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* February 15: Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City A's | * February 15: Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City A's cancelled an exhibition at [[Rickwood Field]] due to segregation ordinances. | ||
* The [[Birmingham Black Barons]] played their first season in the new Negro American League. | * The [[Birmingham Black Barons]] played their first season in the new Negro American League. | ||
* December 1: [[Auburn University|Auburn]] defeated the [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] 34-7 in the [[1956 Iron Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]]. | * December 1: [[Auburn University|Auburn]] defeated the [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] 34-7 in the [[1956 Iron Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 15 April 2006
1956 was the 85th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- Frank P. Samford, Jr commissioned a bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty for the Liberty National Building.
- The Woodlawn High School debate team won the inaugural Barkley Forum tournament in Atlanta.
- Bull Connor began his second term as Commissioner of Public Safety.
- The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra debuted as a fully professional ensemble.
- April 15: An F4 tornado killed 25 and injured 200 along a 20 mile path through Pleasant Grove, McDonald Chapel and Trussville.
- May 3: The Birmingham Amateur Radio Club is incorporated with Layton Dorman, president.
Civil Rights Movement
- February 1: Autherine Lucy enrolled at the University of Alabama. She was expelled a week later for causing disruption.
- April 10: Kenneth Adams, E. L. Vinson & Willis Vinson assaulted singer Nat King Cole on stage during a performance at Municipal Auditorium. They were each sentenced to 180 days in jail.
- June 1: A Montgomery judge banned the NAACP from operating in Alabama.
- June 5: The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was founded by Fred Shuttlesworth at Sardis Baptist Church.
- December 25: Fred Shuttlesworth's home and church were bombed.
- December 26: Fred Shuttlesworth boarded a Birmingham bus, 6 days after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery buses must integrate. He and other Civil Rights Leaders attended a City Commission meeting the same day.
Sports
- February 15: Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City A's cancelled an exhibition at Rickwood Field due to segregation ordinances.
- The Birmingham Black Barons played their first season in the new Negro American League.
- December 1: Auburn defeated the Alabama 34-7 in the 1956 Iron Bowl at Legion Field.
- Alabama's men's basketball team is SEC champion with a 14-0 league record (21-3 overall).
- October 20: Howard College's final homecoming game at its East Lake campus was won 25-6 by Carson-Newman under steady rain. Viola Beard reigns as queen.