1901

1901 was the 30th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• Alabama adopted the Alabama Constitution of 1901
• The Carnival Society held their last Mardi Gras ball in Birmingham.
• William D. Jelks succeeded William J. Samford as Governor of Alabama
• W. E. Weir succeeded C. W. Austin as Birmingham Police Chief
• Ensley High School was founded, meeting at the Old Bush School.
• Birmingham Public Library opened to subscribers.
• U. S. Steel incorporated by J. P. Morgan.

Sports

• The Birmingham Barons joined the newly-formed Southern Association

Buildings

• East Lake School
• McElwain Baptist Church (former building)
• Spencer Honors House

Births

• January 5: Luke Sewell, baseball player
• September 5: Stanleigh Malotte, theater organist
• Mary Fabian, opera soprano

Context

1908 was the first year of the 20th century. Queen Victoria died and the Commonwealth of Australia was founded. Oil is discovered near Beaumont, Texas. William McKinley began his second term as President in January and was assassinated in September. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took office. He caused a backlash by inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House. The first Nobel Prize was awarded. The first trans-Atlantic radio signal was received. Picasso entered his "blue period". Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Louis Armstrong, Ed Sullivan, and Walt Disney were born. Giuseppi Verdi and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died.

It was the year that the Grand Canyon was made a National Monument. The Boy Scouts of America was founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell. The first Model T rolled off the Ford Motor Co. assembly line in Dearborn, Michigan. The Cubs earned their most recent World Series victory over Detroit. Taft was elected President over William Jennings Bryan. And an earthquake in Sicily killed more than 75,000 people.