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* [[May 27]]: Ten miners were killed in the [[1929 Connelsville Mine explosion]].
* [[May 27]]: Ten miners were killed in the [[1929 Connelsville Mine explosion]].
* [[October 14]]: The town of [[Hollywood]] was annexed into [[Homewood]].
* [[October 14]]: The town of [[Hollywood]] was annexed into [[Homewood]].
* [[December 22]]:  A [[List of snowfalls|rare snowfall]] brought 5.5 inches to Birmingham.
* [[Birmingham American Legion Post No. 1]] mounted bronze plaques listing Alabamans killed in [[World War I]] to the limestone towers supporting [[Legion Field]]'s flagpoles.
* [[Birmingham American Legion Post No. 1]] mounted bronze plaques listing Alabamans killed in [[World War I]] to the limestone towers supporting [[Legion Field]]'s flagpoles.
* [[Donald Beatty]] successfully landed a plane with snapped rudder cable after radioman [[Robert Snapp]] climbed out the tail to manually straighten the rudder.
* The [[Kings of Harmony|BYPU Specials]] gospel quartet formed.
* [[Robert Jemison]] began developing [[Mountain Brook]].
* [[Robert Jemison]] began developing [[Mountain Brook]].
* [[Alabama State University|Lincoln Normal School]] became State Teachers College.
* [[Alabama State University|Lincoln Normal School]] became State Teachers College.
* [[Louis Pizitz]] began an annual tradition of providing Thanksgiving dinners to thousands of hungry families at his stores.
* [[Saint Bernard College]] was established in [[Cullman]].
* The [[Wattsville]] post office was established.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[March 24]]: [[WAPI-AM]] became an NBC affiliate.
* [[March 24]]: [[WAPI-AM]] became an NBC affiliate.
* [[December 31]]: [[WAPI-AM]] began broadcasting from studios on the 14th floor of the [[Protective Life Building]].
* [[December 31]]: [[WAPI-AM]] began broadcasting from studios on the 14th floor of the [[Protective Life Building]].
* The Federal Trade Commission stripped Pan-American of the rights to the [[Grapico]] name.
* The ''[[Homewood Herald]]'' began publication.
* The ''[[Homewood Herald]]'' began publication.
* The ''[[Shades Valley Times]]'' ceased publication.
* The ''[[Shades Valley Times]]'' ceased publication.
* [[Henry Stockmar]] was awarded a patent for a process for the manufacture of porous brick which utilized waste material from coal washeries as both fuel and material.
* Lewis J. Dinkler of Atlanta began operating the [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]] after United Hotels Company dropped the lease.
* Lewis J. Dinkler of Atlanta began operating the [[Tutwiler Hotel (1914)|Tutwiler Hotel]] after United Hotels Company dropped the lease.
* The [[U.S. Pipe|United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company]] simplified its name to the United States Pipe and Foundry Company.
* The [[U.S. Pipe|United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company]] simplified its name to the United States Pipe and Foundry Company.
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* [[Harry Berlin]] became president of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[Harry Berlin]] became president of [[Temple Beth-El]].
* [[John C. Fletcher]] began his ministry in Birmingham.
* [[John C. Fletcher]] began his ministry in Birmingham.
* [[Paul Hardin]] was ordained Deacon.
* [[L. F. Stansel]] became pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church]].
* [[Leo Steiner]] became president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[June 29]]: [[Stuffy Stewart]] made his last Major League appearance.
* [[Ivy Andrews]] began playing for the Mobile Bay Bears.
* [[Ivy Andrews]] began playing for the Mobile Bay Bears.
* [[Eddie McLane]] became head football coach of the [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard College Bulldogs]].
* [[Satchel Paige]] set the Negro League single season strikeout record.
* [[Satchel Paige]] set the Negro League single season strikeout record.


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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[Bryant-Denny Stadium]]
* [[Bryant-Denny Stadium]]
* [[Ellard-Thomas House]]
* [[First United Methodist Church of Bessemer]]
* [[First United Methodist Church of Bessemer]]
* [[Hassinger Castle]]
* [[Hassinger Castle]]
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== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* [[December 31]]: Attorney [[Douglas Arant]] married Letitia Tyler McNeil.
* [[R. Hugh Daniel]] graduated from The Citadel as valedictorian.
* Nurse [[Ida Moffett]] married Howard D. Moffett.
* [[Helen Walpole]] moved to New York City with her family.
* [[Evelyn Williams]] moved to Birmingham.
* [[Knox E. Wooley]] became [[Shelby County Sheriff]].
===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 8]]: [[Harold Long]], pastor
* [[January 8]]: [[Harold Long]], pastor
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* [[October 11]]: [[Jack Nelson]], journalist
* [[October 11]]: [[Jack Nelson]], journalist
* [[November 8]]: [[Bobby Bowden]], college football coach
* [[November 8]]: [[Bobby Bowden]], college football coach
* [[November 11]]: [[Larry Striplin, Jr]], businessman
* [[November 14]]: [[Jimmy Piersall]], baseball player
* [[November 14]]: [[Jimmy Piersall]], baseball player
* [[November 11]]: [[Larry Striplin, Jr]], businessman
* [[November 26]]: [[Matthew Leonard]], [[Vietnam War]] hero
* [[November 26]]: [[Matthew Leonard]], [[Vietnam War]] hero
* [[Tex Ellison]], restaurant owner
* [[Tex Ellison]], restaurant owner

Revision as of 15:19, 20 October 2010

1929 was the 58th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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Religion

Sports

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Individuals

Births

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Context

In 1929, the first Academy Awards were held. The Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. In October, stocks on Wall Street crashed, beginning the Great Depression. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph Stalin expelled Leon Trotsky and adopted a policy of collectivization. The BBC broadcasted a television transmission for the first time.

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