History Hop Tags - Birmingham

1791-07-14

The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.

1837-07-04

Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.

1839-07-27

Chartist riots break out in Birmingham, England

1863-04-24

Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)

1890-10-15

Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham

1895-09-11

FA Cup stolen in Birmingham

1900-10-03

Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham

1914-08-09

German U-15 was sunk by the British cruiser, H.M.S. Birmingham

1940-11-19

German air raid on Birmingham fails

1940-11-20

German air raid on Birmingham fails

1941-05-16

Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)

1946-04-13

Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama

1948-05-01

Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"

1949-07-01

WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953-07-07

35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich

1953-10-08

Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group

1955-04-28

WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting

1956-02-15

Pirates & KC A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white

1956-03-14

Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)

1956-04-11

Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater in racial incident

1961-10-31

Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal

1963-04-12

Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators

1963-05-11

Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama

1963-05-12

Race riot in Birmingham, Alabama

1963-09-15

Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls

1965-10-17

WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting

1972-04-23

Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic

1973-04-29

Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1974-04-28

Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1974-11-21

Birmingham pub bombings: 21 civilians killed when bombs explode at two pubs in Birmingham, England (This was the deadliest attack in England during "the Troubles")

1974-12-05

1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida

1974-12-05

Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's World Bowl

1975-05-04

Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1976-04-25

Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1977-05-01

Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1978-04-16

Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1979-10-30

Richard Arrington, Jr. is elected the first African American mayor in Birmingham, Alabama

1980-04-27

Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1981-04-26

Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1982-03-06

Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)

1982-05-02

Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1983-03-13

1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14

1985-09-09

Race riot in Birmingham, England

1990-04-18

Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF

1991-03-14

English Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment

1991-03-23

1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5

1995-01-11

Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise

1995-03-12

Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)

1995-03-12

Ice Pairs Championship at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny

1995-03-12

Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)

1995-03-12

Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN)

1995-07-04

Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg)

1995-07-15

Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)

1996-03-14

Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)

1998-01-29

Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Ala bombed, 1 killed

2002-05-22

American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

2003-03-18

FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.

2005-07-28

A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.

2007-01-31

Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.

1822-02-16

Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist

1865-07-16

George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist

1865-07-16

George A. Birmingham, The Search Party

1869-03-18

[Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Birmingham, British Prime Minister (C, 1937-40)

1895-09-26

Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films)

1896-05-19

Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon

1896-10-15

Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret)

1903-01-07

Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)

1903-05-13

Paul Page, Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth)

1909-05-08

Alwyn Sheppard Fidler, Birmingham '64

1909-10-26

Lionel Hale, The Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

1911-01-13

John English, Birmingham '64

1911-06-20

Gail Patrick, Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy)

1913-02-14

Mel Allen, Birmingham Alabama, American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees)

1916-04-26

Virgil Trucks, Birmingham, Alabama, MLB picther (two-time All Star), (d. 2013)

1916-05-28

Walker Percy, Birmingham Ala, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)

1917-04-07

R G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat), (d. 2012)

1918-01-27

Skitch Henderson, Birmingham England, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)

1922-02-26

Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart)

1922-07-26

Frank Price, Birmingham '64

1924-06-09

Tony Britton, Birmingham England, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)

1925-05-12

Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)

1930-05-21

Stanley Wells, director (Shakespeare Institute U of Birmingham)

1930-12-31

Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress

1930-12-31

Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer (Sanctuary)

1931-05-28

Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich)

1933-04-07

Wayne Rogers, Birmingham Ala, actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs)

1933-11-21

Henry Hartsfield Jr, Birmingham Ala, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)

1934-07-22

Louise Fletcher, Birmingham AL, actress (One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest)

1939-11-24

Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)

1940-06-25

Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)

1941-12-27

Michael 'Mike' Pinder, Birmingham UK, rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)

1944-02-05

J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)

1944-09-21

Fannie Flagg, Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene (Candid Camera)

1945-07-20

John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)

1945-11-24

Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer (ELO)

1946-01-07

Andy Brown, rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)

1946-06-02

Michael Birmingham, Crazy Animal

1946-06-19

Teresa Birmingham, Crazy Animal

1946-11-08

Roy Wood, Birmingham England, rock vocalist/cellist (ELO)

1946-12-18

Hubie Green, Birmingham Ala, PGA golfer (US Open 1977)

1947-04-02

Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)

1948-05-05

Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath)

1948-09-13

Nell Carter, Birmingham Ala, actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo)

1948-10-29

Kate Jackson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)

1948-12-03

Ozzy Osbourne, Aston, Birmingham, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon)

1949-07-17

Geezer Butler, Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath)

1949-07-17

Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath)

1950-10-14

Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham Mich, speed skater (Oly-gold/sil-76)

1953-07-13

Gil Birmingham, Twilight

1955-01-19

Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch)

1957-01-28

Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner Live in Birmingham

1958-05-18

Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free)

1958-06-04

Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Where the Lilies Bloom)

1958-06-06

Elaine Crosby, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1989 Mazda Japan Classic)

1958-06-22

Bruce Campbell, Birmingham, Michigan, American actor/producer/director (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II)

1959-08-28

Mary Murphy, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1990 US Women's Open-5th)

1960-09-07

David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist (Fine Young Cannibals)

1960-10-12

Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham AL, PGA golfer (1994 Sprint)

1961-07-01

Carl Lewis [Frederick], Birmingham Alabama, sprinter and long jumper (Oly-9 gold-84-96)

1962-01-06

Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)

1962-05-25

Amy Read, Birmingham MI, golfer (1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th)

1962-08-19

Nancy Ramsbottom, Birmingham AL, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-2nd)

1963-11-22

Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne (Benny Hill Show)

1964-06-15

Courteney Cox, Birmingham, Alabama, American actress (Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends)

1964-08-07

John Birmingham, Australian author

1965-02-26

Matt Jackson, Birmingham Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Payless)

1966-03-15

Tonya Lewis Lee, The Watsons Go to Birmingham

1967-12-13

Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)

1968-04-20

LeShundra Nathan, Birmingham Ala, heptathlete

1970-05-24

Nick Castaneda, Birmingham Ala, pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink)

1973-11-26

John Zimmerman, Birmingham Ala, pairs skater (& Steigler)

1975-02-18

Scott Tucker, Birmingham Ala, 400m/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)

1975-06-09

Andrew Symonds, cricketer (Birmingham, brilliant Qld & Gloucs batsman)

1977-10-07

John Birmingham, Crazy Animal

1981-01-11

Jamelia Niela Davis, Birmingham, English singer

1987-06-16

Diana DeGarmo, Birmingham, Alabama, American singer

1991-04-13

Harrison Knight, The Watsons Go to Birmingham

2006-06-27

Rowan Birmingham, Rednecks

1962-08-25

Retired general Colin Powell (25) weds audiologist Alma Johnson (24) at the First Congregational Church in Birmingham, Alabama

1990-01-04

Alwyn Sheppard Fidler, Birmingham '64

1998-12-20

John English, Birmingham '64

2006-12-23

Johnny Vincent, English footballer for Birmingham City and Middlesbrough (b. 1947)

2016-06-11

Alex Govan, who gave Birmingham City their 'Keep right on' anthem, dies aged 86