1946
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1946 was the 75th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- May 12: The 1946 Bible Reading Crusade kicked off.
- June 17: The Birmingham Bird Club was incorporated with Millard Prather as president
- October: The 1946 Alabama State Fair was held at the Alabama State Fairgrounds.
- November 26: The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce celebrated the city's 75th anniversary with a 1946 Jubilee Banquet at Municipal Auditorium.
- The Alabama Broadcasters Association was founded.
Business
- Caldwell Marks and William Spencer III acquired the Owen-Richards Company.
Establishments
- March 14: The Melba Theater opened on 2nd Avenue North.
- April 16: Milo and Bea Carlton opened the original Milo's Hamburgers in Norwood.
- Everette Atkerson founded Ack Radio Supply on 22nd Street North.
- Horace Bell founded the Bell Company printers and engravers.
- John Burrett founded the practice that became CardioVascular Associates.
- Church & Stagg was founded in Ensley.
- Joseph Stein founded Birmingham Iron & Metal scrap dealers.
- Jack Levine Jr founded Dale's Cellar on 7th Avenue North.
- Eli Coirie opened Eli's Barbecue on 7th Avenue South.
- Gourge Louzis opened Louzis Restaurant on 2nd Avenue North.
- John Harbert III founded Harbert Construction.
- Little Hardware opened in Mountain Brook.
- William Powell founded the Fairmont Foundry Company in his garage.
- Brooksie and James Lovvorn opened Lovvorn Brothers Cleaners in Center Point.
- Johnny and Mack Mayfield and James Tubbs opened Mayfield Cleaners on 20th Street South.
- Todd Robins founded Robins Engineering.
- The law firm of Sirote, Permutt & Friend was founded.
- Billy and D. V. Edmundson founded the Southern Toy Co..
- WLBS-AM went on the air.
- York Pharmacy opened in North Birmingham.
Disestablishments
- Central Park Field closed.
Government
- The City of Graysville was incorporated.
- The City of Birmingham purchased land for Crestwood Park.
- The City of Gadsden purchased the land for Noccalula Falls Park.
Education
Media
Religion
- The Bessemer Baptist Association was established.
- Fairmont Mission of 35th Avenue Baptist Church reorganized as 40th Avenue Baptist Church.
Sports
- Alabama A&M University and Alabama State University brought their rivalry, now known as the Magic City Classic, to Legion Field. ASU won that year's matchup 15-14.
Individuals
Births
- January 31: Malcolm Portera, chancellor of the University of Alabama System
- February 20: Anne Arrasmith, artist and art curator
- February 24: Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama
- April 1: Murray Sokol, sales clerk
- April 9: Willine Body, housing inspector and Graymont Neighborhood Association president
- April 28: Jean-Jacques Gaudel, artist
- May 15: John Friedel, photographer, educator and hospital worker
- May 18: Reggie Jackson, professional baseball player
- June 5: Arthur Payne, sporting goods dealer and state legislator
- June 18: Luther Hollums, Birmingham Police Chief
- July 30: Neil Bonnett, race car driver
- August 3: Charles Steele Jr, state senator and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- August 25: Charles Ghigna poet and children's author
- August 30: Mickey Dean, comedian and radio host
- September 1: Steve Small, pastor of True Life Missionary Baptist Church
- September 28: Major Bashinsky, attorney and financial advisor
- October 28: Don Chamberlain, power plant technician
- November 4: John Meador, dean of UAB Libraries
- November 24: Linda Manning, country and pop singer
- December 19: Melvin Miller, director of the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board
- December 21: Lyn Spotswood, theater director
- December 24: Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senator and Attorney General
- December 28: Hubert Green, golfer
- December 30: Gary White, state legislator and Jefferson County Commmissioner
- Aquil Abdur-Rasheed, record dealer and label founder
- Steven Austad, chair of the UAB Department of Biology
- Lone Broussard, pastor of Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
- Frank Camper, paramilitant
- Marvin Clemons, rail operator and author
- Ben Cook, sportswriter and radio host
- Suzanne Durham, CEO of YWCA Central Alabama
- Sherri Friday, Jefferson County Probate Court judge
- Antris Hinton, Mayor of Brownville and Birmingham City Councilor
- Sandral Hullett, CEO of Cooper Green Hospital
- Bobby Johns, football player and coach
- Jacque Mayer, executive director of the Greater Birmingham Humane Society
- Max Michael, dean of the UAB School of Public Health
- Martha Jane Patton, attorney
- Dan Puckett, CEO of CapitalSouth Bank
- Perry Ward, president of Lawson State Community College
- Willie James Ware, US District Court judge
- Vance Wesson, artist
- Butch Zaragoza, Mayor of Vestavia Hills
Graduations
Marriages
Awards
Retirements
Deaths
- January 6: Three people died in the 1946 PCA Flight 105 crash at Birmingham Municipal Airport
- April 29: John M. Connolly, radio announcer and manager of WBRC-AM
- June 12: John Bankhead II, U.S. Senator
- November 2: Judson Dowling, Jefferson County Health Officer
- November 30: E. B. Erwin, superintendent of Jefferson County Schools
- See also: List of homicides in 1946 and 1946 Birmingham homicides
Works
Buildings
- Bromberg's building on 20th Street North
- Brown & Jacobs Building on 3rd Avenue North
- Eli's Barbecue on 7th Avenue South
- Family Reserve Insurance building on 20th Street North
- First Baptist Church Hooper City
- First Baptist Church Trussville
- Melba Theater on 2nd Avenue North
- New Pilgrim Baptist Church on 6th Avenue South
- Social Security Building on 3rd Avenue North
- Siluria Masonic Building
Demolitions
Music
Film, Radio and TV
Context
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