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* May 25: [[Audis Williams]], [[Clay]] building inspector | * May 25: [[Audis Williams]], [[Clay]] building inspector | ||
* June 9: [[Walter Hill]], former [[Sardis Missionary Baptist Church]] deacon, murdered | * June 9: [[Walter Hill]], former [[Sardis Missionary Baptist Church]] deacon, murdered | ||
* July 14: [[George M. Murray]], former Bishop of Alabama | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 10:43, 18 July 2006
2006 is the 135th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- February 3: Three Birmingham college students set fire to 9 rural Alabama churches.
- February 20: 16th Street Baptist Church designated a National Historic Landmark.
- February 26: ESPN Classic televises a re-created Negro League game from Rickwood Field.
- March 15: BhamWiki launched.
- March 20: Torchmark announces their move to Texas.
- March 26: Mike Anderson accepts an offer to become Missouri's head basketball coach.
- March 30: Cirque du Soleil makes it's Birmingham debut with "Delirium".
- April 7: Mike Davis named UAB's new men's basketball coach.
- May 22: Avondale Mills makes plans to shut all mills.
- May 24: Taylor Hicks wins American Idol.
- May 24: Regions Bank and AmSouth Bank announce plans for a merger.
- June 6: Statewide primary and referendum.
- June 15-22: 217th Presbyterian General Assembly held in Birmingham.
- June 16-18: 2006 City Stages.
- June 17: 1906 Shelby County time capsule opened.
Deaths
- January 19: Reverend Willie Spencer of Hueytown
- January 30: Coretta Scott King
- March 12: Richard N. Murray, former director of the Birmingham Museum of Art
- March 22: Alan Potts, owner of Silvertron Café
- April 4: Shirley Crumley, casting director
- May 25: Audis Williams, Clay building inspector
- June 9: Walter Hill, former Sardis Missionary Baptist Church deacon, murdered
- July 14: George M. Murray, former Bishop of Alabama