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2004 Carl Wayne, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group, dies of esophageal cancer, at age 61
1998 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed, 1 killed 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) 1995 Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton) 1995 Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg) 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1995 Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny 1995 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1995 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) 1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise 1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1985 Race riot in Birmingham England 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) 1981 Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1981 Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham 1978 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1975 Andrew Symonds, cricketer, Birmingham, brilliant Qld and Gloucs batsman 1975 Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1975 Scott Tucker, Birmingham, Alabama, 400m/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1973 John Zimmerman, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Steigler 1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic 1970 Nick Castaneda, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Dawn Piepenbrink 1968 LeShundra Nathan, born in Birmingham, Alabama, heptathlete 1967 Mike Mordecai, Birmingham, Alabama, infielder, Atlanta Braves 1965 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Matt Jackson, Birmingham, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Payless 1964 Courtney Cox, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Family Ties, Monica-Friends 1963 Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne, Benny Hill Show 1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham 1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama 1963 Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators 1962 Nancy Ramsbottom, born in Birmingham, Alabama, LPGA golfer, 1994 McCall's-2nd 1962 Amy Read, Birmingham, Michigan, golfer, 1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th 1962 Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner 1984 Olympics silver 1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal 1961 Carl Lewis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, American Athlete 1960 Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, 1994 Sprint 1960 David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals 1959 Mary Murphy, Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open-5th 1958 Elaine Crosby, born in Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mazda Japan Classic 1958 Julie Gholson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Where the Lilies Bloom 1958 Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham, England, rocker, I Want to Be Free 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1955 Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Michigan 1951 Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 1950 Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham, Michigan, speed skater, Olympic-gold/sil-76 1950 Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1949 Geezer Butler, born in Birmingham, rocker, Black Sabbath 1949 Terry "Geezer" Butler, born in Birmingham, rock bassist, Black Sabbath 1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Kate Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Rookies, Charlie's Angels 1948 Nell Carter, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo 1948 Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1947 Simon Bates, born in Birmingham, English, UK disc jockey, worked at BBC Radio 1 1976 - 1993, and Classic FM 1947 Emmylou Harris, born in Birmingham, Alabama, country singer, Together Again 1946 Hubie Green, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977 1946 Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer, ELO 1946 Clare Short, born in Birmingham, England, politician, left wing, Secretary of State for Internal Development, supports legislating cannabis, critical of Israel 1946 Andy Brown, rock drummer, Fortunes Birmingham 1945 Roy Wood, Birmingham England, rock vocalist/celloist, ELO 1945 John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1944 Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1944 Fannie Flagg, Birmingham, Alabama, actress/comediene, Candid Camera 1944 Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1944 J R Cobb, Birmingham, Alabama, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV 1943 Carl Wayne, born in Birmingham, England, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group 1943 Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1943 Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1942 Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker, Moody Blues 1942 Earl F. Hilliard, born in Birmingham, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1993 - 2003 1941 Jackson Hill, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer, vocal music, teacher, Ph.D. Musicology, teacher, Duke University, Bucknell University 1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 Clint Warwick, born in Birmingham England, bassist, Moody Blues, 1939 Jim Yester, born in Birmingham, Alabama, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association 1939 Peter Phillips, born in Birmingham, England, artist, painter, sculpture, screenprint, lithography, pioneer, Pop Art Movement 1937 Jimmy Jones, born in Birmingham, Alabama, African-American rocker, singer, songwriter, performed with doo-wop group The Berliners, wrote 'Handy Man' recorded by the Sparks of Rhythm 1934 Louise Fletcher, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest 1934 Richard Shelby, born in Birmingham, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1979 - 1987, Senator-D-Alabama 1987- 1933 Henry Hartsfield, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, astro, STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A 1933 Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs 1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1930 Ala Odetta, Odetta Holmes, Birmingham, folk singer/actress 1930 Odetta, Holmes, Birmingham, Alabama, folk singer, Sanctuary 1930 Stanley Wells, director, Shakespeare Institute University of Birmingham 1928 Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship 1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1925 Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor, Rebel, Wrong Box 1924 Tony Britton, born in Birmingham, England, actor, Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup 1922 Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress, Astonished Heart 1920 Marjorie S. Holt, born in Birmingham, Alabama, Representative-R-Maryland 1973 - 1987 1918 Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orchestra leader, Tonight Show 1917 R G Armstrong, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, T.H.E. Cat 1916 Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic 1913 Mel Allen, born in Birmingham, Alabama, sportscaster, voice of New York Yankees 1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy 1903 Paul Page, Birmingham, Alabama, actor, Girl From Havana, Moth 1903 Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor, Alfred-Batman 1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham 1896 Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret 1896 Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon 1895 Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress, Mother-Andy Hardy films 1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham 1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham 1865 George A. Birmingham, Reverend James Owen Hannay, novelist 1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1863 Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) 1839 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England 1822 Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist 1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham |
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