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* [[June 22]]: ''[[Local Mug Shots]]'' began publishing its Birmingham-area edition. | * [[June 22]]: ''[[Local Mug Shots]]'' began publishing its Birmingham-area edition. | ||
* [[June 27]]: [[Nonna's]] restaurant closed. | * [[June 27]]: [[Nonna's]] restaurant closed. | ||
* [[July 16]]: [[Sol's Sandwich Shop]] reopened downtown after a 13-year absence. | |||
* [[July 21]]: [[Seafood D'Lite]] opened downtown. | |||
== People & animals == | == People & animals == | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 22 July 2008
2008 is the 137th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- January 1: Mayor Larry Langford's Birmingham Economic and Community Revitalization Ordinance sales tax and business license fees increase went into effect.
- January 1: The Birmingham logo was unveiled.
- January 2: The Power of God Deliverance Ministry church building was destroyed by fire.
- January 6: The rear wall of the S. J. Bennett Professional Building collapsed.
- January 11: Groundbreaking was held for Seven Springs Ecoscape.
- January 15: V... The Statue was introduced.
- January 18: 2008 State of the Region luncheon
- January 25: The Bush Hills sinkhole appeared.
- February 5: A Jefferson County Commission special election was held.
- February 16: The Hoover Crescent Islamic Center opened.
- March 14-16: OmegaCon
- May 2-3: Crawfish Boil
- May 10: 7th annual Buck Creek Festival
- May 31-June 1: Magic City Brew Fest
- June 1: Preserve Jazz Festival
- June 7: Alabaster CityFest
- June 29: 2008 Blackwater Creek plane crash
Business
- January: The former HealthSouth corporate headquarters and incomplete HealthSouth digital hospital was sold to the Daniel Corporation for $43.5 million.
- January: Nightclub The Station closed.
- January 25: Nightclub Zen opened.
- February: Book store and publisher GreencupBooks opened.
- February: The Harbert family sold Regions-Harbert Plaza.
- February 9: Red Mountain Market opened.
- April 1: CB&S Bank opened its first Birmingham-area branch.
- June 2: Moe's Original BBQ opened a second area location.
- June 22: Local Mug Shots began publishing its Birmingham-area edition.
- June 27: Nonna's restaurant closed.
- July 16: Sol's Sandwich Shop reopened downtown after a 13-year absence.
- July 21: Seafood D'Lite opened downtown.
People & animals
Awards
- June 8: Amanda Tapley was named Miss Alabama.
- June 30: Bill Cleveland replaced the retiring Jodi Newton as superintendent of Homewood City Schools.
- Dicky Barlow became assistant superintendent of Mountain Brook Schools.
- Vic Wilson replaced Dicky Barlow as principal of Mountain Brook High School.
- Kevin Maddox replaced Vic Wilson as principal of Homewood High School.
- Martin Nalls replaced Kevin Maddox as principal of Homewood Middle School.
- Ben Hudson replaced the retiring Garry Rickard as principal of Mountain Brook Junior High School.
- Don Hulin was hired as principal of Hoover High School.
Deaths
- January 4: Tom Jernigan, founder and CEO of the Marathon Corporation
- January 4: Doc Soul Stirrer, entertainer and newspaper columnist
- January 6: Geoff Stone, police officer
- January 8: Ace Trammell, labor activist
- January 11: Stead Baxendale, real estate broker
- January 13: Bik Lonnie, music and video producer
- January 19: Bronner Burgess, son of Rick Burgess
- February 4: Glynn West, business manager
- February 15: Morris Mayer, marketing professor
- February 16: Lee McGriff, insurance executive and former Mayor of Mountain Brook
- February 16: Reverend James Orange
- February 22: Don Cornutt, educator and musician
- February 27: Bishop Ruby Kile
- March 4: Jack Voorhies, voice actor and announcer
- March 10: Dennis Irwin, jazz musician
- March 15: Henry Aizenman, Holocaust survivor
- March 15: Sam Pointer, Jr, retired federal judge
- March 22: Joe Joseph, developer
- March 25: Victor Ellis, newspaper editor
- March 28: Anne Woodward, age 99
- March 31: Alfonzo Scales, minister and local SCLC leader
- April 7: Bobby Hoppe, former Auburn football player
- April 10: Helen Davis, the first female Architect licensed in Alabama
- April 11: Babec, Birmingham Zoo gorilla
- April 12: Joseph Campbell, former Birmingham News editor
- April 15: Charlie Blair, former Birmingham Post-Herald editor
- April 15: Billy Martin, advertising executive
- April 20: Charles Todel, longtime minister in Gate City
- May 3: C. Paul Perry, physician
- May 13: Randy Mixon, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Captain
- May 13: Al O'Brien, painter
- May 14: Brandee Skinner
- May 14: Ben Saxon
- May 27: Willie Scoggins, high school basketball coach
- June 2: Mary Anne Blake
- June 24: Chuck Dryden, World War II pilot and Tuskegee airman
- June 27: Clarke Stallworth, newspaper editor and reporter
- July 1: Kenneth Daniel, CEO of ACIPCO
Works
Buildings
- January: Heritage Hall
- January: Covenant Presbyterian Church addition
- April: 2600 Highland Avenue (expected completion)
- Fall: Hewitt-Trussville High School (expected completion)
- Fall: Montevallo National Cemetery (expected opening)
- New Trussville Community Center (expected completion)
Books
- Birmingham, 35 Miles, a novel by James Braziel
See Also
- 2008 Birmingham Barons
- 2008 City Stages
- 2008 Iron Bowl
- 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament
- 2008 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
- 2008 UAB Blazers football
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