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==Events==
==Events==
* May: ''[[I Cover the War]]'' publishes its final issue.
[[Image:City Stages 1989.png|right|thumb|175px|City Stages]]
* May 24: [[Festival 18|Cobb Festival 12 Cinemas]] opens at [[Eastwood Festival Centre]]
* [[January 3]]: Bartender [[David Painter]] was was shot and killed during a robbery at [[Mabel's Beauty Shop & Chainsaw Repair]].
* June 16-18: The first [[1989 City Stages|City Stages]] is held at [[Linn Park]].
* April: [[Festival of Arts]] Salute to France.
* July 4: [[Statue of Liberty]] dedicated at [[Liberty Park]].
* [[April 18]]: The city of [[Fort Payne]] celebrated its centennial with a [[Guinness World Record holders#1980s|record-breaking cake]] and a [[Fort Payne time capsule|time capsule]] containing a VHS tape and VCR.
* Bonds issued for expansion of the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]].
* May: ''[[I Cover the War]]'' published its final issue.
* [[Elmer Harris]] becomes President and CEO of [[Alabama Power]].
* [[May 24]]: [[Festival 18|Cobb Festival 12 Cinemas]] opened at [[Eastwood Festival Centre]] and [[Books-A-Million]] opened at [[Eastwood Mall]], which underwent a major renovation.
* [[Kay Tiption]] named chair of the [[Vestavia Hills High School]] math department.
* [[June 16]]-[[June 18|18]]: The first [[1989 City Stages|City Stages]] was held at [[Linn Park]].
* [[James Andrews]] purchases the [[Wofford residence]] on [[Salisbury Road]].
* [[June 25]]: Birmingham's first [[Gay Pride Parade]] was held in [[Southside]].
* Omicron Lambda chapter of Chi Omega founded at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[July 4]]: [[Liberty National]]'s [[Liberty National statue|bronze copy]] of New York's Statue of Liberty was dedicated at [[Liberty Park]].
* [[October 5]]: [[The Rolling Stones]]' "Steel Wheels" tour [[List of concerts at Legion Field|played at Legion Field]].
* [[October 27]]: [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Gulf Breeze]]'' route made its inaugural run from [[Birmingham]] to Mobile.
* [[December 9]]: Bishop [[Raymond Boland]] announced that [[John Carroll Catholic High School]] would relocate to [[Wildwood]].
* Bonds were issued for expansion of the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]].
* [[James Andrews]] purchased the [[Wofford residence]] on [[Salisbury Road]].
* Omicron Lambda chapter of Chi Omega was founded at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* A new [[Birmingham City Council]] was seated.
* [[WBRC-6]] premiered its ''[[Sideline]]'' high school football reports.
* [[Barrett Elementary School]] was converted from a K-8 to a true elementary school.
* Rock band [[Remy Zero]] was founded.
* The [[Sardis Christian School]] was founded at [[Sardis Missionary Baptist Church]].
* Jessica Hahn appeared as the grand master of the [[Do Dah Day]] parade.
* The first funds for feasibility studies were earmarked for a [[Interstate 422|Northern Beltline]].
* 1-gallon jugs of [[Milo's Tea Company|Milo's Tea]] appeared in grocery stores.
* The first trail was cut through the [[Boulder Canyon Nature Area]] in [[Vestavia Hills]].
* [[Cliff Holman|Cousin Cliff]]'s Clubhouse moved from the Alabama Cable Network to [[Birmingham Cable Communications]].
* [[Robert Miller]] succeeded [[Furman Stough]] as [[Episcopal Bishop of Alabama]]
* The [[Birmingham Beautification Board]] changed its name to the [[Keep Birmingham Beautiful Commission]].
* [[Studio by the Tracks]] was founded by [[Ila Faye Miller]].


==Sports==
===Business===
* January 29: "Demolition" defends their WWF Tag-Team Championship.
* [[Coats & Co.]] was founded by [[Rob Coats]].
* October: The [[Birmingham Barons]] win the Southern League title.
* [[Benny LaRussa]] purchased the [[Jack's]] franchise.
* December: [[Auburn University]] hosts the 1st [[Iron Bowl]] ever played at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
* [[Barnes & Associates]] was founded by [[Anthony Barnes]].
* [[Mike Davis]] hired as assistant coach at [[Miles College]].
* [[WTTO-21]] was sold to ABRY Broadcasting Partners.
* [[Airwave Recording Studios]] was founded by [[Marc Phillips]] and [[Joel Bouchillon]].
* [[Antique Super Mall]] was opened in [[Hoover]].
* [[Barbour-Cooper & Partners]] landscape architects was acquired by [[Cecil Jones & Associates]] civil engineers.
* [[Compass Bank]] acquired the City National Bank of Plano, Texas.
* The [[Alabama Power Foundation]] was established.
* [[55th Place]] thrift shop was opened by the [[Episcopal Diocese of Alabama]].
* [[Deborah Stephens]] founded [[Behavioral Health Systems]].
* [[WJLD-AM]] switched to an urban oldies format.
* [[Metro Bank]] was founded in [[Pell City]].
* [[NewsBreak]] closed.
* [[Manna Grocery & Deli]] in [[Tuscaloosa]] moved to its present location on [[McFarland Boulevard]].
* [[Joe Farley]] stepped down as president of the [[Alabama Power Company]].
* [[Pat Courington Sr]] retired from business.
* [[Brownell Travel]] was bought by a group of investors.
* [[Rocky Rawlins]] and [[Tom Egan]] sold the rights to the name "[[America On-Line]]" to Quantum Computer Services.
* [[WKXX-FM]] returned to Top-40 as [[X-106]].
* [[Catherine Oztekin]] opened [[Otey's Tavern|Cacky's]] bar in [[Crestline Village]].
* [[Gary Ivey]] purchased the [[Crest Cadillac|Scoles Cadillac]] dealership and renamed it [[Crest Cadillac]].
* [[Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan]] was placed under FDIC control.
* [[Applebee's|Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill]] opened at [[Brookwood Village]].
* The architecture firm of [[Warren, Knight & Davis]] was dissolved with the death of [[John Davis Jr]].
* The [[J. C. McGahan Company]] was acquired by Trinity Industries of Dallas, Texas.
* The [[Birmingham City Council]] amended the [[Birmingham sign ordinance]] to prohibit the construction of new billboards within the city limits.
* [[Joe Dickson]] bought the ''[[Birmingham World]]'' newspaper.
* [[Randy Johnson]] founded the [[RJR Mining Company]].
* [[Kent Griggs]] opened [[Kent's Magic City Dining Room]].


==National Register of Historic Places==
===Sports===
* [[Downtown Birmingham Retail and Theatre Historic District]]
* [[January 29]]: "Demolition" defended their WWF Tag-Team Championship.
* [[Manchester Terrace]]
* October: The [[1989 Birmingham Barons]] won the Southern League title.
* [[Phelan Park Historic District]]
* October: Alabama A&M defeated Alabama State 17-10 in the [[Magic City Classic]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[Pratt City Carline Historic District]]
* [[December 2]]: The [[Auburn Tigers]] won the [[1989 Iron Bowl]] 30-20, the first to be played at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
* [[Thomas Historic District]]
* [[Mike Davis]] was hired as an assistant basketball coach at [[Miles College]].
* [[Murry Bartow]] joined the staff of the [[UAB Blazers]], under his father, [[Gene Bartow]]
* Texas Tech defeated Duke 49-21 in the [[All-American Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]].
* 9,010 fans watched the [[UAB Blazers]] play Alcorn State at [[Bartow Arena]].
* [[Davey Allison]] won the [[Winston 500]].
* [[Bo Jackson]] named MVP of the MLB All-Star Game
:''See also: [[1989 Birmingham Barons]], [[1989 Iron Bowl]]


==Deaths==
==Individuals==
* December 13: Circuit Court Judge [[Robert Vance]] killed by a mail bomb.
* [[January 3]]: [[Charles Gordon]] joined the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service]].
* [[Oliver Adams]] was appointed chief of the [[Bessemer Police Department]].
* [[Glen Browder]] was elected to represent the [[3rd Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[Pat Byington]] became executive director of the [[Alabama Environmental Council]].
* [[Wes Chapman]] was promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre.
* [[Larry David]] served as president of [[AIA Birmingham]].
* [[Bill Elder]] became pastor of [[Vestavia Hills Baptist Church]].
* [[Elmer Harris]] became President and CEO of [[Alabama Power]].
* [[Hank Hartsfield]] was appointed Director of Technical Integration and Analysis for NASA.
* [[Joey Kennedy]] joined the editorial board of ''[[The Birmingham News]]''.
* [[Richie Kingsmore]] became minister of instrumental music at [[Shades Mountain Baptist Church]].
* [[Richard Shahan]] became associate pastor for childhood education and family growth at [[Shades Mountain Baptist Church]].
* [[Juan Navia]] was named acting dean of the [[UAB School of Public Health]].
* [[Condoleezza Rice]] was named Director of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council.
* [[Eric Robert Rudolph]] was discharged from the Army.
* [[James Spann]] returned to the Birmingham market at [[WBRC 6]].
* [[Kay Tipton]] was named chair of the [[Vestavia Hills High School]] math department.


===Births===
* [[January 17]]: [[Sebastian Kole]], singer-songwriter
* [[March 12]]: [[Areyelle Yarbrough]], accountant
* [[May 10]]: [[Jamaree' Collins]], tutor
* [[June 7]]: [[Josh Coleman]], Birmingham LGBTQ+ Liaison
* [[July 14]]: [[Rolando McClain]], [[Alabama Crimson Tide football]] linebacker
* [[July 20]]: [[Tyler Saladino]], [[Birmingham Barons]] player
* [[August 5]]: [[Hamilton Cleverdon]], composer
* [[September 8]]: [[Natalie Williams]], [[Al.com]] sports reporter
* [[December 21]]: [[Mark Ingram Jr]], Heisman trophy winner
* [[December 28]]: [[Marcus Jemison]], high school football star
* [[Buster]], [[Birmingham Zoo]] cheetah
* [[Katie Crutchfield]] and [[Allison Crutchfield]], musicians
* [[Samantha Dubrinksy]], former [[Levite Jewish Community Center]] director
* [[Matt Gossett]], champion skeet shooter
* [[Janelle Issis]], bellydancer
* [[Marquis Maze]], [[Alabama Crimson Tide football]] wide receiver
* [[Teddy T|Deandrea "Teddy T" Thomas]], rapper
===Awards===
* [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]: (17 honorees)
* [[Birmingham Association of Realtors]] Realtor of the Year: [[Jim Lawrence]]
* [[AHSAA]] girl's basketball Coach of the Year: [[Iola Baylor]]
* [[Miss Shelby County]]: [[Teresa Chappell]]
===Graduations===
* [[Reid Adair]], bachelor's degree in journalism from [[UAB]]
* [[Al Sutton]], master's of divinity at Virginia Union College in Richmond, Virginia
===Marriages===
* [[Davey Allison|Davey]] and [[Liz Allison]]
===Retirements===
* [[Annie Easley]] retired from NASA after 34 years.
* Sergeant [[Betty Jensen]] retired from the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[John Wright]] retired from [[UAB Hospital]].
===Deaths===
* [[Florence Hixson]], first dean of the [[UAB School of Nursing]], serving from 1950 to 1970.
* [[March 11]]: [[Anna Praytor]], educator and bookseller
* [[April 19]]: [[Chris Robino]], chaplain
* [[May 3]]: [[Joseph Volker]], first [[List of UAB presidents|president of UAB]] and first [[Chancellor of the University of Alabama System]]
* [[May 7]]: [[William Veenschoten]], manufacturers' representative
* [[June 27]]: [[J. Clyde Orr]], educator
* [[July 8]]: [[Cary Allbritton]], artist
* [[August 16]]: [[Amanda Blake]], actress and cheetah breeder
* [[September 17]]: [[Francis Falkenburg]], [[Alabama State House of Representatives|State legislator]] and [[Alabama Theatre]] manager
* [[September 21]]: [[Rex Copeland]], [[Samford University]] student
* [[October 30]]: [[Afton Lee Sr]]: businessman and land owner
* November: [[Mildred Brown]], newspaper publisher
* [[November 30]]: [[John Farr Sr]], auto dealer
* [[December 16]]: [[Robert Vance]], Circuit Court Judge
:''See also: [[List of homicides in 1989]]''
==Works==
* ''Sex and Buttered Popcorn'', documentary about [[David F. Friedman]]
* "After All"/"True Believer in Love", single by [[Sam Dees]]
* "Singin' in the Bathtub", audiocassette  of the [[Alabama Theatre]]'s Wurlitzer Organ by Jim Riggs
* ''Elvis' Grave'', feature film shot in Birmingham
* ''The Inner Frontier'', sound recording by [[Timothy Leary]] and Robert Anton Wilson
* The [[Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1]] commissioned [[Centurion]] sculpture from [[Branko Medenica]].
* "[[Mr President]]", song co-written and co-produced by [[Ray Reach]] to benefit the homeless.
* [[Pinky Bass]] constructed her "Portable Pop-up Pinhole Camera and Darkroom".
* The feature film "[[Elvis' Grave]]" was [[List of feature films shot in Birmingham|shot in the Birmingham area]].
===Books===
* ''Designs on Birmingham: A Landscape History of a Southern City and Its Suburbs.'' by [[Philip Morris]] and [[Marjorie Longenecker White]]
* ''[[Place Names in Alabama]]'' by [[Virginia Foscue]]
* ''Women, Culture and Politics'', book by [[Angela Davis]]
* {{Franklin-1989}}
* ''This Boy's Life'', memoir by [[Tobias Wolff]]
* ''Wendel on the Rebound'', comic strip anthology by [[Howard Cruse]]
* ''Returning to Earth'' by [[Charles Ghigna]]
* ''Streets of Fire'' by [[Thomas H. Cook]]
* ''Julia Tutwiler: the Pathfinder'' by Rusty Bynum
* ''The Wolf's Hour'' and ''Blue World'' by [[Robert R. McCammon]]
* ''This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems'' by [[Margaret Walker]]
* ''Fish'' and ''Purple Dreams'' by [[Mary Ann Sampson]]
* ''Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet'' by [[Jan Willis]]
* ''[[Paladin]]'' comic book, issue no. 1, by [[Lee Walser]]
* Levin, Sis (1989) ''Beirut Diary: A Husband Held Hostage and a Wife Determined to Set Him Free.'' Westmont, Illinois: InterVarsity Press ISBN 9780830817160
===Buildings===
* [[All Saints Episcopal Church]] repairs and renovations
* [[1901 Sixth Avenue|AmSouth-Harbert Plaza]]
* [[Crestwood Festival Center|Eastwood Festival Centre]] / [[Festival 18]]
* Expansion of [[Jack Wood Stadium]]
* Interior renovation of the [[Linn-Henley Research Library]]
* Expansion of [[Children's Hospital]]
* [[First Christian Church]] at [[Valleydale Road]]
* [[Graymont Elementary School]] closed.
* [[Shades Mountain Baptist Church]] held the first services in their new 3,500-seat worship center.
* [[St Theresa Catholic Church]] bell tower
* [[March 26]]: [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]]
==Context==
In 1989 the Showa period in Japan ended with the death of Hirohito. George H. W. Bush was sworn in as president. The USSR pulled out of Afghanistan. The first GPS satellite was launched. Author Salman Rushdie went into hiding. Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications. The ''Exxon Valdez'' ran aground in Prince William Sound. The Gameboy debuted in Japan. Disney-MGM studios opened in Orlando. The Chinese government was defied by student protesters in Tiananmen Square. ''Seinfeld'' premiered on NBC and ''The Simpsons'' debuted on FOX. Pete Rose was banned from baseball. Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina. The Velvet Revolution brought democracy to Czechoslovakia. The Nobel Peace Prize went to the Dalai Lama. I. M. Pei's Louvre pyramid was completed.
Notable 1989 births include actors Jake Lloyd & Daniel Radcliffe and golfer Michelle Wie.  Notable deaths included Emperor Hirohito of Japan, the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, artist Salvador Dalí, Ted Bundy, Robert Mapplethorpe, actress Lucille Ball, Sergio Leone, Gilda Radner, Mel Blanc, Laurence Olivier, Irving Berlin, Secretariat, Bette Davis, Alvin Ailey and Samuel Beckett.
The top films were ''Batman'', and ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''. ''Driving Miss Daisy'' was Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Top pop singles included Madonna's "Like a Prayer", Phil Collins "Another Day in Paradise", and Milli Vanilli's "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You," "Baby Don't Forget My Number," and "Blame it on the Rain."
The Booker Prize for literature went to Kazuo Ishiguro for ''Remains of the Day''.
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Latest revision as of 14:13, 11 May 2024

1989 was the 118th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

City Stages

Business

Sports

See also: 1989 Birmingham Barons, 1989 Iron Bowl

Individuals

Births

Awards

Graduations

  • Reid Adair, bachelor's degree in journalism from UAB
  • Al Sutton, master's of divinity at Virginia Union College in Richmond, Virginia

Marriages

Retirements

Deaths

See also: List of homicides in 1989

Works

Books

Buildings

Context

In 1989 the Showa period in Japan ended with the death of Hirohito. George H. W. Bush was sworn in as president. The USSR pulled out of Afghanistan. The first GPS satellite was launched. Author Salman Rushdie went into hiding. Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications. The Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound. The Gameboy debuted in Japan. Disney-MGM studios opened in Orlando. The Chinese government was defied by student protesters in Tiananmen Square. Seinfeld premiered on NBC and The Simpsons debuted on FOX. Pete Rose was banned from baseball. Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina. The Velvet Revolution brought democracy to Czechoslovakia. The Nobel Peace Prize went to the Dalai Lama. I. M. Pei's Louvre pyramid was completed.

Notable 1989 births include actors Jake Lloyd & Daniel Radcliffe and golfer Michelle Wie. Notable deaths included Emperor Hirohito of Japan, the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, artist Salvador Dalí, Ted Bundy, Robert Mapplethorpe, actress Lucille Ball, Sergio Leone, Gilda Radner, Mel Blanc, Laurence Olivier, Irving Berlin, Secretariat, Bette Davis, Alvin Ailey and Samuel Beckett.

The top films were Batman, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Driving Miss Daisy was Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Top pop singles included Madonna's "Like a Prayer", Phil Collins "Another Day in Paradise", and Milli Vanilli's "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You," "Baby Don't Forget My Number," and "Blame it on the Rain."

The Booker Prize for literature went to Kazuo Ishiguro for Remains of the Day.

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