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In [[1928]] | In [[1928]] the Ford Motor Co. opened their massive River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan. The Winter Olympics were held in St Moritz, Switzerland and the Summer Games in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Regular television broadcasting began in Schenectady, New York. Amelia Earhart completed a trans-Atlantic flight. Alexander Fleming rediscovered Penicillin. Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei. Haile Selassie was crowned king of Abyssinia. The International Red Cross was founded. Turkey introduced a new western-inspired alphabet. Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith in the 1928 U.S. presidential election. | ||
'' | ''Wings'' won Best Picture at the first Academy Awards while ''The Singing Fool'', ''Street Angel'', ''Lilac Time'', ''Four Sons'' and ''Noah's Ark'' were the top-grossing films. Mickey Mouse made his film debut in "Steamboat Willie". Books published in 1928 included ''Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ''The Well of Loneliness'' by Radclyffe Hall, ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' by D. H. Lawrence, ''Coming of Age in Samoa'' by anthropologist Margaret Mead. ''The House at Pooh Corner'' by A. A. Milne, and ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' by Erich Maria Remarque. Bertolt Brecht's "Die Dreigroschenoper" opened in Berlin and Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" premiered in Paris. | ||
Notable births in 1928 included | Notable births in 1928 included actors James Coburn, James Garner, Shirley Temple and Adam West; artists Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Andy Warhol; astronaut Jim Lovell; composer Ennio Morricone; director Stanley Kubrick; hairdresser Vidal Sassoon; hockey star Gordie Howe; Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon; revolutionary Che Guevara; singers Burt Bacharach, Rosemary Clooney, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Serge Gainsbourg, and Tom Lehrer; television hosts Fred Rogers and Ruth Westheimer; vice president Walter Mondale; and writers Maya Angelou, Philip K. Dick, Maurice Sendak, and Elie Wiesel. | ||
Notable 1928 deaths included writer Thomas Hardy, British prime minister H. H. Asquith, composer Leoš Janáček, explorer Roald Amundsen, and Patriarch Gregory IV of Antioch. | |||
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Revision as of 12:55, 18 September 2022
1928 was the 57th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- June 7: The Little Garden Club was organized.
- August 3: The Birmingham Amateur Movie Association was founded.
- The community of Alden was built as a camp for workers at the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company's Flat Top Mine.
Business
- The Southern Natural Gas Corporation was founded.
- W. S. Edwards Sr, Mark Hodo and W. D. Phillips founded the Exchange-Security Bank.
- The architectural firm of Denham, Van Keuren & Denham split back into Denham & Denham and the E. B. Van Keuren & Co.
- WAPI-AM relocated from Auburn to Birmingham.
- The Birmingham Colored Golf & Country Club was incorporated.
- Marvin "Doc" Gilchrist opened Gilchrist Drug in Mountain Brook Village.
- Emmett Montgomery opened a hot dog stand that eventually grew into the Irondale Cafe.
- Irwin Koplon opened Irwin's Tie Shop.
- Hudson & Associates engineers was founded.
- Redmont Tire Company was incorporated.
Education
- Hall-Kent Elementary School opened.
- Holman School opened.
- Mountain Brook Elementary School opened.
- Wilson Elementary School opened.
Religion
- All Saints Episcopal Church was organized.
- Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church was founded.
- Unity of Birmingham was chartered.
Sports
Works
- The neon Barber's clock on the Shepherd-Sloss Building was erected.
- Miss Iwate, friendship doll
Buildings
- Hall-Kent Elementary School in Homewood
- Birmingham Fire Station No. 15 in Arlington-West End
- Drug Co. Building on 1st Avenue North
- Birmingham Southern Railroad freight depot on 14th Street North
- Dr Pepper Bottling Plant on 2nd Avenue South
- Easley Bridge over the Dub branch of Calvert Prong in Blount County
- East Lake Library on Oporto-Madrid Boulevard South
- Edgewood Elementary School lunchroom addition
- Edwards Motor Building on 3rd Avenue North
- Ensley School
- Fitzgerald Apartments on 19th Street South
- Gibson Elementary School addition
- Glen Iris Elementary School addition
- Hillman Hospital School of Nursing Residence and New Hillman Building on 7th Avenue South
- Holman School in Woodlawn Highlands
- Homewood Theatre
- Jackson Elementary School addition
- Maring Ford on 1st Avenue North
- Martin Biscuit Building on 2nd Avenue South
- Montevallo Mining Co. Store at Aldrich
- Mountain Brook Elementary School
- Mountain Brook Model Estate on Mountain Brook Parkway
- Munger Building at Five Points South
- Munger Hall at Birmingham-Southern College
- Newton Manor apartments on 20th Street South
- Parisian building on 3rd Avenue North
- Protective Life building on 1st Avenue North
- Ruthlon Apartments on 33rd Street South
- Shepherd-Sloss Building at Five Points South
- St Clement Catholic Church in Woodlawn
- Trinity United Methodist Church in Edgewood
- Watts Building on 20th Street North
- Wilson Elementary School in Bush Hills
- Ground was broken for Hunter Street Baptist Church's sanctuary building
Demolitions
Individuals
Births
- January 16: Ezra Sims, composer
- January 30: Dorothy Love Coates, gospel singer
- February 2: Frank Adams, jazz musician, bandleader and educator
- March 10: James Earl Ray, murderer
- March 15: Demetrius Newton, Alabama State Representative
- March 19: John Buchanan Jr, Baptist minister and U.S. Representative
- May 4: Francis Bryant, custom home builder
- June 1: Paul R. Jones, federal official and art collector
- June 25: Jim Houston Day, optometrist
- July 2: Tex Ellison, restaurateur
- July 7: Dennis Washburn, food writer and publisher
- July 30: Joe Nuxhall, Major League pitcher and sports announcer
- August 3: Tom Jernigan, founder of Marathon Corporation
- August 10: Simpson Pepper, educator, coach and sports announcer
- August 10: David Vann, Mayor of Birmingham
- August 16: James Myers, minister and educator
- August 28: Ed Salem, football player and restaurateur
- September 10: Thornton Dial, artist
- September 20: Jack Edwards, attorney and U.S. Representative
- September 25: Vic Gold, attorney and author
- September 26: Al Lary, Major League pitcher
- October 7: Abraham Woods Jr, minister and Civil Rights activist
- October 26: Albert Brewer, Governor of Alabama
- December 8: Charles Alford, infectious disease specialist
- December 17: George Lindsey, actor
- Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist
- Bill Bolen, newscaster
- Tom Bradley, chief of the Hoover Fire Department
- Joseph Braswell, interior designer
- Tommy "T. Buff" Buffington, advertising character
- Aldrich Gunn, Birmingham City Councilor
- Ethel Hall, educator and Alabama State Board of Education member
- Jim Hillhouse, architect
- William James, Catholic priest
- Betty Jensen, Birmingham Police sergeant
- Bill Lumpkin, sportswriter and newspaper editor
- Roscoe Robinson, gospel and soul singer
Deaths
- January 25: Henry Higginbotham, mine laborer
- March 19: Robert A. Morris, Jefferson County auditor
- May 6: Myrtle Bicknell, "The Four-Legged Girl", circus freak
- July 3: Jack Bethea, newspaper reporter and novelist
- August 25: James Bowron, TCI and Gulf States Steel executive
- September 7: Richard McNally, attorney and first boy born in Birmingham
- December 14: Jesse Huey, namesake of Hueytown
- December 17: George Eubank, dentist
- Frank Nelson Jr, founder of Empire Coal Co.
- See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1928
Context
In 1928 the Ford Motor Co. opened their massive River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan. The Winter Olympics were held in St Moritz, Switzerland and the Summer Games in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Regular television broadcasting began in Schenectady, New York. Amelia Earhart completed a trans-Atlantic flight. Alexander Fleming rediscovered Penicillin. Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei. Haile Selassie was crowned king of Abyssinia. The International Red Cross was founded. Turkey introduced a new western-inspired alphabet. Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith in the 1928 U.S. presidential election.
Wings won Best Picture at the first Academy Awards while The Singing Fool, Street Angel, Lilac Time, Four Sons and Noah's Ark were the top-grossing films. Mickey Mouse made his film debut in "Steamboat Willie". Books published in 1928 included Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Coming of Age in Samoa by anthropologist Margaret Mead. The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Bertolt Brecht's "Die Dreigroschenoper" opened in Berlin and Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" premiered in Paris.
Notable births in 1928 included actors James Coburn, James Garner, Shirley Temple and Adam West; artists Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Andy Warhol; astronaut Jim Lovell; composer Ennio Morricone; director Stanley Kubrick; hairdresser Vidal Sassoon; hockey star Gordie Howe; Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon; revolutionary Che Guevara; singers Burt Bacharach, Rosemary Clooney, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Serge Gainsbourg, and Tom Lehrer; television hosts Fred Rogers and Ruth Westheimer; vice president Walter Mondale; and writers Maya Angelou, Philip K. Dick, Maurice Sendak, and Elie Wiesel.
Notable 1928 deaths included writer Thomas Hardy, British prime minister H. H. Asquith, composer Leoš Janáček, explorer Roald Amundsen, and Patriarch Gregory IV of Antioch.
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