1943 in Alabama
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Events from the year 1943 in Alabama
Events
May 11 – The Ink Spots headlined a concert at Municipal Auditorium.[1]
May 25 – riots break out at the Alabama Dry Dock Shipping Company after 12 African Americans were promoted at their job.[2]
August 28 – a mine explosion in Jefferson County kills 24 people.[3]
Births
- Dewey “Spooner” Oldham Jr, June 14, 1943[4] – songwriter
- Sam Frazier Jr, August 12, 1943 – harmonica player
- Henry Victor Gaston, January 15, 1943[5] – politician
Deaths
- Thomas Kilby, October 22, 1943 – politician
- Charles S McDowell, May 22, 1943 – politician[6]
References
- ^ "1943 – Bhamwiki". bhamwiki.com. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ^ "On This Day in 1943: White Workers Riot After Black Workers Promoted in Mobile, Alabama". HNN. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ^ "1943 — Aug 28-29, Sayreton No. 2 Coal Mine methane gas explosions, Birmingham, AL– 28 – Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events". 1943-08-28. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ^ "Spooner Oldham Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ^ "Alabama Legislature". alison.legislature.state.al.us. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ^ "Alabama Department of Archives and History: Ala. Lieutenant Governor Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr". www.archives.state.al.us. Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2025-11-07.