1976
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1976 was the 105th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham and the U.S. Bicentennial.
Events
- Special lighting depicted the American flag on the First National-Southern Natural Building the entire year.
- Glenn Messer formed the Southern Museum of Flight Foundation.
- E. O. Wilson won the U.S. National Medal of Science.
- April: A Moon Tree was planted at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
- May 3: President Gerald Ford delivered a campaign speech at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.
- May 27-31: The American Freedom Train stopped in Birmingham and changed locomotives.
- July 4: Trieu Duong and his family arrived in the United States from Viet Nam.
- July 6: Vulcan was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- October 4: Jack Grace was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
- December 29: Elvis Presley performed his only concert in Birmingham.
Business
- A. G. Gaston bought WENN-FM.
- The Burly Earl opened on 7th Avenue South.
- Motion Industries was bought by the Genuine Parts Company of Atlanta, Georgia
Sports
- The Birmingham Bulls played their first season of hockey.
- Elbert Jemison won the Alabama State Senior Amateur golf title.
- Dude Hennessey left the coaching staff of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
Works
Books
- Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976, published by the Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce
- "Twenty Pages and Twenty Minutes – Effective Advocacy on Appeal" by John Godbold first appeared in the Southwestern Law Journal
Buildings
- Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
- BTNB BJCC branch
- Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 2
- Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3
- Protective Life building (1976)
- Regions Plaza
- Sibyl Temple was moved from George Ward's Vestavia estate to its current location on Shades Mountain.
- Valspar Coatings
Films and TV
- Stay Hungry film, based on the novel
- Polly Holliday began her part as Flo on Alice
Individuals
- Ralph Cook was elected a district court judge.
- Edward Partridge joined the UAB faculty as an instructor.
- Cecil and Linda Whitmire moved to Birmingham from Tennessee.
Births
- Kellie Camp, schoolteacher
- Clayton Colvin, artist
- Earnest Lumpkin, bank manager
- Maria Taylor, singer/songwriter
- Amy Vickers, environmentalist
- January Philip Davis, Pelham Police Department, killed in the line of duty
- June: Robert Davis III, mountain climber
- June 18: Jeremy Harper, million counter
- July 25: Ronald Presley, singer and guitarist
- August 6: Camille Spratling, Railroad Park director
- October 4: Audra Bean, publicist
- October 6: Taylor Hicks, singer/songwriter
- October 19: Jason Barnette, baseball player
- October 27: Eric Lathan, security guard
- December 31: Glenny Brock, newspaper editor
Graduations
- Dale Benos completed his Ph.D in physiology and pharmacology at Duke University.
- Annetta Verin earned a bachelor's in business administration at Howard University.
Deaths
- April 22: Joe David Brown, novelist
- May 2: Dan Bankhead, first black Major League pitcher
- December 20: Quenette Shehane, Birmingham-Southern College student
- Georges Bridges, sculptor
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1976
See Also
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