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* [[April 20]]: The light cruiser ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)]]'' reverted to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia
* [[April 20]]: The light cruiser ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-2)]]'' reverted to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia
* [[August 13]]: The [[1912 Abernant Mine explosion]] killed 18 miners.
* [[August 13]]: The [[1912 Abernant Mine explosion]] killed 18 miners.
* [[October 11]]: [[Buffalo Bill's Wild West|Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East]] performed in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Birmingham Lodge No. 757]] was chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]].
* [[Birmingham Lodge No. 757]] was chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]].
* The [[Brookside Social Club]] was founded.
* The [[Brookside Social Club]] was founded.
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* [[TCI]]'s [[Ensley Works]] produced 840,000 tons of steel.
* [[TCI]]'s [[Ensley Works]] produced 840,000 tons of steel.
* The [[Southern Iron & Steel Company]] failed and its assets were sold to the [[Gulf States Steel Company]].
* The [[Southern Iron & Steel Company]] failed and its assets were sold to the [[Gulf States Steel Company]].
* The [[Red Mountain Mining & Manufacturing Company]] was dissolved.
* [[Henry Milner]] organized the [[Milner Land Company]].
* The [[Great Southern Automobile Company]] opened sales rooms in the [[Empire Building]].
* The [[American Steel and Wire Company]] opened a plant in [[Fairfield]].
* The [[Young & Vann Supply Company]] moved into the [[Young & Vann Building|Anheuser-Busch Distribution Warehouse]] on [[1st Avenue North]].
* The [[Jemison Real Estate & Insurance Company]] remodeled the ground floor of the [[Fox Building]] as a public market hall.
* [[Ray McMillan]] purchased the [[Shelby Springs]] resort.
* [[American Printing Co.]] opened.
* The [[Birmingham-Tidewater Railway|Birmingham, Tidewater & Coast Railroad]] was organized.


=== Education ===
=== Education ===
* [[George Denny]] succeeded [[John Abercrombie]] as [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President]] of the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[James Shelborne]] succeeded [[Andrew Montague]] as [[List of Samford University presidents|President]] of [[Howard College]].
* [[James Shelborne]] succeeded [[Andrew Montague]] as [[List of Samford University presidents|President]] of [[Howard College]].
* [[William A. Bell]] succeeded [James Bray]] as [[List of Miles College presidents|President]] of [[Miles College]].
* [[William Bell (Miles College)|William A. Bell]] succeeded [James Bray]] as [[List of Miles College presidents|President]] of [[Miles College]].
* [[Roy Dimmitt]] succeeded [[R. E. Tidwell]] as principal of [[Ensley High School]].   
* [[Roy Dimmitt]] succeeded [[R. E. Tidwell]] as principal of [[Ensley High School]].   
* [[September 12]]: The trustees of the [[Birmingham Medical College]] transferred its building and land to the [[University of Alabama]].  
* [[September 12]]: The trustees of the [[Birmingham Medical College]] transferred its building and land to the [[University of Alabama]].  
* [[J. E. Jeffrey]] succeeded [[J. A. Morgan]] as principal of the [[Moore School]] in [[Ensley]].
* [[J. E. Jeffrey]] succeeded [[J. A. Morgan]] as principal of the [[Moore School]] in [[Ensley]].
* The [[McCaw School|South Pratt Community School]] was founded.


=== Government ===
=== Government ===
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* [[H. T. Caffey]] succeeded [[M. J. Sharp]] as [[Mayor of Leeds|Mayor]] of [[Leeds]].
* [[H. T. Caffey]] succeeded [[M. J. Sharp]] as [[Mayor of Leeds|Mayor]] of [[Leeds]].
* The [[United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Alabama]] was changed to the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama]].
* The [[United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Alabama]] was changed to the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama]].
* [[David McLendon]] was elected [[Jefferson County Tax Assessor]].


=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
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* [[R. E. Tyler]] succeeded [[L. A. Holmes]] as pastor of [[East Lake United Methodist Church|East Lake Methodist Church]].
* [[R. E. Tyler]] succeeded [[L. A. Holmes]] as pastor of [[East Lake United Methodist Church|East Lake Methodist Church]].
* [[P. L. Abernathy]] succeeded [[Robert Anderson]] as pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church|Avondale Methodist Church]].
* [[P. L. Abernathy]] succeeded [[Robert Anderson]] as pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church|Avondale Methodist Church]].
* [[E. C. McVoy]] became pastor of [[Highlands United Methodist Church|Highlands Methodist Church]].
* The [[Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College|Birmingham Baptist College]] was rechartered under the [[Colored Baptist Educational Association]] and moved to [[Powderly]].
* Methodist-Episcopal pastor [[William Simmons]] was suspended for inefficiency.
* [[Edgewood Presbyterian Church]] was founded.


===Sports===
===Sports===
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* [[Eugene Yates]] became chief engineer of [[Alabama Power Company]].
* [[Eugene Yates]] became chief engineer of [[Alabama Power Company]].
* [[Miller Reese Hutchison]] became chief engineer of Thomas Edison's laboratory
* [[Miller Reese Hutchison]] became chief engineer of Thomas Edison's laboratory
* [[Carrie Hill]] trained at Arthur Freedlander's "plein air school" on Martha's Vineyard.
* [[Clement Wood]] was appointed an assistant City Attorney for Birmingham.
* [[John Gallalee]] joined the faculty of the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[William Rushton, Sr]] was named president of the [[Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation]].
* [[G. M. Howle]] and [[J. T. Howle]], publishers of ''[[Howle's Iconoclast]]'', were charged with libel.


===Births===
===Births===
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* [[June 30]]: [[Mamie Foster]], educator
* [[June 30]]: [[Mamie Foster]], educator
* [[August 7]]: [[Tom Drake]], baseball player
* [[August 7]]: [[Tom Drake]], baseball player
* [{December 23]]: [[John Monro]], professor at Harvard University and [[Miles College]]
* [[December 23]]: [[John Monro]], professor at Harvard University and [[Miles College]]
* [[James Bailey]], [[Mayor of Leeds]]
* [[Francis Falkenburg]], [[Alabama State House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]] and manager of the [[Alabama Theatre]]
* [[Francis Falkenburg]], [[Alabama State House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]] and manager of the [[Alabama Theatre]]
* [[Edward Friend, Jr]], attorney
* [[Edward Friend, Jr]], attorney
* [[Dona Hardekopf]], actress and charity director
* [[Herbert Longenecker]], biochemist and Tulane University president
* [[W. C. Patton]], NAACP executive
* [[W. C. Patton]], NAACP executive
* [[Hugh Thomas]], choral director at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[Hugh Thomas]], choral director at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
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===Awards===
===Awards===


===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[John Persons]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[August 7]]: [[Jack Bethea]] married [[Alice Bethea|Alice Sixbey]].
* [[August 7]]: [[Jack Bethea]] married [[Alice Bethea|Alice Sixbey]].
* [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in New York City.
* [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in New York City.
* Aspiring architect [[Carolyn Smith|Carolyn Cortner]] married Wilburn Blanks Smith.


===Retirements===
===Retirements===
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==Works==
==Works==
* [[January 6]]: ''The Survey'' published a special issue, "[[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll8,677 Birmingham: Smelting Iron Ore and Civics]]"
* [[January 6]]: ''The Survey'' published a special issue, "[[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll8,677 Birmingham: Smelting Iron Ore and Civics]]".
* [[Joseph Zoettl]] began constructing miniatures at [[St Bernard Abbey]], eventually creating the [[Ave Maria Grotto]].
* ''The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences,'' by [[Hilary Herbert]]
* [[Birmingham]]'s [[Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial]] was commissioned by the [[General Sumter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution]].


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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* The [[John A. Hand Building|American Trust and Savings Bank Building]] was completed downtown.
* The [[John A. Hand Building|American Trust and Savings Bank Building]] was completed downtown.
* [[Bluff Park United Methodist Church]]'s frame building on [[Valley Street]] was constructed.
* [[Bluff Park United Methodist Church]]'s frame building on [[Valley Street]] was constructed.
* [[Edgewood Park]]
* [[Edgewood Park]] and [[Edgewood Highlands]] subdivision
* [[Ensley Christian Church]] was completed.
* [[Ensley Christian Church]] was completed.
* [[Forbes Piano Company]] store at 1914 [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Forbes Piano Company]] store at 1914 [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Graves Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[T. S. Jackson residence]]
* [[T. S. Jackson residence]]
* [[Pell City High School]]
* [[Pell City High School]]
* [[Rehobeth Baptist Church of Lawley]]
* [[Rehobeth Baptist Church of Lawley]]
* [[Stewart Hall]] at [[Miles College]]
* [[Stewart Hall]] at [[Miles College]]
* [[Tuscaloosa Amtrak Station|Tuscaloosa Southern Railroad Depot]]
* [[Windham Building]] in [[Smithfield]]
* [[Windham Building]] in [[Smithfield]]
* [[Huffman Baptist Church|Whatley Memorial Baptist Church]] was dedicated.
* [[Huffman Baptist Church|Whatley Memorial Baptist Church]] was dedicated.
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* [[Woodlawn United Methodist Church|Woodlawn Methodist Church]] opened.
* [[Woodlawn United Methodist Church|Woodlawn Methodist Church]] opened.
* [[YWCA Birmingham]]
* [[YWCA Birmingham]]
* [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[Greensboro Avenue]] was paved.
====Demolitions====
* The west half of the [[McAdory Building]] was taken down to make room for the [[John A. Hand Building|American Trust and Savings Bank Building]].


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 15:24, 22 September 2014

1912 was the 41st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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Religion

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Works

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Woodlawn Methodist Church was completed in 1912

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