2002

2002 is the 131st year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• May: City Stages is held for the second time in May and is plagued by rain and cold weather

Sports

• April 25: The Birmingham Barons defeat the Chattanooga Lookouts 14-4 in the 7th Rickwood Classic

Buildings

• August 9: Topping out ceremony is held for the downtown tower One Concord Center

Deaths

• January 2: Tim Dyson, truck driver, dies in an accident that destroyed a bridge at *Malfunction Junction
• January 19: Virginia Tyler, director of Ensley Community House
• April 8: Marvin L. Warner, US Ambassador to Sweeden and owner of the Birmingham Stallions
• April 9: Dorothy Love Coates, gospel singer and Civil Rights Movement
• August 31: Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
• December 30: Martha Myers, medical missionary

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2002

See Also

• 2002 City Stages
• 2002 Birmingham Barons
• 2002 Birmingham Steeldogs
• 2002 UAB Blazers
• 2002 Iron Bowl

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