1936
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1936 was the 65th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- August 15: A fatal plane crash occurred at the Central Park Airport.
- August 16: A biplane crashed at Avondale School.
Business
- First Financial Bank was chartered.
- Mutual Savings Credit Union was established.
Works
Buildings
Individuals
Births
- February 18: Paul Hemphill, newspaper columnist and author
- August 3: Wallace Malone, bank executive
- October: Derrill Crowe, physician and insurance executive
- October 19: James Bevel, minister and Civil Rights Movement leader
- November 1: Andre Williams, musician
- November 5: William Christenberry, artist
- November 15: Sonny Smith, college basketball coach
- December: Jim Woodward, Jefferson County Sheriff
- December 7: Lloyd Nix, dentist and Auburn quaterback
- December 12: Ted Galloway, band director
- Pinky Bass, photographer
- Grover Burt, blues musician and songwriter
- Barbara Evans, painter
- Walter Harris, school superintendent
- James Jones, Shelby County Sheriff
- Clarence Marble, high school basketball coach
- Al O'Brien, painter
Deaths
- January 16: James Meissner, aviator
- June 17: Henry Walthall, actor
- July 10: John Rountree, editor and publisher
- September 15: George Cruikshank, historian
- James Van Hoose, priest
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