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==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* Poet [[John Beecher]] returned to Birmingham to teach at [[Miles College]].
* Poet [[John Beecher]] returned to Birmingham to teach at [[Miles College]].
* [[U. W. Clemon|U. W.]] and [[Barbara Clemon]] were married.
* Rabbi [[Morton Wallack]] left [[Temple Beth-El]].
* Rabbi [[Morton Wallack]] left [[Temple Beth-El]].
* Rabbi [[Nahum Benathan]] left the [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* Rabbi [[Nahum Benathan]] left the [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[Fritz Woehle]] served as president of [[AIA Birmingham]].
* [[Fritz Woehle]] served as president of [[AIA Birmingham]].
* [[Sandy Posey]] married Elvis impersonator Wade Cummings.
* [[Karl Seitz]] and [[Charlie Blair]] joined the staff of the ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]''.
* [[Karl Seitz]] and [[Charlie Blair]] joined the staff of the ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]''.
* [[Hank Penny]] married his fifth wife, Shari.
* [[Ferd Weil]] began a 2-year term as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Ferd Weil]] began a 2-year term as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* Engineer [[Bill Edmonds]] moved to Brussels, Belgium to head up Coppee Rust, an affiliate of [[Rust Engineering]].
* Engineer [[Bill Edmonds]] moved to Brussels, Belgium to head up Coppee Rust, an affiliate of [[Rust Engineering]].
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* [[Sidney Smyer, Jr]] succeeded [[Sidney Smyer|his father]] as president of the [[Birmingham Realty Company]].
* [[Sidney Smyer, Jr]] succeeded [[Sidney Smyer|his father]] as president of the [[Birmingham Realty Company]].
* Harvard College dean [[John Monro]] left Cambridge to teach at [[Miles College]] in [[Fairfield]].
* Harvard College dean [[John Monro]] left Cambridge to teach at [[Miles College]] in [[Fairfield]].
===Awards===
* [[John Harbert III]] was named "Marketing Man of the Year in Alabama".
* Quarterback [[Watson Brown]] was named to the Tennessee High School All-Star Football team.
* Mary Cobb Martin's "Waiting for What?" won the purchase award from the [[Bluff Park Art Association]].
* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Becky Alford]]
* AIA Architecture Firm Award: [[Hugh Stubbins|Hugh Stubbins and Associates]]
===Graduations===
* [[Barbara Allen]] graduated from [[Ullman High School]].
* [[James Andrews]] completed his M.D. at the LSU School of Medicine.
* [[Hank Erwin]] graduated from [[Ensley High School]].
* [[Charles Gaines]] earned a Master of Fine Arts in writing at the University of Iowa.
* [[Art Hanes, Jr]] earned a law degree from the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Earl Hilliard]] earned his juris doctorate at Howard University.
* [[D. Paul Jones]] earned his juris doctorate at the New York University School of Law.
* [[Ron McGuffie]] graduated from [[McAdory High School]].
* [[Martha Myers]] earned a bachelor of arts at [[Samford University]].
* [[Shin Oh]] completed his medical residency at Georgetown University Hospital.
* [[Dannetta K. Thornton Owens]] earned an advanced certificate in French at Carleton University.
* [[James Woodward]] completed a doctorate in engineering mathematics at Georgia Tech.
* [[Auburn University]] awarded its first doctoral degree to an African American student.


===Births===
===Births===
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* [[Warren Slater]], murderer
* [[Warren Slater]], murderer
* [[Sheila Snoddy]], radio personality
* [[Sheila Snoddy]], radio personality
===Graduations===
* [[Barbara Allen]] graduated from [[Ullman High School]].
* [[James Andrews]] completed his M.D. at the LSU School of Medicine.
* [[Hank Erwin]] graduated from [[Ensley High School]].
* [[Charles Gaines]] earned a Master of Fine Arts in writing at the University of Iowa.
* [[Art Hanes, Jr]] earned a law degree from the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[Earl Hilliard]] earned his juris doctorate at Howard University.
* [[D. Paul Jones]] earned his juris doctorate at the New York University School of Law.
* [[Ron McGuffie]] graduated from [[McAdory High School]].
* [[Martha Myers]] earned a bachelor of arts at [[Samford University]].
* [[Shin Oh]] completed his medical residency at Georgetown University Hospital.
* [[Dannetta K. Thornton Owens]] earned an advanced certificate in French at Carleton University.
* [[James Woodward]] completed a doctorate in engineering mathematics at Georgia Tech.
* [[Auburn University]] awarded its first doctoral degree to an African American student.
===Marriages===
* [[1967]]: Writer [[Fred Bonnie]] to Susan Marchant.
* [[U. W. Clemon]] to [[Barbara Clemon]]
* [[Hank Penny]] to his fifth wife, Shari.
* [[Sandy Posey]] to Elvis impersonator Wade Cummings.
===Awards===
* [[John Harbert III]] was named "Marketing Man of the Year in Alabama".
* Quarterback [[Watson Brown]] was named to the Tennessee High School All-Star Football team.
* Mary Cobb Martin's "Waiting for What?" won the purchase award from the [[Bluff Park Art Association]].
* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Becky Alford]]
* AIA Architecture Firm Award: [[Hugh Stubbins|Hugh Stubbins and Associates]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===

Revision as of 12:37, 14 October 2013

1967 was the 96th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Hoover was incorporated in 1967.

Business

Government

Sports

Works

Publications

Buildings

Rendering for the Central Bank and Trust Building

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1967

Context

1967 is remembered as the "Summer of Love", with mass "be in"s and peace demonstrations across the United States. The UK nationalized its steel industry. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died in a fire aboard the Apollo I launch vehicle. The American Basketball Association was organized. The 25th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was ratified. Greece and Sierra Leone experienced military coups. Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan and Syria in the Six Day War. Expo '67 was held in Montreal, Quebec. Muhammad Ali refused to report for military duty. Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. The US and USSR agree to ban nuclear weapons in outer space. Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court. Race riots occurred in Tampa, Buffalo, Newark, Minneapolis, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Washington DC. Pulsars and black holes were described for the first time. The Association of Southeast Asia Nations was formed. Che Guevara was executed. John McCain was taken prisoner in North Vietnam. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created. Robert McNamara resigned from the Johnson administration. Nicolae Ceauşescu rose to power in Romania. The Concorde aircraft was unveiled.

1967 births included those of actors Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Mira Sorvino, Laura Dern, Will Ferrell, Vin Diesel, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Benicio del Toro; musicians Kurt Cobain, R. Kelly, Dave Matthews; Billy Corgan, Harry Connick, Jr, Faith Hill, and Tim McGraw, and athletes John Smoltz, Kenny Lofton, Deion Sanders, and Ty Detmer.

Deaths in 1967 included those of assassins Jack Ruby and Felix Yussupov; revolutionary Che Guevara, musicians Nelson Eddy, Woody Guthrie, Otis Redding and John Coltrane; artists Edward Hopper and René Magritte; writer Langston Hughes; poet Carl Sandburg; actors Claude Rains, Jayne Mansfield, Vivian Leigh and Spencer Tracy

The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1967. A Man for All Seasons swept the Academy Awards. Top grossing films include The Jungle Book, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Bonnie and Clyde and The Dirty Dozen. Albums released in 1967 included the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", debuts by Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, the Velvet Underground, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Doors. Top singles included "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum, "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees, and "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles. Super Bowl I was simulcast on CBS an NBC (while the Rolling Stones made their Ed Sullivan Show debut on CBS). "Flipper" and "Gilligan's Island" both got canceled during the year while "The Newlywed Game" and "Mannix" premiered.

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