: [[Dewey White]], pediatrician and state legislator
* [[January 28]]: [[Dewey White]], pediatrician and state legislator
* [[February 13]]: [[Harry U. Gilmer]], TCI product representative
* [[March 22]]: [[Temple Tutwiler II]]
* [[March 22]]: [[Temple Tutwiler II]]
* [[April 20]]: [[Mother Angelica]], founder of [[Our Lady of the Angels Monastery]] and [[EWTN]]
* [[April 20]]: [[Mother Angelica]], founder of [[Our Lady of the Angels Monastery]] and [[EWTN]]
* [[May 23]]: [[Evelyn Hardy|Evelyn Starks Hardy]], gospel star and music teacher
* [[May 24]]: [[Marguerite Harbert]], activist and philanthropist
* [[May 28]]: [[Hall Thompson]], businessman and developer
* [[May 28]]: [[Hall Thompson]], businessman and developer
* [[May 31]]: [[Hazel Gore]], gynecologic pathologist  
* [[May 31]]: [[Hazel Gore]], gynecologic pathologist  
* [[June 11]]: [[Bill Edmonds]], civil engineer
* [[June 11]]: [[Bill Edmonds]], civil engineer
* [[July 6]]: [[Cathy O'Donnell]], actor
* [[July 21]]: [[Bill L. Harbert]], construction executive
* [[July 21]]: [[Bill L. Harbert]], construction executive
* [[August 2]]: [[Fred McCrory]], businessman
* [[August 22]]: [[Louis Willie]], insurance executive
* [[August 22]]: [[Louis Willie]], insurance executive
* [[September 18]]: [[Nick Bolton]], [[WBRC-TV]] general manager 
* [[September 23]]: [[Willie Spencer]], Methodist minister
* [[September 23]]: [[Willie Spencer]], Methodist minister
* [[October 28]]: [[Tom King]], attorney and state senator
* [[October 28]]: [[Tom King]], attorney and state senator
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* December 3: [[Nick Gulas]], wrestling promoter
* December 3: [[Nick Gulas]], wrestling promoter
* [[December 24]]: [[David Friedman]], exploitation film producer
* [[December 24]]: [[David Friedman]], exploitation film producer
* [[December 25]]: [[Paul Spence]], [[Mervyn H. Sterne Library]] library director
* [[James Armstrong]], barber
* [[James Armstrong]], barber
* [[Reuben Davis]], [[Jefferson County Commission]]er
* [[Reuben Davis]], [[Jefferson County Commission]]er
* [[S. Richardson Hill]], president of [[UAB]]
* [[S. Richardson Hill]], president of [[UAB]]
* [[Mac Fleming]], history teacher
* [[MacDonald Fleming]], history teacher
* [[Toula Fulford]], "Miss Congeniality" 1943
* [[Toula Fulford]], "Miss Congeniality" 1943
* [[Raeford Liles]], artist
* [[John E. Moore]], civil leader in Dayton, Ohio
* [[John E. Moore]], civil leader in Dayton, Ohio
* [[Bob Scranton]], [[Birmingham Barons]] executive
* [[Thomas Stubbs]], state senator
* [[Thomas Stubbs]], state senator
* [[Merritt Stoves]], Civil Rights watchman
* [[Merritt Stoves]], Civil Rights watchman
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===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[February 8]]: [[George Kelley]], hardware retailer, railroad executive and developer
* [[February 16]]: [[N. F. Thompson]], developer
* [[April 20]]: [[Robert Munger]], inventor, manufacturer, philanthropist and real estate developer
* August: [[A. J. Dickinson]], Baptist minister
* August: [[A. J. Dickinson]], Baptist minister
* [[August 19]]: [[Anna Harper]], wife of cartoonist [[Hubert Harper]], in a seaplane accident in Santa Rosa, Florida
* [[August 19]]: [[Anna Harper]], wife of cartoonist [[Hubert Harper]], in a seaplane accident in Santa Rosa, Florida
* [[October 29]]: [[Jack Nabors]], baseball player
* [[October 29]]: [[Jack Nabors]], baseball player
* [[Thomas McDonald]], [[Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[Thomas McDonald]], [[Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[R. S. Munger]], industrialist
* [[Thomas Duke Parke]], physician
* [[Thomas Duke Parke]], physician
* [[Thomas Simms]], [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]]


===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[Douglas Arant]] graduated from Yale Law School.
* [[Douglas Arant]] graduated from Yale Law School.
* [[Helen Cockrell]] graduated from [[Shades Cahaba School]]
* [[Helen Cockrell]] graduated from [[Shades Cahaba High School|Shades Cahaba School]]
* [[Ida Moffett]] graduated from [[Alliance High School]]
* [[Ida Moffett]] graduated from [[Alliance High School]]
==Works==
* The steamship ''[[City of Birmingham (steamship)|City of Birmingham]]'' was christened
* ''[[Art Work of Birmingham, Ala.]]'' was published by the Gravure Illustration Company of Chicago, Illinois
===Buildings===
* [[Belvedere Theatre]]
* [[Bessemer Colored High School]]
* [[Bessemer High School]]
* [[Bush Middle School]]
* [[Cascade Plunge]]
* [[Druid City Hospital]]
* [[Harris Transfer Company]] warehouse no. 2
* [[Henry Neely Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Neely Henry]])
* [[Mitchell Dam]] (impounding [[Lake Mitchell]])
* [[North Birmingham Elementary School]]
* [[North Birmingham Theatre]]
* [[Phillips High School]]
* [[Simpson Building]] (Simpson Preparatory School) at [[Birmingham-Southern College]])
* [[St Stanislaus Catholic Church]]
* [[Tuscaloosa Country Club]]
* ground was broken for [[A. H. Parker High School|Negro High School]] (now [[A. H. Parker High School]])
* ground was broken for [[Norwood Elementary School]]


==Context==
==Context==
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1923 deaths included those of President Warren Harding; actors Wallace Reid and Sarah Bernhardt; physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, revolutionary Pancho Villa; and engineer Gustave Eiffel.
1923 deaths included those of President Warren Harding; actors Wallace Reid and Sarah Bernhardt; physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, revolutionary Pancho Villa; and engineer Gustave Eiffel.


William Yeats won the 1923 Nobel Prize for literature. Le Corbusier published his ''Vers une architecture''. Buster Keaton's feature film "Our Hospitality" was released. ''Tarzan and the Golden Lion'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs and ''The House at Pooh Corner'' by A. A. Milne were published. Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Jelly Roll Morton made their first recordings. The Canton Bulldogs won the NFL championship. The Yankees defeated the Giants in the World Series. Bobby Jones won the U. S. Open and "Zev" won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
William Yeats won the 1923 Nobel Prize for literature. Le Corbusier published his ''Vers une architecture''. Buster Keaton's feature film "Our Hospitality" was released. ''Tarzan and the Golden Lion'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs and ''The House at Pooh Corner'' by A. A. Milne were published. Louis Armstrong, [[Bessie Smith]] and Jelly Roll Morton made their first recordings. The Canton Bulldogs won the NFL championship. The Yankees defeated the Giants in the World Series. Bobby Jones won the U. S. Open and "Zev" won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.


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North Birmingham Elementary School , built in 1923

1923 was the 52nd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

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Education

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

Deaths

Graduations

Works

Buildings

Context

1923 saw the first issue of TIME magazine. Vladimir Lenin resigned from chairmanship of the Soviet government. Yankee Stadium opened its doors. The Irish Civil War ended. Mount Etna erupted. Calvin Coolidge assumed the office of President Warren G. Harding after his death. Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake. Turkey became a republic. The Walt Disney Company was founded. Adolf Hitler failed an attempt to overthrow the German government and Vladimir Zworykin filed the first patent for a color television transmitter/receiver.

People born in 1923 include record producer Sam Phillips; writers Paddy Chayefsky, Italo Calvino, Norman Mailer, and James Dickey; pilots Chuck Yeager and Alan Shephard; television personalities Bob Barker and Ed McMahon; photographer Diane Arbus; mime Marcel Marceau; actor Charleton Heston; model Bettie Page; guitarist Albert King; coach Ara Parseghian; diplomat Henry Kissinger; boxer Rocky Marciano and singer Hank Williams.

1923 deaths included those of President Warren Harding; actors Wallace Reid and Sarah Bernhardt; physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, revolutionary Pancho Villa; and engineer Gustave Eiffel.

William Yeats won the 1923 Nobel Prize for literature. Le Corbusier published his Vers une architecture. Buster Keaton's feature film "Our Hospitality" was released. Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne were published. Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Jelly Roll Morton made their first recordings. The Canton Bulldogs won the NFL championship. The Yankees defeated the Giants in the World Series. Bobby Jones won the U. S. Open and "Zev" won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.

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