1949
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1949 was the 78th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
Education
- Shades Valley High School opened, taking the place of Shades Cahaba High School, which became Shades Cahaba Elementary School.
Sports
- December 3: Auburn upset Alabama, winning the 1949 Iron Bowl 14-13, Auburn's second win of the season.
People
Births
- January 2: Phyllis Wyne, Birmingham Board of Education member
- January 18: Steve Zaslofsky, educator
- March 2: Stan Bailey, bank executive
- April 2: Hank Erwin, state senator
- April 18: Addie Mae Collins, bombing victim
- April 24: Carole Robertson, bombing victim
- April 30: Cynthia Wesley, bombing victim
- May 14: Jim Folsom, Jr, Governor of Alabama
- May 26: Delores Manyama, educator
- June 1: William Bell, Mayor of Birmingham
- June 9: Dian McCray, educator and children's book author
- June 14: Roy L. Wood, Jr, television news anchor
- June 28: Clarence Davis, professional football player
- July 2: Curtis Rowe, professional basketball player
- July 28: Vida Blue, professional baseball player
- August 10: Ron McGuffie, law enforcement agent and dispatcher
- August 11: Lynn Edwards Angell, librarian and terrorist victim
- August 22: Eli Capilouto, college administrator
- October 6: Lonnie Johnson, inventor
- December 6: Virgil Ware, murder victim
- Barbara Allen, educator
- Gwendolyn Bell, school counselor
- Homer Brown, business owner and table tennis player
- Dyer Carlisle III, educator and assistant college football coach
- Bill Foisy, transportation director
- Jay Glass, coroner
- Keith Harrelson, commercial writer, photographer, and club owner
- Jim Neel, sculptor, photographer, and art instructor
- Bo Smith, meat market manager and murder victim
- Brenda Spahn, non-profit founder
- Burke Swearingen, Homewood Chief of Police
- Bill Terry, Jr, Vietnam War soldier killed in action
- Lou Zaden, business owner
- Evan Zeiger, Jr, neurosurgeon
Deaths
- February 10: John Adams, mining engineer and executive
- May 11: B. H. Cooper, furniture dealer and civic leader
- November 27: Lloyd Noland, physician and public health advocate
Works
Buildings
- Alabama State Fair cattle barn
- John Gleissner residence
- Jefferson County Courthouse Bessemer Division expansion
- Shades Valley High School (original campus)
- Bernice Wright residence
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