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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 2]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)]]'' was decomissioned.
* [[June 26]]: The [[1947 Dairy Month Parade]] was held in [[downtown Birmingham]].
* [[June 26]]: The [[1947 Dairy Month Parade]] was held in [[downtown Birmingham]].
* The [[Alabama State Fair Authority]] was established by the [[Alabama Legislature]] as a successor to the [[Alabama State Fair & Exhibit Association]].
* [[November 11]]: Birmingham put on the nation's first [[Veterans Day]] celebration.
* The North American Numbering Plan went into effect, giving Alabama the [[Area code 205|205 area code]].
* The North American Numbering Plan went into effect, giving Alabama the [[Area code 205|205 area code]].
* The [[Birmingham Children's Theatre]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham Children's Theatre]] was founded.
* [[Fultondale]] was incorporated.
* The [[Federated Women's Club]] purchased the former [[Clubhouse on Highland|W. S. Brown residence]] on [[Highland Avenue]].
* [[Mulga]] was incorporated.
* [[James Sulzby Jr]] founded the [[Alabama Historical Association]].
* [[Trussville]] was incorporated.


===Business===
===Business===
* The [[Alhambra Restaurant]] opened on [[5th Avenue North]].
* The [[Birmingham Electric Company]] began using "streamlined" PCC-type streetcars.
* The [[Birmingham Electric Company]] began using "streamlined" PCC-type streetcars.
* [[Busch's Jewelers]] purchased [[Brackin's]].
* [[Busch's Jewelers]] purchased [[Brackin's]].
* [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] began manufacturing slag wool at its [[North Birmingham Furnaces]].
* [[Citizens Trust Bank]] joined the Federal Reserve.


====Establishments====
====Establishments====
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* [[Raymond's Five Points Market]] opened.
* [[Raymond's Five Points Market]] opened.
* [[Roy Lumber]] opened in [[Bessemer]].
* [[Roy Lumber]] opened in [[Bessemer]].
* [[Spivey Hobby, Toys & Gifts]] opened on [[Tuscaloosa Avenue]]
===Government===
* [[Jim Folsom Sr]] succeeded [[Chauncey Sparks]] as [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[Fultondale]] was incorporated.
* [[Mulga]] was incorporated.
* [[Trussville]] was incorporated.
* The [[Alabama State Fair Authority]] was established by the [[Alabama Legislature]] as a successor to the [[Alabama State Fair & Exhibit Association]].


===Education===
===Education===
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===Media===
===Media===
* [[January 1]]: [[WAFM-FM]] went on the air.
* [[WVOK-AM]] went on the air.
* [[WVOK-AM]] went on the air.


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* [[Garywood Assembly of God]] was founded as [[Garywood Assembly of God|El Bethel Assembly of God]].
* [[Garywood Assembly of God]] was founded as [[Garywood Assembly of God|El Bethel Assembly of God]].
* [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] began holding services in an army chapel building bought as surplus from [[Camp Sibert]] near [[Gadsden]].
* [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] began holding services in an army chapel building bought as surplus from [[Camp Sibert]] near [[Gadsden]].
* [[Edward Gardner]] became pastor of [[Mount Olive Baptist Church, Kingston]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
 
* The [[Birmingham Skyhawks]] began play in the Professional Basketball League of America
* The [[Birmingham Vulcans (SPBL)|Birmingham Vulcans]] began play in the Southern Professional Basketball League
* The [[Bessemer Whiz Kids]] began play in the Southern Professional Basketball League


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
 
* [[Erskine Hawkins]] was given an honorary doctorate by [[Alabama State University]].
* [[October 2]]: [[Stanleigh Malotte]] returned to the [[Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ]] at the [[Alabama Theatre]].
* [[Orville Schanbacher]] was named president of [[Loveman's]].
* [[Roy Downs]] became president of [[Central State Bank of Calera]].


===Births===
===Births===
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
 
* [[Joseph Braswell]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[Frank Samford Jr]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Ezra Sims]] completed a bachelor of arts at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
 
* [[October 12]]: [[Satchel Paige]] married Lahoma Brown in Hays, Kansas.


===Awards===
===Awards===
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==Works==
==Works==
 
* ''[[Annals of the Southside Baptist Church]]'' by [[James Sulzby Jr]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[Ans-O-Phone|Ans-O-Phone building]] on [[6th Avenue North]]
* [[Ans-O-Phone|Ans-O-Phone building]] on [[6th Avenue North]]
* [[John Carroll Catholic High School]]
* [[College Theatre]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[College Theatre]] in [[East Lake]]
* [[Crestline Heights Shopping Center]] in [[Crestline Village]]
* [[Crestline Heights Shopping Center]] in [[Crestline Village]]
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* [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham|Exchange Bank Building]] on [[20th Street South]]
* [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham|Exchange Bank Building]] on [[20th Street South]]
* [[Home Baking Company]] renovations
* [[Home Baking Company]] renovations
* [[John Carroll Catholic High School]]
* [[Legion Field]] south end zone grandstands
* [[Wenonah Elementary School]]
* [[Wenonah Elementary School]]
* [[WJLD building]] on [[Bessemer Super Highway]]
* [[WJLD building]] on [[Bessemer Super Highway]]

Revision as of 12:53, 22 September 2020

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