2021
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2021 is the 150th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- April 12–14: The Frontier Conference 2021, originally scheduled for April 2020, was held at the Lyric Theatre.
Business
- 1st quarter: SouthFirst Bank of Sylacauga merged with FirstBanc of Talladega.
- Heiche opened an advanced metal coating facility at the Jasper Industrial Park.
Establishments
- January 6: Cook Out opened at 2411 3rd Avenue South.
- January 25: Buc-ee's opened in Leeds.
Disestablishments
Education
Government
Religion
Sports
Individuals
- Chuck Holmes became executive director of the Alabama Humanities Alliance.
Births
Awards
Graduations
Marriages
Retirements
- John Owen retired as chief operating officer of Regions Bank.
Deaths
- January 1: Mike Coppage, former Birmingham Police chief and Alabama Department of Public Safety director
- January 3: Bill Stewart, professor of political science
- January 3: Joann Bashinsky, Golden Flake heiress
Works
Books
- Shaking the Gates of Hell, family memoir by John Archibald
Buildings
- Asian Passage at the Birmingham Zoo
- Birmingham VA Mental Health Clinic on Crestwood Boulevard
- Buc-ee's travel stop in Leeds
- The Citizen "micro-unit" apartments on 18th Street South
- Hilton Tapestry Collection in Homewood
- Hoover Fire Station No. 11 in Trace Crossings
- Jones Valley Trail extension to Avondale
- Protective Stadium at the BJCC
- The Railyard "micro-unit" apartments on 1st Avenue South
- Tarrant City Hall
Demolitions
Context
In 2021 insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, disrupting Congress's certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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