2006
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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 20: Torchmark announces their move to Texas.
- March 30: Cirque du Soleil makes it's Birmingham debut with "Delirium".
- April 7: Mike Davis names UAB's head men's basketball coach.
Deaths
- January 19: Reverend Willie Spencer of Hueytown
- January 30: Coretta Scott King
- March 22: Alan Potts, owner of Silvertron Café