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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
* [[May 11]]: The Ink Spots headlined a concert at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]]. | |||
* [[July 11]]: The "Sergeant Gene Autry" radio variety program aired live from [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]] on the CBS Radio Network. | |||
* [[October 4]]–[[October 19|19]]: The [[1943 Alabama State Fair]] was held at the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]]. | |||
* The [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]]'s Recreational Demonstration Area at [[Lake Tranquility]] was donated to [[Oak Mountain State Park]]. | |||
* [[November 9]]: [[Brookhaven Methodist Church]] in [[Powderly]] was destroyed by fire. | |||
* November 9: The [[Rock Mountain Fire Lookout Tower]] was dedicated to [[Alabama Wildlife Federation]] president [[Tedd Joy]]. | |||
* [[November 14]]: A fire at the [[Morris Hotel]] damaged the upper two floors. | |||
* [[December 9]]: "The Battle of Music", with the [[Fess Whatley|Fess Whatley Orchestra]], [[Bob Harris' Orchestra]] & [[Sun Ra|Sonny Blount's Band]] was held at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]], benefitting the [[Negro Tuberculosis Association]] | |||
* The [[Birmingham Red Cross]] began operating from the [[Southern Club]] building on [[20th Street North]]. | |||
* Free French Air Force cadets graduating from preflight screening at Craig Field in Selma were brought to [[Tuscaloosa National Airport|Van de Graaff Field]] in [[Tuscaloosa]] for primary flight training. | |||
* [[Ida Moffett]] organized Alabama's first Alabama Cadet Nurse Corps. | |||
* [[Montgomery Highway]]'s stone bridge over [[Lakeshore Drive]] was dedicated as the [[R. H. "Bob" Wharton Bridge|R. H. "Bob" Wharton Cloverleaf Bridge]] in honor of [[Jefferson County Commission]] president [[Bob Wharton]]. | |||
* The [[Alabama Army Ammunition Plant]] in [[Childersburg]] began producing deuterium-enriched "heavy water" for use in reactors. | |||
* The annual [[Starlight Opera]] series debuted at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]'s [[Munger Bowl]] stadium. | |||
===Business=== | ===Business=== | ||
* [[Newman Waters]] purchased the [[Watts Building (1928)|Watts Building]] on [[20th Street North]], the [[Phoenix Lofts|Phoenix Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North (Downtown)|2nd Avenue North]], and the [[Lyric Building]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]. | |||
* [[Sam Pizitz|Sam]] and [[Isadore Pizitz]] took over operation of [[Pizitz]] department store. | |||
* [[O'Neal Steel]] was awarded a War Production Board contract for gun platforms, ship superstructures for destroyer escorts and landing ships. | |||
* [[American Cast Iron Pipe Company]] produced 50,000 airplane engine cylinders per month for the War Production Board. | |||
* [[Burr & Forman|Benners, Burr, McKamy & Forman]] became [[Burr & Forman|Benners, Burr, Stockely & McKamy]]. | |||
====Establishments==== | ====Establishments==== | ||
* [[Edward Cusick Sr]] founded the [[Rock Wool Manufacturing Company]] in [[Leeds]]. | |||
* [[Frank Hardy]] founded the [[Hardy Corporation]] mechanical contractors. | |||
* [[Milton Magnus Sr]] founded [[M & B Hangers]] in [[Forest Park-South Avondale|South Avondale]]. | |||
* [[James Sulzby Jr]] and [[Thomas Sulzby]] founded the [[Sulzby Realty Company]]. | |||
* [[Herb Wingard]] opened [[Herb's Hardware]] in [[Trussville]]. | |||
* The law firm of [[Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd]] was founded. | |||
* The [[NelBran Glass|Nelson–Brantley Glass Company]] was founded. | |||
* [[DSW|Dixie Saw Works]] was founded. | |||
====Disestablishments==== | |||
* The [[Birmingham City Commission]] revoked the business license for the [[Star Barbecue]] on [[5th Avenue North]]. | |||
===Government=== | ===Government=== | ||
* [[January 19]]: [[Chauncey Sparks]] succeeded [[Frank Dixon]] as [[Governor of Alabama]]. | |||
* The [[Works Progress Administration]] concluded its operations in Birmingham. | |||
* [[1943 Alabama legislative session]] | |||
** Resolution in support of the creation of a Jewish state. | |||
===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
* [[Holy Family Cristo Rey High School|Holy Family Catholic High School]] was founded with [[John Rice]] was pastor. | |||
* The [[University of Alabama]]'s medical program was formalized as a four-year [[UAB Heersink School of Medicine|medical college]]. | |||
===Media=== | ===Media=== | ||
* [[WJLD-AM]] began airing contemporary gospel music | |||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
* [[December 5]]: The [[Shades Valley Presbyterian Church]] was organized. | |||
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints purchased the former [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Little Theater]] at [[Caldwell Park]] out of foreclosure. | |||
* [[Felix Shevinsky]] succeeded [[Louis Levy]] as president of [[Temple Beth-El]]. | |||
* [[Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church (Airport Hills)|Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church]] was organized in [[Airport Hills]]. | |||
* [[Westminster Presbyterian Church]] was founded as a mission in [[Titusville]]. | |||
* [[Marshall Seifert]] was made rector of [[All Saints Episcopal Church]]. | |||
* [[Hopewell Road Church of God Cemetery]] opened. | |||
* [[Grace Life Baptist Church|Loveless Park Baptist Church]] was organized as an outreach of [[2nd Baptist Church of Bessemer]]. | |||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
* [[January 1]]: Texas College defeated [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee Institute]] 13-10 in the [[Vulcan Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]]. | |||
* January 1: The [[1942 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] defeated the Boston College Eagles 37-21 in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. | |||
* [[April 24]]: [[John Conway]] and [[Charles Aleno]] set a [[Birmingham Barons records|Birmingham Barons record]] by taking 3 at-bats in one inning against the New Orleans Pelicans. Conway set his own separate record for recording three hits in that inning. | |||
* The [[Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame]] was founded with [Yam Yaryan]], [[Eddie Wells]], and [[Whitey Glazner]] as its inaugural class of inductees. | |||
* The [[1943 Birmingham Black Barons]] won the Negro American League pennant. | |||
* [[Snitz Snider]] served as Athletics Director and Football Coach for the [[Samford Bulldogs|Howard Bulldogs]]. | |||
==Individuals== | ==Individuals== | ||
* [[Bobby Bowden]] was confined to bed for six months with rheumatic fever. | |||
* [[Luther Bozeman]] succeeded [[Bun White]] as [[Sheriff of Shelby County]]. | |||
* [[Bobby Bragan]] was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Dodgers. | |||
* [[Harvie Branscomb]] succeeded Crane Brinton as editor of ''The American Oxonian''. | |||
* [[Ottokar Cadek|Ottokar Čadek]] joined the faculty of the [[University of Alabama School of Music]]. | |||
* Drummer [[Wilson Driver]] took a job with the Chock Full O' Nuts coffee company. | |||
* [[Bob Evans]] succeeded [[Shug Jordan]] as head coach of the [[Auburn Tigers basketball team]]. | |||
* [[Robert F. Gibbons]] joined the English department at the [[University of Alabama]]. | |||
* [[Hugh Martin]] and Ralph Blane were hired by MGM to write songs for "Meet Me in St Louis". | |||
* [[John Newsome]] succeeded [[Luther Patrick]] as Representative of the [[9th Congressional District of Alabama]]. | |||
* [[R. B. Nichols]] succeeded [[James M. Ward]] as principal of [[Shades Cahaba High School]]. | |||
* [[Joe Rumore]] began working at [[WAPI-AM]]. | |||
* [[Charles Todel]] took vows as a Salesian monk. | |||
* [[Ronald Weathers]] and [[Robert Adams]] joined the staff of {{BN}}. | |||
===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
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* [[July 17]]: [[Frank Limehouse]], Episcopal priest | * [[July 17]]: [[Frank Limehouse]], Episcopal priest | ||
* [[August 3]]: [[Larry Drummond]], vice-chair of [[Drummond Company]] | * [[August 3]]: [[Larry Drummond]], vice-chair of [[Drummond Company]] | ||
* [[August 12]]: [[Sam Frazier Jr]], blue musician and songwriter | |||
* [[August 16]]: [[Woody Peoples]], football player and coach | * [[August 16]]: [[Woody Peoples]], football player and coach | ||
* [[September 4]]: [[Nina Ireland]], artist and philanthropist | |||
* [[September 12]]: [[Tennant McWilliams]], historian and dean of the [[UAB School of Social and Behavioral Sciences]] | * [[September 12]]: [[Tennant McWilliams]], historian and dean of the [[UAB School of Social and Behavioral Sciences]] | ||
* [[September 17]]: [[Charles Ezell]], restaurateur | * [[September 17]]: [[Charles Ezell]], restaurateur | ||
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* [[Bob Rosser]], engraver | * [[Bob Rosser]], engraver | ||
* [[Kenneth Spencer]], [[Birmingham Police Department]] officer | * [[Kenneth Spencer]], [[Birmingham Police Department]] officer | ||
* [[Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill]] | |||
* [[Bunny Stokes]], banker and real estate executive | * [[Bunny Stokes]], banker and real estate executive | ||
* [[Marti Turnipseed]], Civil Rights activist | * [[Marti Turnipseed]], Civil Rights activist | ||
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===Graduations=== | ===Graduations=== | ||
* [[Marvin Bass]] earned a bachelor of science at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. | |||
* [[Asa Carter]] graduated from [[Calhoun County High School]]. | |||
* [[Ryan deGraffenried Sr]] graduated from [[Shades Cahaba High School]]. | |||
* [[Roland Frye]] earned a bachelor of arts at Princeton University. | |||
* [[Harry Gilmer]] graduated from [[Woodlawn High School]]. | |||
* [[Robert Guillot]] earned a bachelor of science at [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]]. | |||
* [[Revis Hall]] graduated from Gordo High School. | |||
* [[Marguerite Harbert]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]]. | |||
* [[James Hatcher]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]]. | |||
* [[Fred Horn]] graduated from [[Phillips High School]]. | |||
* [[Caroline P. Ireland]] graduated from Whittier College in Whittier, California. | |||
* [[Alexander Lacy]] earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at the [[University of Alabama]]. | |||
* [[Timothy Leary]] earned a bachelor of science in psychology at the [[University of Alabama]]. | |||
* [[Alice Lee]] graduated from the [[Birmingham School of Law]]. | |||
* [[Vaughn Mancha]] graduated from [[Ramsay High School]]. | |||
* [[Ernest Palmore]] earned a master's degree in agribusiness at [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee Institute]]. | |||
* [[Charles Speir]] graduated from [[West End High School]]. | |||
===Marriages=== | |||
* [[February 13]]: Aviator [[Anne Kidd|Anne Dickson]] married [[James Kidd Jr]]. | |||
* [[Jessie Hale Downs|Jessie Hale Davis]] married [[Jimmie Hale]]. | |||
* Writer [[Margaret Walker]] married interior designer Firnist James Alexander. | |||
* Shop clerk [[Lurleen Wallace|Lurleen Burns]] married [[George Wallace]]. | |||
* Fashion consultant [[Cecil Roberts|Cecil Johnson]] married [[David Roberts III]]. | |||
* [[Betsy Eason|Elizabeth Gordon Brock]] married [[Eason Balch]]. | |||
* [[Minnie Gaston|Minnie L. Gardner]] married [[A. G. Gaston]]. | |||
=== | ====Divorces==== | ||
* Pitcher [[Satchel Paige]] was divorced from his wife, Janet. | |||
* Publisher [[Mildred Brown]] divorced pharmacist [[S. Edward Gilbert]]. | |||
===Awards=== | ===Awards=== | ||
* [[Miss Birmingham]]: [[Toula Fulford|Toula Hagestratou]] | |||
===Retirements=== | ===Retirements=== | ||
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* [[March 10]]: [[John A. Carroll]], furniture dealer and namesake of [[John Carroll Catholic High School]] | * [[March 10]]: [[John A. Carroll]], furniture dealer and namesake of [[John Carroll Catholic High School]] | ||
* [[April 18]]: [[W. W. Walker Sr]], founder of [[Walker Drug Co.]] | * [[April 18]]: [[W. W. Walker Sr]], founder of [[Walker Drug Co.]] | ||
* [[May 13]]: [[A. D. Smith]], President of [[Samford University|Howard College]] | * [[May 11]]: 12 workers were killed in the [[1943 Praco No. 10 Mine explosion]]. | ||
* [[May 13]]: [[A. D. Smith]], President of [[Samford University|Howard College]]. | |||
* [[August 3]]: [[George Menefee]] tire dealer | |||
* [[August 28]]: 28 workers were killed in the [[1943 Sayreton No. 2 Mine explosion]]. | |||
* [[August 29]]: [[Erwin McCrossin]], engineer and mine safety inspector | * [[August 29]]: [[Erwin McCrossin]], engineer and mine safety inspector | ||
* [[October 14]]: [[Nimrod Scott]], [[Mayor of Ensley]] | * [[October 14]]: [[Nimrod Scott]], [[Mayor of Ensley]] | ||
* [[November 22]]: [[Henry Steagall]], U.S. Representative | * [[November 22]]: [[Henry Steagall]], U.S. Representative | ||
* [[Frank Hewitt]], [[Jefferson County Treasurer]] | |||
* [[William McAlpine]], president of the [[Alabama State Federation of Civic Leagues]] | |||
* [[Max Pizitz]], retailer | |||
* See also: [[List of homicides in 1943]] and [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1943]] | * See also: [[List of homicides in 1943]] and [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1943]] | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
* [[January 29]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' light cruiser was commissioned by the U.S. Navy. | |||
===Books=== | |||
* ''Bright Is the Morning'' by [[Robert F. Gibbons]] | |||
===Buildings=== | ===Buildings=== | ||
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* [[110 North Chalkville Road|Herb's Hardware building]] in [[Trussville]] | * [[110 North Chalkville Road|Herb's Hardware building]] in [[Trussville]] | ||
* [[Mount Lebanon Baptist Church]] in [[Forest Park-South Avondale|South Avondale]] | * [[Mount Lebanon Baptist Church]] in [[Forest Park-South Avondale|South Avondale]] | ||
* [[Northington General Hospital]] in [[Alberta City]] | |||
* [[Queen City Pool and Pool House]] in [[Tuscaloosa]] | * [[Queen City Pool and Pool House]] in [[Tuscaloosa]] | ||
* [[St Peter Primitive Baptist Church]] in [[Bessemer]] | * [[St Peter Primitive Baptist Church]] in [[Bessemer]] | ||
====Renovations==== | |||
* [[Birmingham Terminal Station]] renovations (cleaning, painting and new fixtures) | |||
* [[Erskine Ramsay Hall (Miles)|Erskine Ramsay Hall]] at [[Miles College]] was renovated to serve as the school's library | |||
====Demolitions==== | |||
* The [[Drennen's]] building at 123 [[20th Street North]] burned down. | |||
* [[Wenonah School]] was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike. | |||
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
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===Film, Radio and TV=== | ===Film, Radio and TV=== | ||
* "Women in Bondage" with [[Gail Patrick]] | |||
==Context== | ==Context== |
Revision as of 16:17, 2 November 2023
1943 was the 72nd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- May 11: The Ink Spots headlined a concert at Municipal Auditorium.
- July 11: The "Sergeant Gene Autry" radio variety program aired live from Municipal Auditorium on the CBS Radio Network.
- October 4–19: The 1943 Alabama State Fair was held at the Alabama State Fairgrounds.
- The WPA's Recreational Demonstration Area at Lake Tranquility was donated to Oak Mountain State Park.
- November 9: Brookhaven Methodist Church in Powderly was destroyed by fire.
- November 9: The Rock Mountain Fire Lookout Tower was dedicated to Alabama Wildlife Federation president Tedd Joy.
- November 14: A fire at the Morris Hotel damaged the upper two floors.
- December 9: "The Battle of Music", with the Fess Whatley Orchestra, Bob Harris' Orchestra & Sonny Blount's Band was held at Municipal Auditorium, benefitting the Negro Tuberculosis Association
- The Birmingham Red Cross began operating from the Southern Club building on 20th Street North.
- Free French Air Force cadets graduating from preflight screening at Craig Field in Selma were brought to Van de Graaff Field in Tuscaloosa for primary flight training.
- Ida Moffett organized Alabama's first Alabama Cadet Nurse Corps.
- Montgomery Highway's stone bridge over Lakeshore Drive was dedicated as the R. H. "Bob" Wharton Cloverleaf Bridge in honor of Jefferson County Commission president Bob Wharton.
- The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant in Childersburg began producing deuterium-enriched "heavy water" for use in reactors.
- The annual Starlight Opera series debuted at Birmingham-Southern College's Munger Bowl stadium.
Business
- Newman Waters purchased the Watts Building on 20th Street North, the Phoenix Building on 2nd Avenue North, and the Lyric Building on 3rd Avenue North.
- Sam and Isadore Pizitz took over operation of Pizitz department store.
- O'Neal Steel was awarded a War Production Board contract for gun platforms, ship superstructures for destroyer escorts and landing ships.
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company produced 50,000 airplane engine cylinders per month for the War Production Board.
- Benners, Burr, McKamy & Forman became Benners, Burr, Stockely & McKamy.
Establishments
- Edward Cusick Sr founded the Rock Wool Manufacturing Company in Leeds.
- Frank Hardy founded the Hardy Corporation mechanical contractors.
- Milton Magnus Sr founded M & B Hangers in South Avondale.
- James Sulzby Jr and Thomas Sulzby founded the Sulzby Realty Company.
- Herb Wingard opened Herb's Hardware in Trussville.
- The law firm of Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd was founded.
- The Nelson–Brantley Glass Company was founded.
- Dixie Saw Works was founded.
Disestablishments
- The Birmingham City Commission revoked the business license for the Star Barbecue on 5th Avenue North.
Government
- January 19: Chauncey Sparks succeeded Frank Dixon as Governor of Alabama.
- The Works Progress Administration concluded its operations in Birmingham.
- 1943 Alabama legislative session
- Resolution in support of the creation of a Jewish state.
Education
- Holy Family Catholic High School was founded with John Rice was pastor.
- The University of Alabama's medical program was formalized as a four-year medical college.
Media
- WJLD-AM began airing contemporary gospel music
Religion
- December 5: The Shades Valley Presbyterian Church was organized.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints purchased the former Little Theater at Caldwell Park out of foreclosure.
- Felix Shevinsky succeeded Louis Levy as president of Temple Beth-El.
- Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church was organized in Airport Hills.
- Westminster Presbyterian Church was founded as a mission in Titusville.
- Marshall Seifert was made rector of All Saints Episcopal Church.
- Hopewell Road Church of God Cemetery opened.
- Loveless Park Baptist Church was organized as an outreach of 2nd Baptist Church of Bessemer.
Sports
- January 1: Texas College defeated Tuskegee Institute 13-10 in the Vulcan Bowl at Legion Field.
- January 1: The 1942 Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated the Boston College Eagles 37-21 in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
- April 24: John Conway and Charles Aleno set a Birmingham Barons record by taking 3 at-bats in one inning against the New Orleans Pelicans. Conway set his own separate record for recording three hits in that inning.
- The Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame was founded with [Yam Yaryan]], Eddie Wells, and Whitey Glazner as its inaugural class of inductees.
- The 1943 Birmingham Black Barons won the Negro American League pennant.
- Snitz Snider served as Athletics Director and Football Coach for the Howard Bulldogs.
Individuals
- Bobby Bowden was confined to bed for six months with rheumatic fever.
- Luther Bozeman succeeded Bun White as Sheriff of Shelby County.
- Bobby Bragan was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- Harvie Branscomb succeeded Crane Brinton as editor of The American Oxonian.
- Ottokar Čadek joined the faculty of the University of Alabama School of Music.
- Drummer Wilson Driver took a job with the Chock Full O' Nuts coffee company.
- Bob Evans succeeded Shug Jordan as head coach of the Auburn Tigers basketball team.
- Robert F. Gibbons joined the English department at the University of Alabama.
- Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane were hired by MGM to write songs for "Meet Me in St Louis".
- John Newsome succeeded Luther Patrick as Representative of the 9th Congressional District of Alabama.
- R. B. Nichols succeeded James M. Ward as principal of Shades Cahaba High School.
- Joe Rumore began working at WAPI-AM.
- Charles Todel took vows as a Salesian monk.
- Ronald Weathers and Robert Adams joined the staff of The Birmingham News.
Births
- January 6: Seng-jaw Soong, cancer researcher
- January 9: Jerry Yester, folk musician, songwriter and record producer
- January 15: Glen Browder, U.S. Representative and Alabama Secretary of State
- January 31: Richard Quick, swimming coach
- February 1: Edouard Bruchac, photojournalist
- February 3: Dennis Edwards, singer
- February 3: Robert Bentley, dermatologist and Governor of Alabama
- February 4: Barry Beckett, pianist and record producer
- February 5: Howell Raines, newspaper editor and author
- February 23: Mac Parsons, Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge and Alabama State Senator
- March 16: McNeil Robinson, organist and composer
- March 23: Winston Groom, novelist
- March 23: Lee May, baseball player and coach
- March 28: Joe Minter, artist
- April 9: U. W. Clemon, Alabama State Senator and U.S. District Court judge
- April 25: Cleopatra Kennedy, singer
- April 29: Cleopatra Tucker, New Jersey State Assembly member
- May: Allen Pate, Alabama Department of Labor commissioner and City of Hoover executive director
- May 19: Steve Whitman, social epidemiologist and public health researcher
- May 20: Shorty Long, singer, songwriter and record producer
- May 31: Joe Namath, football player and club owner
- June 8: Thales McReynolds, basketball player
- June 10: Larry Lemak, orthopaedic surgeon
- June 14: James Roberson Sr, educator
- July: Larry House, medical executive
- July 17: Frank Limehouse, Episcopal priest
- August 3: Larry Drummond, vice-chair of Drummond Company
- August 12: Sam Frazier Jr, blue musician and songwriter
- August 16: Woody Peoples, football player and coach
- September 4: Nina Ireland, artist and philanthropist
- September 12: Tennant McWilliams, historian and dean of the UAB School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- September 17: Charles Ezell, restaurateur
- September 26: Karl Seitz, newspaper editor
- September 29: Lorenzo Pace, artist and author
- October 8: Priscilla Dunn, educator and Alabama State Senator
- October 11: George McMillan, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and City Stages founder
- November 2: David Vest, pianist, writer and activist
- November 9: Robert Brissie, Jefferson County Coroner
- November 21: Butch Ridley, police detective
- November 24: Margaret Tolbert, chemist
- November 28: Jackie Sherrill, football coach
- December 13: Roberta Baumgardner, tennis player and philanthropist
- December 29: David Barnes, Birmingham Municipal Court judge
- December: Ron Blankenship, shoe repairer and former candidate for Jefferson County Sheriff
- Sara Garden Armstrong, artist and art instructor
- John L. Carroll, dean of the Cumberland School of Law
- Wilson Fallin Jr, Baptist minister and educator
- Eddie Fowler, printer
- Bob Friedman, talk show host and Housing Authority of the Birmingham District commissioner
- John Garrett, traffic engineer
- John Loper, Pentecostal preacher
- Bryan Noe, biologist and dean of the UAB Graduate School
- George Perdue, Alabama State Representative and UAB administrator
- Samuel Pettagrue, Baptist minister
- Bob Rosser, engraver
- Kenneth Spencer, Birmingham Police Department officer
- Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill
- Bunny Stokes, banker and real estate executive
- Marti Turnipseed, Civil Rights activist
- Van Williams, U.S. Pipe supervisor
Graduations
- Marvin Bass earned a bachelor of science at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Asa Carter graduated from Calhoun County High School.
- Ryan deGraffenried Sr graduated from Shades Cahaba High School.
- Roland Frye earned a bachelor of arts at Princeton University.
- Harry Gilmer graduated from Woodlawn High School.
- Robert Guillot earned a bachelor of science at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
- Revis Hall graduated from Gordo High School.
- Marguerite Harbert graduated from Birmingham-Southern College.
- James Hatcher graduated from Birmingham-Southern College.
- Fred Horn graduated from Phillips High School.
- Caroline P. Ireland graduated from Whittier College in Whittier, California.
- Alexander Lacy earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at the University of Alabama.
- Timothy Leary earned a bachelor of science in psychology at the University of Alabama.
- Alice Lee graduated from the Birmingham School of Law.
- Vaughn Mancha graduated from Ramsay High School.
- Ernest Palmore earned a master's degree in agribusiness at Tuskegee Institute.
- Charles Speir graduated from West End High School.
Marriages
- February 13: Aviator Anne Dickson married James Kidd Jr.
- Jessie Hale Davis married Jimmie Hale.
- Writer Margaret Walker married interior designer Firnist James Alexander.
- Shop clerk Lurleen Burns married George Wallace.
- Fashion consultant Cecil Johnson married David Roberts III.
- Elizabeth Gordon Brock married Eason Balch.
- Minnie L. Gardner married A. G. Gaston.
Divorces
- Pitcher Satchel Paige was divorced from his wife, Janet.
- Publisher Mildred Brown divorced pharmacist S. Edward Gilbert.
Awards
Retirements
Deaths
- March 8: George Watson, Medal of Honor recipient
- March 10: John A. Carroll, furniture dealer and namesake of John Carroll Catholic High School
- April 18: W. W. Walker Sr, founder of Walker Drug Co.
- May 11: 12 workers were killed in the 1943 Praco No. 10 Mine explosion.
- May 13: A. D. Smith, President of Howard College.
- August 3: George Menefee tire dealer
- August 28: 28 workers were killed in the 1943 Sayreton No. 2 Mine explosion.
- August 29: Erwin McCrossin, engineer and mine safety inspector
- October 14: Nimrod Scott, Mayor of Ensley
- November 22: Henry Steagall, U.S. Representative
- Frank Hewitt, Jefferson County Treasurer
- William McAlpine, president of the Alabama State Federation of Civic Leagues
- Max Pizitz, retailer
- See also: List of homicides in 1943 and List of Birmingham homicides in 1943
Works
- January 29: The USS Birmingham (CL-62) light cruiser was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
Books
- Bright Is the Morning by Robert F. Gibbons
Buildings
- Gibson Elementary School in Woodlawn
- Herb's Hardware building in Trussville
- Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in South Avondale
- Northington General Hospital in Alberta City
- Queen City Pool and Pool House in Tuscaloosa
- St Peter Primitive Baptist Church in Bessemer
Renovations
- Birmingham Terminal Station renovations (cleaning, painting and new fixtures)
- Erskine Ramsay Hall at Miles College was renovated to serve as the school's library
Demolitions
- The Drennen's building at 123 20th Street North burned down.
- Wenonah School was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike.
Music
Film, Radio and TV
- "Women in Bondage" with Gail Patrick
Context
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