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==Events==
==Events==
* [[March 29]]: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement came into effect, with [[WAPI-AM]] moving temporarily to [[AM 1170]].
* [[February 28]]: [[List of snowfalls|Two inches of snow]] fell on the city.
* [[March 29]]: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement came into effect, with [[WAPI-AM]] and [[WSGN-AM]] moving temporarily to [[AM 1170]] and [[AM 1340]], respectively.
* [[Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1]] was chartered.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[February 15]]: [[WSGN-AM]] moved its studios to the [[Dixie Carlton Hotel]].
* The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' adopted Linotype's new "Corona" typeface.
* The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' adopted Linotype's new "Corona" typeface.
* [[Penn Central Airlines]] inaugurated direct passenger service from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]] to Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Airport.
* [[Penn Central Airlines]] inaugurated direct passenger service from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]] to Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Airport.
* The [[New Ideal]] department store expanded into the former [[Sears]] building on [[2nd Avenue North]] at [[18th Street North|18th Street]].


====Establishments====
====Establishments====
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===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[January 1]]: Morris Brown defeated Wilberforce 19-3 in the inaugural [[Vulcan Bowl|Steel Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[January 1]]: Morris Brown defeated Wilberforce 19-3 in the inaugural [[Vulcan Bowl|Steel Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[Frank W. Thomas]]' [[1941 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] went 9-2 and was awarded the [[List of Alabama Crimson Tide football national championships|national championship]] by the Deke Houlgate collegiate football rating system.


==Works==
==Works==
* The [[Gardendale Elementary School murals]] were completed.
* The [[Gardendale Elementary School murals]] were completed.
* The neon sign for the [[Bright Star Restaurant]] was installed.
* [[February 17]]: The ''[[U.S.S. Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
* [[February 17]]: The ''[[U.S.S. Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.


===Books===
===Books===
 
* ''[[Now Let Us Praise Famous Men]]'' by [[James Agee]] and photographer [[Walker Evans]].


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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* Eight-room addition to [[F. D. McArthur School]] in [[Druid Hills]]
* Eight-room addition to [[F. D. McArthur School]] in [[Druid Hills]]
* Expansion and renovation of the [[Homewood Theatre]]
* Expansion and renovation of the [[Homewood Theatre]]
* Addition to [[McElwain Elementary School]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Indoor plumbing was added to [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* Indoor plumbing was added to [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
====Demolitions====
* [[March 14]]: [[Barker Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.


===Music===
===Music===
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==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[June 7]]: [[Joseph Vath]] was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.
* [[July 20]]: [[Joseph Raya]] was ordained a priest of the Melkite Catholic Church.
* [[December 7]]: [[Milton Grafman]] succeeded [[Myron Silverman]] as rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Ida Moffett]] assumed management of nurses at [[Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital]] and [[Birmingham Baptist Hospital]].
* [[Avery Parrish]] left the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* [[Avery Parrish]] left the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* [[Luke Sewell]] began managing the American League's St Louis Browns.
* [[Virginia Tyler]] assumed directorship of the [[Ensley Community House]].
* [[Virginia Tyler]] assumed directorship of the [[Ensley Community House]].
* [[Margaret Walker]] began her teaching career at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.
* [[Margaret Walker]] began her teaching career at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.
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===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[June 21]]: [[William Sulzby]] married [[Mildred Sulzby|Mildred Wood]].
* [[June 21]]: [[William Sulzby]] married [[Mildred Sulzby|Mildred Wood]].
* [[October 18]]: [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]] married José Figueres Ferrer, head of Costa Rica's Social Democratic Party.
* [[B. Davie Napier]] married Joyce Robertson White.
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] married [[Ruby Shuttlesworth|Ruby Keeler]].
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] married [[Ruby Shuttlesworth|Ruby Keeler]].


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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* Attorney [[Samuel Burr]] earned his bachelor of arts at the [[University of Alabama]].
* Attorney [[Samuel Burr]] earned his bachelor of arts at the [[University of Alabama]].
* Insurance executive [[Lee McGriff]] earned a mathematics degree at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Novelist [[Walker Percy]] completed an M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
* Novelist [[Walker Percy]] completed an M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
* Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] graduated from [[Ramsay High School]].


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 13:17, 9 October 2018

1941 was the 70th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Establishments

Government

Religion

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

Bessemer City Hall

Demolitions

Music

Film

Individuals

Births

Way Bandy
Marty Eagle

Deaths

Julius Ellsberry
See also: List of homicides in 1941

Marriages

Awards

Graduations

Context

In 1941

1940s
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