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==Events==
==Events==
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* The cities of [[Alabaster]] and [[Steele]] were incorporated.
* 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 [[1885]] [[Elyton Land Company]] on the corner of [[Morris Avenue]] and [[20th Street North|20th Street]] was demolished.
* The [[Magic City sign]] at the [[Birmingham Terminal Station]] was dismantled and scrapped.
* [[Green Springs Park]] was renamed to honor former mayor [[George Ward]].
* A study of [[Birmingham City Schools]] recommended construction of several new buildings.
* [[WAPI-AM|WAPI]] [[AM 1070]] boosted its transmission to 10,000 Watts.
* [[Tuscaloosa]] recorded its highest-ever temperature of 107.0° on [[July 29]].
* The [[Stockham Male Chorus]] reunited at [[6th Avenue Baptist Church]].
* [[Alabama State Highway 149]] was signed as "Alternate U.S. Highway 31".
* [[Southeastern Bible College|Southeastern Bible School]] became "Southeastern Bible College"
* Several [[Birmingham Transit Company#Streetcar lines|streetcar lines]] were discontinued.


===Business===
===Business===
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* [[U.S. Pipe]] purchased the [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]].
* [[Hibbett Sporting Goods|Dixie Supply Company]] became Hibbett & Sons and focussed on supplying sports teams.
* [[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.
* [[Robert I. Ingalls, Jr]] took over as chairman of [[Ingalls Iron Works]] following a legal battle.
* [[Alabama Power]] acquired the [[Powell Avenue Steam Plant]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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* Pitcher [[Virgil Trucks]] recorded two no-hitters during a 5-19 season.
* See also: [[1952 Birmingham Barons]], [[1952 Legion Field schedule]]
* [[Luke Sewell]] was succeeded by Rogers Hornsby as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
* [[Jimmy Piersall]] was demoted to the Birmingham Barons after brawling with his Red Sox teammates.
* [[Bubba Church]] was traded from the Phillies to the Reds.
* The [[1952 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] championship.
* The [[1952 Auburn Tigers]] went 2-8 in [[Shug Jordan]]'s 2nd year.
* [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]] defeated [[Auburn Tigers|Auburn]] 21-0 in the [[1952 Iron Bowl]].
* See also: [[1952 Legion Field schedule]]


==Works==
==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.


===Books===
===Books===
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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[First Congregational Christian Church]]
* [[Glenn Middle School]]
* [[Glenn Middle School]]
* [[Hill Elementary School]]
* [[Hill Elementary School]]
* [[Homewood Public Library]] (former location at [[Oxmoor Road]] and [[Roxbury Road]])
* [[Indian Springs School]]
* [[Indian Springs School]]
* [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School]]
* [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School]]
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]]
* [[Tuggle Elementary School]]
* [[Clayton Park]] in the [[Acipco-Finley neighborhood]]
* additions to [[Bush Middle School]]
* [[Hillman Building]] ([[UAB]])


==People==
==People==
* [[
* [[Sun Ra|Herman Blount]] legally changed his name to "Le Sony'r Ra"
* [[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.
* Portrait artist [[Arthur Stewart]] moved to Birmingham.
* [[Frank Clements]] became president of [[The Club]].
* [[Henry Edmonds]] retired from the pulpit of [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]].
* [[Ray Acton]] succeeded [[H. C. Crelly]] as [[Mayor of Homewood]].
* [[Joseph Raya]] was appointed pastor of [[St George Melkite Greek Catholic Church]].
* [[Gwen Harmon]] reigned as [[Miss Alabama]].
* [[Hugh Martin (architect)|Hugh Martin]] resigned from [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects]].
* [[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.


===Awards===
===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 22]]: [[Teddy Gentry]], bassist for [[Alabama (band)]]
* [[Feburary 16]]: Baseball player [[Jerry Hairston]]
* [[March 28]]: Attorney [[Mike Graffeo]]
* [[March 28]]: Attorney [[Mike Graffeo]]
* [[April 15]]: Actor [[Glenn Shadix]] in [[Bessemer]]
* [[April 15]]: Actor [[Glenn Shadix]] in [[Bessemer]]
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* [[October 7]]: Actress [[Mary Badham]] in Birmingham
* [[October 7]]: Actress [[Mary Badham]] in Birmingham
* [[December 13]]: Basketball player [[Larry Kenon]]
* [[December 13]]: Basketball player [[Larry Kenon]]
* [[Teddy Gentry]], bassist for [[Alabama (band)]]
* [[Shirley Crumley]], casting director
* [[Shirley Crumley]], casting director
* [[Daryl Harms]], energy entrepreneur
* [[Daryl Harms]], energy entrepreneur
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* [[Carole Smitherman]], attorney and politician
* [[Carole Smitherman]], attorney and politician
* [[Philip C. Williams]], university president
* [[Philip C. Williams]], university president
* [[Steve Bowden]], convicted securities trader


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

Revision as of 18:06, 13 October 2008

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

Events

Business

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

People

Awards

Births

Deaths

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1952

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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