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* [[Jackie Burkett]], [[Cary Cox]], [[Dave Edwards]], [[Rowdy Gaines]], [[John Hannah]] and [[Billy Southworth]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]]. | * [[Jackie Burkett]], [[Cary Cox]], [[Dave Edwards]], [[Rowdy Gaines]], [[John Hannah]] and [[Billy Southworth]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]]. | ||
* [[Horace Carney]], [[Roosevelt Hatcher]], [[James Henderson]], [[Nathaniel Miller]], [[Bobby Owens]], [[Rose Marie Rushin]], [[Bonna Mae Perine Samuels]], and [[Tommy Stewart]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]. | * [[Horace Carney]], [[Roosevelt Hatcher]], [[James Henderson]], [[Nathaniel Miller]], [[Bobby Owens]], [[Rose Marie Rushin]], [[Bonna Mae Perine Samuels]], and [[Tommy Stewart]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]. | ||
* [[Derrick Thomas]] won the Butkus Award. | |||
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Revision as of 10:12, 6 August 2009
1988 was the 117th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
- Larry Langford was elected Mayor of Fairfield
- Oscar Adams, Jr was re-elected to his seat on the Alabama Supreme Court
Business
Sports
- Eli Gold began announcing Alabama Crimson Tide football games
- Florida defeated Illinois 14-10 in the All-American Bowl at Legion Field on the strength of Emmitt Smith's 159 rushing yards
- March: NCAA Southeast Regional Semifinals and Finals were held at the BJCC
- April 18: Birmingham Barons played their first game at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
- November 25: Auburn Tigers won the 1988 Iron Bowl 15-10 at Legion Field
- See also: 1988 Birmingham Barons
Works
Books
Buildings
People
Awards
- Jackie Burkett, Cary Cox, Dave Edwards, Rowdy Gaines, John Hannah and Billy Southworth were inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
- Horace Carney, Roosevelt Hatcher, James Henderson, Nathaniel Miller, Bobby Owens, Rose Marie Rushin, Bonna Mae Perine Samuels, and Tommy Stewart were inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
- Derrick Thomas won the Butkus Award.
Births
- Murderer Derrol Shaw
- July 28: Erica and Monica Stacy
- August 1: Ryan Kinder
- August 1: Lakendall Sims
Deaths
- March 3: John Fletcher
- July 3: Thales McReynolds
- October 27: James F. Sulzby, Jr
- November 12: Vet Boswell, singer
- Hosea Hudson, labor and civil rights activist
- See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1988
Context
1988 saw perestroika begin in the Soviet Union. George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis to become the 41st President of the United States. Oliver North was indicted in the Iran-Contra Affair. Kirk Gibson hit a dramatic home run to win Game One of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, over the Oakland Athletics, by a score of five runs to four. Singer Roy Orbison died.
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