History of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Journey back in time to Birmingham, Alabama, USA

• 1871 - Birmingham, Alabama founded
  
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• 1872 - Cathedral of St. Paul established in Birmingham
  
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  Cathedral of St. Paul
  2120 3rd Ave. N, Birmingham, ALABAMA 35203
  Established 1872
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•  1891 - Mangled to Death.
  BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 29. - At the State Fair grounds today S. E. Gambee jumped from a dummy before it stopped. He slipped and fell between the car and the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Church of Advent, Birmingham, Ala.
  
  "1871: A small group of planters, investors, and railroad men organize the Elyton Land Company to buy 4,150 acres of raw land and to create an industrial center.
  
  1872: Bishop Richard Hooker Wilmer sends a... Read MORE...
  
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• 1895 - Birmingham
  Bir’mingham, a city, capital of Jefferson co, Al: 95 miles by rail N.N.W. of Montgomery. It has 6 national banks and 6 other banks, a fine court-house...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - BIG LOSS. Fire in Alabama Does Damage to the Extent of Many Thousands.
  Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23. - An explosion of a gasoline stove in the basement of the Metropolitan hotel this afternoon was followed by a fire which bu...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - FALLING BUILDING KILLS TWO. Eleven Others Injured, Two Mortally, in an Accident at Birmingham, Ala.
  Birmingham, Ala., April 28. - By the collapse of the framework of the main building of the Dimmick Pipe and Foundry Company, in course of construction...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1902 - OVER ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST IN CHURCH DISASTER
  The negro population of Birmingham, Ala., is in mourning, and a gloom has been cast over the entire state as the people begin to realize the immaualty...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1908 - EIGHT CARS GO INTO RIVER. Bridge Over Cahaba River Knocked Down But No Lives Lost.
  Birmingham, May 19. - (Special.) - The steel bridge over Cahaba River, about fifteen miles east of Birmingham, was knocked down early this morning whe...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  20th Street, Looking North
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  A section of the skyline
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  Norwood Street Scene, Birmingham, Ala.
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• 1916
  Birmingham, a city, capital of Jefferson co., Ala., on the Central R. of Georgia, the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham and other railroads, 95 mile...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1925 - 48 DEAD TAKEN FROM SHAFT OF ALABAMA MINE. FIVE ADDITIONAL BODIES BELIEVED IN OVERTON PLANT NO. 2 FOLLOWING EXPLOSION. MULE'S TAIL SAVES NEGRO. WORKER BLINDED BY FLASH GRABS APPENDAGE AND IS DRAGGED TO OPEN.
  Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 11. - Twenty-six bodies were brought up from the recesses of the Overton mine No. 2 this morning, bringing the total removed to...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• January 30, 1936 - Birmingham, AL, established a single storm record and 24 hour record with 11 inches of snow. (29th-30th)
  
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•  1948 - May 1 - Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"
  
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  May 1, 1948