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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 14]]: The Town of [[Hollywood]] was incorporated with [[Clarence Lloyd]] as its mayor.
* [[January 14]]: The Town of [[Hollywood]] was incorporated with [[Clarence Lloyd]] as its mayor.
* [[Oak Mountain State Park]] was established.
* [[February 11]]: The state legislature approved the merger of [[Edgewood]], [[Grove Park]] and [[Rosedale]] into the newly-incorporated City of [[Homewood]].
* [[Oak Mountain State Park]] was established.]
* [[October 5]]: Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] visited Birmingham during his 22,000-mile national tour sponsored by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. He landed at [[Messer Field]], spoke at the [[Tutwiler Hotel]] on the importance of investing in aviation infrastructure and was toasted at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]].
* [[December 26]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] opened with a screening of "The Spotlight".
* [[December 26]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] opened with a screening of "The Spotlight".


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* May: The [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] ceased operation.
* May: The [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] ceased operation.
* The hoist at [[Woodward Iron Company]]'s [[Redding Shaft]] on [[Red Mountain]] was removed, but the opening continued to serve as ventilation for the [[Songo No. 1 Mine]].
* The hoist at [[Woodward Iron Company]]'s [[Redding Shaft]] on [[Red Mountain]] was removed, but the opening continued to serve as ventilation for the [[Songo No. 1 Mine]].
* [[Alice Furnaces]] shut down.
* August: The [[Family Reserve Insurance Company|Luquire Insurance Company]] was founded.
* August: The [[Family Reserve Insurance Company|Luquire Insurance Company]] was founded.
* Passenger rail service to [[Shelby Furnace]] from [[Columbiana]] was ended.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] merged with the Gulf Electric Power Company.
===Government===
* [[January 17]]: [[Bibb Graves]] was sworn in as [[Governor of Alabama]], succeeded [[William Brandon]].
* [[March 4]]: [[Hugo Black]] was sworn into the U.S. Senate, taking the place of retiring Senator [[Oscar Underwood]].
* [[April 11]]: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld punitive damages for employers of negligent workers in wrongful deaths in "[[Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. v. Yeldell]]"


===Education===
===Education===
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* [[Samford University|Howard College]] opened a [[McWhorter School of Pharmacy|Pharmacy School]].
* [[Bessemer Colored High School]] graduated its first class.


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[January 1]]: [[1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] and Stanford tied 7-7 in the Rose Bowl.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] and the ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' claimed silver loving cups at the conclusion of the 1927 [[Indoor Baseball League of Birmingham]] season.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] and the ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' claimed silver loving cups at the conclusion of the 1927 [[Indoor Baseball League of Birmingham]] season.


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===Books===
===Books===
* ''[[Honor Bound]]'', novel by [[Jack Bethea]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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* The elaborately ornamented [[Florentine Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]] was completed.
* The elaborately ornamented [[Florentine Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]] was completed.
* [[Greater Shiloh Baptist Church]] began worshiping in the basement of their church building, still under construction.
* [[Greater Shiloh Baptist Church]] began worshiping in the basement of their church building, still under construction.
* A classroom wing was added to [[A. H. Parker High School|Industrial High School]].
* The 6-story [[Berkley on Highland|Kenilworth Arms]] apartment building on [[Highland Avenue]] opened.
* The 6-story [[Berkley on Highland|Kenilworth Arms]] apartment building on [[Highland Avenue]] opened.
* The [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Little Theatre]] opened at [[Caldwell Park]].
* The [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Little Theatre]] opened at [[Caldwell Park]].
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===Demolitions===
===Demolitions===
* [[Oak Grove Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.
* The [[Jefferson County Bank Building]] was torn down to make way for the [[Florentine Building]].
* The [[Jefferson County Bank Building]] was torn down to make way for the [[Florentine Building]].


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* [[Hugo Black]] was sworn into the U.S. Senate, taking the place of retiring Senator [[Oscar Underwood]].
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===Births===
===Births===
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* [[December 6]]: Formal wear dealer [[J. O. Tant, Jr]] was born.
* [[December 6]]: Formal wear dealer [[J. O. Tant, Jr]] was born.
* [[December 31]]: Dancer, choreographer and [[Birmingham Civic Ballet]] founder [[Lola Mae Jones Coates]] was born Lola Mae Jones.
* [[December 31]]: Dancer, choreographer and [[Birmingham Civic Ballet]] founder [[Lola Mae Jones Coates]] was born Lola Mae Jones.
===Graduations===
* Theater manager [[Norris Hadaway]] graduated from [[Bessemer High School]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
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* [[Alberta Shuttlesworth|Alberta Robinson]] married [[William Shuttlesworth]].
* [[Howell Vines]] married [[Alma Vines|Alma Huey]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===

Revision as of 15:22, 30 March 2015

1927 was the 56th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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Government

Education

Sports

Works

Books

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Births

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Marriages

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