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==Events==
==Events==
[[Image:Magic City sign postcard.jpg|right|thumb|225px|The [[Magic City sign]], demolished in 1952]]
[[Image:Magic City sign postcard.jpg|right|thumb|225px|The [[Magic City sign]], demolished in 1952]]
* The cities of [[Alabaster]] and [[Steele]] were incorporated.
* [[March 20]]: The world premiere of the feature film "[[Steel Town]]" was held at the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[May 29]]: An early morning fire at the [[Armour Company]]'s stockyards sent hundreds of injured cattle and hogs rampaging through the streets of [[North Birmingham]] and [[downtown Birmingham|downtown]].
* [[October 6]]: [[Mountain Brook]]'s [[Jemison Park]] alongside [[Shades Creek]] and [[Mountain Brook Parkway]] was dedicated.
* The cities of [[Alabaster]], [[Steele]] and [[Sumiton]] were incorporated.
* The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] received 29 important Italian Renaissance paintings from the Kress Foundation.
* The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] received 29 important Italian Renaissance paintings from the Kress Foundation.
* The [[160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron]] was organized at the [[Birmingham Municipal Airport]].
* The [[160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron]] was organized at the [[Birmingham Municipal Airport]].
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* [[Southeastern Bible College|Southeastern Bible School]] became "Southeastern Bible College"
* [[Southeastern Bible College|Southeastern Bible School]] became "Southeastern Bible College"
* Several [[Birmingham Transit Company#Streetcar lines|streetcar lines]] were discontinued.
* Several [[Birmingham Transit Company#Streetcar lines|streetcar lines]] were discontinued.
 
* [[St Louis & San Francisco Railway]]'s [[Engine No. 4018]] made its final run and was put on display at the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]].
* [[W. C. Patton]] founded the [[Alabama State Coordinating Association for Registration and Voting]].
* The [[Birmingham VA Medical Center]] was established in the [[University of Alabama Medical Center]] in [[Southside]].
* [[Alex Montgomery|Alex]] and [[Ruby Montgomery]] put the [[Arlington Antebellum Home & Garden|Arlington]] estate up for sale.
* The [[Jefferson County Department of Health]] recorded 2,751 new cases of syphilis, sharply down from 19,272 in [[1942]].
* [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham]]'s [[Alley School]] reopened.
* [[Top Hat Barbecue]] opened in [[Blount Springs]].
===Business===
===Business===
* [[U.S. Pipe]] purchased the [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]].
* [[U.S. Pipe]] purchased the [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]].
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* [[Jim Burke Automotive Group|Jim Burke]] added Buick automobiles to his Nash dealership.
* [[Jim Burke Automotive Group|Jim Burke]] added Buick automobiles to his Nash dealership.
* [[U. S. Steel]] sold its properties in [[Bayview]], [[Docena]] and [[Edgewater]] to John W. Galbreath Real Estate.
* [[U. S. Steel]] sold its properties in [[Bayview]], [[Docena]] and [[Edgewater]] to John W. Galbreath Real Estate.
* [[Robert I. Ingalls, Jr]] took over as chairman of [[Ingalls Iron Works]] following a legal battle.
* [[Robert I. Ingalls Jr]] took over as chairman of [[Ingalls Iron Works]] following a legal battle.
* [[Alabama Power]] acquired the [[Powell Avenue Steam Plant]].
* [[Alabama Power]] acquired the [[Powell Avenue Steam Plant]].
* The [[First Bank of Alabaster]] was founded by [[George Scott Jr]].
* Office furniture dealer [[Bodine|Bodine, Bryson & Rolling]] was founded.
* [[William Spencer III]] became president of the [[Motion Industries|Owen-Richards Company]].
* [[George Mattison]] purchased the [[Pilot Broadcasting Company]] and its [[WTNB-AM]] radio station.
* [[W. O. Giles]] opened his first restaurant, which would become [[Chester's]].
* A second [[Lou-Jac Drive-In]] opened on [[Bessemer Road]].
* [[George Mattison Jr]] purchased [[Pilot Broadcasting]] and its defunct [[WTNB-AM]] from [[Thomas Beech]].
* The firm of [[Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart]] was founded.
* [[U.S. Steel]] merged its [[American Bridge|Virginia Bridge Co.]] and [[American Bridge]] divisions.
===Religion===
* [[May 11]]: The original [[St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church]] building in [[Montevallo]] was dedicated.
* [[Edgar Arendall]], pastor of [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]], began a weekly television program on [[WBRC-TV]].
* The [[First Baptist Church of Hoover|Patton Chapel Mission]] was established in [[Hoover]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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* [[Bubba Church]] was traded from the Phillies to the Reds.
* [[Bubba Church]] was traded from the Phillies to the Reds.
* [[Evelyn Lawler]] competed in the 80 meter hurdles at the Helsinki Olympics.
* [[Evelyn Lawler]] competed in the 80 meter hurdles at the Helsinki Olympics.
* [[Vaughn Mancha]] was hired as an assistant football coach at Florida State University.
* The [[1952 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] championship.
* The [[1952 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] championship.
* The [[1952 Auburn Tigers]] went 2-8 in [[Shug Jordan]]'s 2nd year.
* The [[1952 Auburn Tigers]] went 2-8 in [[Shug Jordan]]'s 2nd year.
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* See also: [[1952 Legion Field schedule]]
* See also: [[1952 Legion Field schedule]]


==Works==
==Individuals==
* The "Hank Penny Show" hosted by bandleader [[Hank Penny]]
* [[Ray Acton]] succeeded [[H. C. Crelly]] as [[Mayor of Homewood]].
* The [[Kings of Harmony]] recorded with Phyllis Branch for Tuxedo Records.
* [[Bill Battle, Jr]] became the athletic director for the [[Birmingham-Southern Panthers]].
* The [[Birmingham Bop]] became popular in local dance clubs.
* "My Bucket's Been Fixed" / "The Little Things That You Do." and "Maybe Baby You'll Be True" / "Rifle, Belt and Bayonet." singles by [[Hardrock Gunter]] released on Bullet Records.
 
===Books===
* Smith, Algernon L. with [[James F. Sulzby, Jr]], editor (1952) ''[[The Story of Continental Gin Company 1900-1952]]''. Birmingham: [[Continental Gin Company]].
 
===Buildings===
* [[First Congregational Christian Church]]
* [[Glenn Middle School]]
* [[Hill Elementary School]]
* [[Homewood Public Library]] (former location at [[Oxmoor Road]] and [[Roxbury Road]])
* [[Indian Springs School]]
* [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School]]
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]]
* [[Clayton Park]] in the [[Acipco-Finley neighborhood]]
* additions to [[Bush Middle School]]
* [[Hillman Building]] ([[UAB]])
 
==People==
* [[Sun Ra|Herman Blount]] legally changed his name to "Le Sony'r Ra"
* [[Sun Ra|Herman Blount]] legally changed his name to "Le Sony'r Ra"
* [[Bill Bolen]] joined the U. S. Air Force.
* [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]], first lady of Costa Rica, divorced  President José Figueres Ferrer.
* [[John Claypool]] became pastor of Gilead Baptist Church in Madison County, Kentucky.
* [[Frank Clements]] became president of [[The Club]].
* [[Bull Connor]] was convicted of joint occupancy of a hotel room with a member of the opposite sex (later overturned)
* [[Bull Connor]] was convicted of joint occupancy of a hotel room with a member of the opposite sex (later overturned)
* [[Hank Williams]] spent New Year's Eve at the [[Redmont Hotel]] before hitting the road for the last time.
* [[Bill Edmonds]] got his start at [[Rust Engineering]].
* Portrait artist [[Arthur Stewart]] moved to Birmingham.
* [[Frank Clements]] became president of [[The Club]].
* [[Henry Edmonds]] retired from the pulpit of [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]].
* [[Henry Edmonds]] retired from the pulpit of [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]].
* [[Ray Acton]] succeeded [[H. C. Crelly]] as [[Mayor of Homewood]].
* [[Robert Guillot]] moved to Birmingham to take a position as senior vice president with the [[Vulcan Life & Accident Insurance Company]].
* [[Joseph Raya]] was appointed pastor of [[St George Melkite Greek Catholic Church]].
* [[Gwen Harmon]] reigned as [[Miss Alabama]].
* [[Gwen Harmon]] reigned as [[Miss Alabama]].
* [[William Maddox]] joined the faculty of the [[University of Alabama School of Medicine]] in Birmingham.
* [[Hugh Martin (architect)|Hugh Martin]] resigned from [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects]].
* [[Hugh Martin (architect)|Hugh Martin]] resigned from [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects]].
* [[Sam Mitchell]] began teaching at [[Howard College]].
* [[C. L. Pierce]] succeeded [[Marcus Hancock]] as [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Birmingham Police Chief]]
* [[Joseph Raya]] was appointed pastor of [[St George Melkite Greek Catholic Church]].
* [[Tom Self]] was hired as a staff photographer for the ''[[Birmingham News]]''.
* [[Reese Smith]] succeeded [[Chester Laster]] as pastor of [[Bethel Baptist Church]].
* Portrait artist [[Arthur Stewart]] moved to Birmingham.
* [[Hank Williams]] spent New Year's Eve at the [[Redmont Hotel]] before hitting the road for the last time.
* [[Louis Willie]] got his first job at [[Booker T. Washington Insurance]].
* [[Louis Willie]] got his first job at [[Booker T. Washington Insurance]].
* [[Bill Edmonds]] got his start at [[Rust Engineering]].
* [[Bill Battle, Jr]] became the athletic director for the [[Birmingham-Southern Panthers]].
* [[Bill Bolen]] joined the U. S. Air Force.
* [[Reese Smith]] succeeded [[Chester Laster]] as pastor of [[Bethel Baptist Church]].
* [[John Claypool]] became pastor of Gilead Baptist Church in Madison County, Kentucky.
* [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]], first lady of Costa Rica, divorced  President José Figueres Ferrer.
* [[C. L. Pierce]] succeeded [[Marcus Hancock]] as [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Birmingham Police Chief]]
===Awards===
* Sculptor [[John Rhoden]] won the Prix de Rome
* Catcher [[Sam Hairston]] was named to the Western League All-Star Team
* Scholar [[Roland Frye]] earned his Ph.D. at Princeton.
* [[Autherine Lucy]] earned her B.A. at [[Miles College]]


===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 21]]: [[Thom Gossom Jr]], actor, writer, communications consultant and former football player
* [[January 22]]: [[Teddy Gentry]], bassist for [[Alabama (band)]]
* [[January 22]]: [[Teddy Gentry]], bassist for [[Alabama (band)]]
* [[February 8]]: [[Johnny Johns]], CEO of [[Protective Life Corporation]]
* [[Feburary 16]]: Baseball player [[Jerry Hairston]]
* [[Feburary 16]]: Baseball player [[Jerry Hairston]]
* [[February 17]]: News anchor [[Mike Royer]]
* [[March 5]]: Musician [[Dennis Dumas|Dennis "The Rock" Dumas]]
* [[March 7]]:  [[Birmingham Americans]] kicker [[Earl Sark]]
* [[March 12]]: Calera fire chief [[Tommy Moon]]
* [[March 20]]: Planner [[David Hunke]]
* [[March 22]]: Minister, activist and [[Birmingham Water Works]] board member [[William Muhammad]]
* [[March 26]]: Artist, landlord and historian [[Gary Bostany]]
* [[March 28]]: Attorney [[Mike Graffeo]]
* [[March 28]]: Attorney [[Mike Graffeo]]
* [[April 15]]: Actor [[Glenn Shadix]] in [[Bessemer]]
* [[April 15]]: Actor [[Glenn Shadix]] in [[Bessemer]]
* [[April 28]]: Musician [[Chuck Leavell]]
* [[April 28]]: Musician [[Chuck Leavell]]
* [[May 12]]: Cabinetmaker [[Hilbun Adams]] in Sacramento, California
* [[May 12]]: Cabinetmaker [[Hilbun Adams]] in Sacramento, California
* [[May 18]]: Gas station owner [[Susil Rupasinghe]] in Sri Lanka
* [[June 9]]: Filmmaker [[Sandy Jaffe]]
* [[July 11]]: Novelist [[Robert McCammon]]
* [[July 15]]: Basketball player [[Allen Murphy]]
* [[July 15]]: Basketball player [[Allen Murphy]]
* [[July 23]]: Anti-government activist [[Mike Vanderboegh]] in St Joseph, Michigan
* [[August 3]]: Art and antique dealer [[Malcolm McRae]]
* [[August 16]]: Musician [[Topper Price]] in Mobile County
* [[August 16]]: Musician [[Topper Price]] in Mobile County
* [[August 25]]: Composer [[Peter Wolf]] in Vienna, Austria
* [[August 25]]: Composer [[Peter Wolf]] in Vienna, Austria
* August 25: [[Fairfield Police Department]] officer [[Gary Lavender]]
* [[September 4]]: Auto mechanic and watchmaker [[Daniel Bailey]]
* [[September 5]]: Minister [[Scott Webb]]
* [[September 11]]: Writer [[Steven Ford Brown]]
* [[September 16]]: Banker [[Bob Dickerson]]
* [[September 27]]: Judge [[Alan King]] in Birmingham
* [[September 27]]: Judge [[Alan King]] in Birmingham
* [[October 7]]: Actress [[Mary Badham]] in Birmingham
* [[October 7]]: Actress [[Mary Badham]] in Birmingham
* [[October 29]]: [[Ron Sparks]], Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture
* [[December 10]]: Optometrist [[Donna Matthews]]
* [[December 13]]: Basketball player [[Larry Kenon]]
* [[December 13]]: Basketball player [[Larry Kenon]]
* [[Steve Bowden]], convicted securities trader
* [[Shirley Crumley]], casting director
* [[Shirley Crumley]], casting director
* [[Carol Duncan]], [[Birmingham City Council]]
* [[Greg Gantt]], punter
* [[Carol Garrison]], UAB president
* [[Daryl Harms]], energy entrepreneur
* [[Daryl Harms]], energy entrepreneur
* [[Dolores Hydock]], actor and storyteller
* [[Ron Ingram]], sports reporter
* [[Ron Ingram]], sports reporter
* [[Ronald Jenkins]], biologist
* [[Ronald Jenkins]], biologist
* [[Robert R. McCammon]], author
* [[Shirley Kahn|Shirley Salloway Kahn]], UAB administrator
* [[Ned Mudd]], activist and musician
* [[Ned Mudd]], activist and musician
* [[David Nathan]], assistant fire chief
* [[Jim Noel]], television executive
* [[Jim Noel]], television executive
* [[Tony Pardi]], leather crafter
* [[Richard Scrushy]], entrepreneur
* [[Richard Scrushy]], entrepreneur
* [[Wallace Sears]], television executive and publisher
* [[Wallace Sears]], television executive and publisher
* [[Carole Smitherman]], attorney and politician
* [[Carole Smitherman]], attorney and politician
* [[Philip C. Williams]], university president
* [[John W. Stewart III]], president of the [[University of Montevallo]]
* [[Steve Bowden]], convicted securities trader
* [[Trygve Tollefsbol]], biologist
* [[Phil Turkett]], Birmingham zoning official
* [[Philip Williams]], university president
* [[Davey Williams]], guitarist and improvisational artist
* [[Earl Williams]], guitarist and hair stylist
 
===Marriages===
* [[February 16]]: [[Norm Zauchin]] to [[Janet Zauchin|Janet Mooney]]
* [[August 2]]: [[Pete Clifford]] to [[Sophia Clifford|Sophia Ann Mize]]
* [[Howell Heflin]] to [[Elizabeth Heflin|Elizabeth Ann Carmichael]]
 
===Awards===
* Sculptor [[John Rhoden]] won the Prix de Rome
* Catcher [[Sam Hairston]] was named to the Western League All-Star Team
* Marine sergeant [[Harold Wilson]] was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman.
 
===Graduations===
* [[Warren Crow III]] from the [[University of Alabama]].
* Scholar [[Roland Frye]] earned his PhD at Princeton.
* [[Autherine Lucy]] earned her BA at [[Miles College]]
* [[Joe Farley]] completed an LLB at Harvard Law School
* [[James Pittman]] graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Harvard Medical School
* [[Ezra Sims]] completed a Bachelor of Music at Yale University


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[Chester Laster]], paster of [[Bethel Baptist Church]]
* [[January 17]]: [[Sidney Norwood]], entrepreneur, investor, and former [[Mayor of West End]]
* [[July 23]]: [[Sterling Foster]], former pastor of [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]]
* [[October 24]]: [[Joseph Zinszer]], retailer
* December: [[Simon Goldstein]], president of [[Goldstein & Cohen]] department store
* [[Chester Laster]], pastor of [[Bethel Baptist Church]]
* [[Mary Pratt DeBardeleben Percy]]
:''See also: [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1952]]''
:''See also: [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1952]]''
==Works==
* The "Hank Penny Show" hosted by bandleader [[Hank Penny]]
* The [[Kings of Harmony]] recorded with Phyllis Branch for Tuxedo Records.
* The [[Birmingham Bop]] became popular in local dance clubs.
* "My Bucket's Been Fixed" / "The Little Things That You Do." and "Maybe Baby You'll Be True" / "Rifle, Belt and Bayonet." singles by [[Hardrock Gunter]] released on Bullet Records.
===Books===
* Smith, Algernon L. with [[James Sulzby Jr]], editor (1952) ''[[The Story of Continental Gin Company 1900-1952]]''. Birmingham: [[Continental Gin Company]].
===Buildings===
* [[Crestline Scout House]]
* [[Ensley Highlands Methodist Church]]
* [[First Congregational Christian Church]]
* [[Glenn Middle School]]
* [[Hill Elementary School]]
* [[Homewood Public Library]] (former location at [[Oxmoor Road]] and [[Roxbury Road]])
* [[Indian Springs School]]
* [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School|Western High School]]
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]]
* [[Clayton Park]] in the [[Acipco-Finley neighborhood]]
* additions to [[Bush Middle School]]
* [[Hillman Building]] ([[UAB]])
* [[Ranch House Motel]] at 2125 [[7th Avenue South]]
* [[Roy Bridges & Company]], Willys auto showroom at 728 [[21st Street South]]


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 11:22, 24 March 2024

1952 was the 81st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

The Magic City sign, demolished in 1952

Business

Religion

Sports

Virgil Trucks pitched two no-hitters in 1952

Individuals

Births

Marriages

Awards

  • Sculptor John Rhoden won the Prix de Rome
  • Catcher Sam Hairston was named to the Western League All-Star Team
  • Marine sergeant Harold Wilson was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman.

Graduations

Deaths

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1952

Works

  • The "Hank Penny Show" hosted by bandleader Hank Penny
  • The Kings of Harmony recorded with Phyllis Branch for Tuxedo Records.
  • The Birmingham Bop became popular in local dance clubs.
  • "My Bucket's Been Fixed" / "The Little Things That You Do." and "Maybe Baby You'll Be True" / "Rifle, Belt and Bayonet." singles by Hardrock Gunter released on Bullet Records.

Books

Buildings

Context

1952, a leap year, saw the premiere of NBC's "The Today Show" and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The winter olympics were held in Oslo, Norway and the summer games in Helsinki, Finland. All U.S. steel mills were nationalized by President Truman in advance of a steelworkers strike. The first B-52 Stratofortress took to the skies. The Mau Mau uprising rocked Kenya. The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb at the Marshall Islands. Eisenhower was elected President of the United States. The Detroit Lions beat the Cleveland Browns for the NFL championship and the WWE was created by Vince McMahon.

Notable births in 1952 included Senator Bill Frist, author Douglas Adams, announcer Bob Costas, coach Bill Belichick, singers David Byrne and George Strait, actors Mr T, Christopher Reeve, John Goodman, Paul Reubens, Isabella Rossellini and Liam Neeson and Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin. Deaths in 1952 included King George VI of the United Kingdom, Eva Perón, and Franklin Roosevelt's Scottish terrier, Fala.

Top grossing films of 1952 included This is Cinerama, The Greatest Show on Earth, and Singin' in the Rain. Herman Wouk won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for The Caine Mutiny. Other notable book releases included The Diary of Anne Frank and Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire. The top pop songs were "Delicado" by Percy Faith and his Orchestra, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn, and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Jimmy Boyd.

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