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===Establishments=== | ===Establishments=== | ||
* [[March 15]]: [[Tip-Top Clubhouse|Cliff's Clubhouse]] children's program debuted on [[WABT-TV]] | |||
* [[March 22]]: The "[[Panorama]]" local news program debuted on [[WBRC-TV]] | * [[March 22]]: The "[[Panorama]]" local news program debuted on [[WBRC-TV]] | ||
* [[April 24]]: [[Rumore's Record Rack]] | * [[April 24]]: [[Rumore's Record Rack]] | ||
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* [[Holiday Inn]] first opened in the [[Birmingham District]] | * [[Holiday Inn]] first opened in the [[Birmingham District]] | ||
* [[Mars Petcare|Doane Petcare]] of Tennessee opened its Birmingham plant | * [[Mars Petcare|Doane Petcare]] of Tennessee opened its Birmingham plant | ||
* [[WAPI-TV|WABT]] television station went on the air | |||
* [[WAPI-TV]] | |||
===Disestablishments=== | ===Disestablishments=== | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 10 December 2020
1954 was the 83rd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
Business
Establishments
- March 15: Cliff's Clubhouse children's program debuted on WABT-TV
- March 22: The "Panorama" local news program debuted on WBRC-TV
- April 24: Rumore's Record Rack
- May 16: * Shades Crest Baptist Church
- Summer: Pickwick Players theater company
- Aldridge Garden Shop moved from Bessemer to Redmont
- American States' Rights Association, led by Senator Hugh Morrow
- Birmingham Area Educational TV Association
- Dale Serrano Dance Studios
- First Baptist Church of Hoover
- Fuller Thompson Olds Architects
- The second iteration of Gaslight Theatre
- Holiday Inn first opened in the Birmingham District
- Doane Petcare of Tennessee opened its Birmingham plant
- WABT television station went on the air
Disestablishments
Government
- Bull Connor attempted and failed to become Governor of Alabama
Education
Religion
Sports
Individuals
Births
- January 10: Bobby Humphryes
- February 10: Ervin Batain
- Emanuel Bell
- William B. Blount
- Joseph Boohaker
- Walter Braswell
- Ed Brock
- Ronald Cheatham
- David Cutcliffe
- Henry David DeBardeleben
- Nick Derzis
- Phil Dodd
- Pat DuPré
- Michael Emerson
- Sundra Escott
- Herman Frazier
- Dave Hanson
- David Harwell
- Don Harwell
- Greg Hays
- Marillyn Hewson
- Roy Hobbs
- Gabby Hulgan
- Patricia Humes
- Chuck Hunter
- Lanny Jackson
- Tamara Johnson
- Doug Jones
- Marcus A. Jones III
- Rickey Kennedy
- Joe Knight
- Java Lewis
- Trey Lott
- Andrew Manis
- Don MacDermott
- Mike Miles
- Daniel Moore
- Kate Nielsen
- Mike O'Berry
- James Perryman
- Kim Price
- Condoleezza Rice
- Ron Sparks
- Frank Stitt
- Teresa Thorne
- Allan Trippe
- Tommy Tuberville
- Annetta Verin
- Gary Weinberger
- Chuck Wingate
Marriages
Awards
Graduations
Retirements
Deaths
- See also: List of homicides in 1954
Works
- Erskine Hawkins began recording for Decca Records
Books
Buildings
- A. G. Gaston Motel
- All Saints Episcopal Church
- Cahaba Park Apartments
- Curry Elementary School
- Don Drennen Overpass
- Holiday Inn on Bessemer Super Highway
- Joy Young Restaurant remodel
- Mars Petcare
- St Barnabas Catholic Church
- Southern Life & Health Insurance building
- Southern Toy Co.
- State Farm Mutual building
- Tidwell Hall
- WBRC studio building
- Woodlawn High School's "delta-shaped" two-story band and shop building
Context
| 1950s |
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