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The Saltley Handaxe illustrated by John Evans in 1897. The oldest human artefact found within Birmingham is the Saltley Handaxe: a 500,000-year-old brown quartzite hand axe about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) long, discovered in the gravels of the River Rea at Saltley in 1892.
1918 - Birmingham–Southern College established. 1919 - Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs formed in Birmingham. [15] 1920 Progressive Farmer magazine headquartered in Birmingham. [5] Population: 178,806. [14] 1922 - WAPI radio begins broadcasting. [16] 1923 - Traffic lights installed. [14]
They held "control" for 30 years until 1920, when a larger gang, the Birmingham Boys, led by Billy Kimber, overtook them. Although they had disappeared by the 1920s, the name "Peaky Blinders" became synonymous slang for any street gang in Birmingham. In 2013, the name was reused for a BBC Television series entitled Peaky Blinders.
Birmingham, Alabama: 3 May 1963 Charles Moore: Birmingham, Alabama, United States Nonviolent civil rights movement student activists sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses during the Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade. [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] Woolworth Sit-In: 28, May, 1963 Fred Blackwell Jackson, Mississippi, United States [s 2]
1154 – Lord of the manor Peter de Birmingham has the charter to hold a market in Birmingham on every Thursday, transforming the village into a town. 1160 – The first stone church building is erected on the site of St. Mary's Church, Handsworth.
Fox Hollies is an area of Birmingham, England, situated on the edge of Acocks Green district. It is named after the Fox Hollies Hall estate. [1] It roughly includes the area around Fox Hollies Road (part of the A4040 Outer Ring Road), stretching from Acocks Green in the north, to Hall Green in the south. A showpiece housing estate was built to ...
Pages in category "1920s in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
4 January 1904 (): commence tramway at Aston Road North; 1 January 1907 (): took over some City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd routes, (CBTC was a British Electric Traction controlled company) – the majority of the company's routes having been owned by Birmingham Corporation from their inception.