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===Business===
===Business===
* June: [[Don Drennen Motor Company]] was advised their relationship with Buick would be ending.
* October: [[Don Drennen Motor Company]] was informed General Motors would again have them as a Buick dealer.
* [[Playhouse Costume]] moved to [[Irondale]].
* [[Shwetak Patel]] sold Zensi to Belkin, Inc.
===Openings===
* [[January 29]]: [[Lite Box Gallery]] opened.
* [[January 29]]: [[Lite Box Gallery]] opened.
* January: [[Steve Dubrinsky]] opened [[Max's Delicatessen]] at [[The Colonnade]].
* January: [[Steve Dubrinsky]] opened [[Max's Delicatessen]] at [[The Colonnade]].
* [[February 7]]: [[Frigid Records]] opened.
* [[February 7]]: [[Frigid Records]] opened.
* [[March 6]]: [[Bromberg's]] downtown store closed.
* [[April 14]]: [[Tria Market]] closed.
* [[April 20]]: [[Ezell's Catfish Cabin]] opened in [[Trussville]].
* [[April 20]]: [[Ezell's Catfish Cabin]] opened in [[Trussville]].
* May: [[Don Drennen Motor Company]] lost its standing as a Chrysler dealer.
* [[May 27]]: [[Coffee Shoppee]] opened in [[Five Points West]].
* [[May 27]]: [[Coffee Shoppee]] opened in [[Five Points West]].
* [[June 9]]: [[Dyron's Lowcountry]] opened in [[Crestline Village]].
* [[June 9]]: [[Dyron's Lowcountry]] opened in [[Crestline Village]].
* [[June 26]]: [[Donut Joe's]] opened in [[Pelham]].
* [[June 26]]: [[Donut Joe's]] opened in [[Pelham]].
* June: [[Kool Korner Sandwiches]] opened in [[Vestavia Hills City Center]].
* June: [[Kool Korner Sandwiches]] opened in [[Vestavia Hills City Center]].
* June: [[Don Drennen Motor Company]] was advised their relationship with Buick would be ending.
* July: [[Aquil Abdur-Rasheed, Jr]] opened [[Muzik & More]] in [[Five Points West]].
* July: [[Aquil Abdur-Rasheed, Jr]] opened [[Muzik & More]] in [[Five Points West]].
* [[September 1]]: [[Charm]] opened.
* [[September 1]]: [[Charm]] opened.
* [[September 4]]: [[Grey House Grille]] closed.
* September: [[Floyd & Beasley Transfer]] filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
* October: [[Don Drennen Motor Company]] was informed General Motors would again have them as a Buick dealer.
* [[October 15]]: [[Dodiyós]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[October 15]]: [[Dodiyós]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[Creig Hoskins]] resigned from [[Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio]] to found his own firm.
* [[Creig Hoskins]] resigned from [[Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio]] to found his own firm.
* [[Bodine]] was sold to DeKalb Office of Atlanta, Georgia.
* [[Za Za Trattoria]] opened on [[20th Street North]].
* [[Za Za Trattoria]] opened on [[20th Street North]].
* The [[Tidwell Group]] regained its independence from the Reznick Group and lost partner [[Ken DeWitt]].
* The [[Tidwell Group]] regained its independence from the Reznick Group and lost partner [[Ken DeWitt]].
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* [[Try-Us]] grocery opened in [[Lipscomb]].
* [[Try-Us]] grocery opened in [[Lipscomb]].
* [[Dixon-Ballog Glass Gallery & Studio|Dixon Glass Gallery & Studio]] was founded.
* [[Dixon-Ballog Glass Gallery & Studio|Dixon Glass Gallery & Studio]] was founded.
* [[Playhouse Costume]] moved to [[Irondale]].
* [[Rusty's Bar-B-Q]] opened in [[Leeds]].
* [[Rusty's Bar-B-Q]] opened in [[Leeds]].
* [[Big Bolton’s Barbecue]] opened in [[Argo]].
* [[Big Bolton’s Barbecue]] opened in [[Argo]].
* [[Shwetak Patel]] sold Zensi to Belkin, Inc.
 
===Closings===
* [[March 6]]: [[Bromberg's]] downtown store closed.
* [[April 14]]: [[Tria Market]] closed.
* May: [[Don Drennen Motor Company]] lost its standing as a Chrysler dealer.
* [[September 4]]: [[Grey House Grille]] closed.
* September: [[Floyd & Beasley Transfer]] filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
* [[Bodine]] was sold to DeKalb Office of Atlanta, Georgia.


===Sports===
===Sports===

Revision as of 14:30, 23 September 2011

Banners enlisting support for a domed stadium were produced by Mayor Larry Langford's staff and hung downtown in July 2009

2009 was the 138th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Openings

Closings

Sports

Individuals

Births

Awards

Deaths

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2009 and List of homicides in 2009

Works

Artwork

Buildings

Books

Film and television

Music

See Also

Context

US Airways Flight 1549 made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River. Barack Obama became President of the United States. The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII. Australian bushfires killed 173. Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama was rescued after five days as a Somali pirate hostage. The spread of H1N1 flu was deemed a global pandemic. The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. A soldier at Fort Hood in Texas went on a shooting spree that killed 13 and wounded 30.

Deaths in 2009 included those of Beatrice Arthur, Jack Kemp, Dom DeLuise, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Walter Cronkite, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, and Soupy Sales.

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