1999

1999 was the 128th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• Richard Arrington stepped down as Mayor of Birmingham after 20 years in the position.
• William Bell was appointed interim mayor.
• October: Bernard Kincaid defeated Bell in the mayoral election
• Highway 151 in Pinson was designated a state highway.
• A flock of chickens took up residence at Birmingham Fire Station No. 2

Business

• Douglas Williamson purchased WFHK-AM for $10,000.
• Ollie's Barbecue relocated from Southside to Hoover.
• The Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, Georgia purchased Birmingham's Home Baking Company.
• B&A Warehouse opened on 1st Avenue South.
• Rob Henrikson was promoted to President of Institutional Business for MetLife, Inc.
• Steve Hewett co-founded EBM Solutions.

Sports

• March: BJCC hosted the Conference USA Men's basketball tournament.
• May: Bob Roller was named Director of Athletics at Samford University.
• June: The Barons hosted the Huntsville Stars in the 4th annual Rickwood Classic, honoring the old Negro leagues.
• November 23: Mal Moore was promoted to athletic director at the University of Alabama.

Works

• Somewhere in All This Green: New and Selected Stories, and A Spring of Souls, books by William Cobb
• Spirit of Steel: Music of the Mines, Railroads and Mills of the Birmingham District, compiled by the Sloss Furnace Association

Buildings

Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park

• June 25: Birmingham Central Station at the Railroad Reservation
• August: The Crescent
• October 16: Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park on 4th Avenue North
• November 30: American Village in Montevallo
• December 3: Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville
• Bluff Park United Methodist Church
• Oak Mountain High School on Caldwell Mill Road
• The Taylor Building on 20th Street North
• Major renovations to the YWCA Building on 3rd Avenue North
• Joe Lee Griffin Field at Samford University

Individuals

• Edward Partridge was named the Margaret Cameron Spain Chain in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAB.
• Phyllis Wyne became director of programs and services for the Literacy Council of Alabama.

Births

• Bond, giraffe

Marriages

• January 2: Shelia Smoot to Robert Ward, Jr

Deaths

• January 9: Carl Elliott, Congressman and historian
• January 10: Jere King, Jr, historian
• January 12: Betty Lou Gerson, radio actress
• February 24: Virginia Foster Durr, Civil Rights activist
• June 23: Ted Bryant, political reporter
• August 8: Harry "The Hat" Walker, baseball player
• August 11: Annie Louise Peoples, nurse
• December 19: Marion Worth, country singer
• Charles Gratton, proprietor of Green Acres Cafe

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1999

See Also

• 1999 City Stages
• 1999 Birmingham Barons
• 1999 UAB Blazers
• 1999 Iron Bowl

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