2013
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2013 was the 142nd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- The City of Birmingham observed the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham campaign and church bombing under the banner of "50 Years Forward".
- January 1: Cooper Green Mercy Hospital reopened as a primary and urgent care clinic.
- January 1: Three teens were killed in the 2013 Jasper plane crash.
- January 17: A rare thundersnow brought 2" to the Birmingham area.
- January 22: Paul Finebaum hosted his last show on WJOX-FM.
- February 4: A BJCTA "DART" trolley, fueled by compressed natural gas, caught fire downtown.
- February 13: Alabama Power ended service from the Powell Avenue Steam Plant to UAB.
- March 22: A flight information display at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport fell over, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring his mother and siblings.
- March 29: A fire in the vacant S. J. Bennett Professional Building resulted in a structural collapse.
- March 30: Activist Angela Davis addressed the Birmingham NAACP at 6th Avenue Baptist Church.
- June 16: Birmingham was selected as an "All-America City" by the National Civic League.
- August 14: 2013 Airport Highlands plane crash.
- August 23-25: 2013 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
- September 11-15: Empowerment Week.
- September 13–15: 2013 U. S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting.
- November 7-10: 2013 National Humanities Conference
- November 28: A plane crash in a Trussville field resulted in minor injuries.
Business
- January 1: Warren Averett LLC acquired accounting offices in Tampa, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia.
- January 2: WJOX-FM became a CBS Sports Radio affiliate.
- January 2: ProAssurance acquired the Medmarc Insurance Group of Chantilly, Virginia.
- January: Daxko acquired North Carolina-based Active Life Apps.
- January: Kyung Chung purchased Max's Delicatessen from Steve Dubrinsky.
- January: Choice Hotels rebranded its Alabama Jameson Inns as Quality Inns.
- January 20: Weld entered into a partnership with The Tuscaloosa News to share resources.
- January 22: The Alabama Media Group put the 6-year-old Birmingham News building up for sale.
- Express Oil Change acquired Tire Engineers.
- April: Urban Cookhouse opened a third location in Crestline Village.
- July 29: Russell Athletic closed its Alexander City mill.
- Two North Twentieth was sold for $19 million.
- White Arnold & Dowd merged with Stockham & Stockham attorneys.
- Harbert Realty Services acquired Harris Tynes Realty Group.
- Sterne Agee purchased Yorvik Partners brokerage of London, England.
Establishments
- January 13: Heavenly Donut Company opened on Cahaba River Road
- March: Harold & MOD was founded.
- May 1: Krewe on First opened.
- May 20: Cahaba Beach Dog Park opened in Inverness.
- July 2: Birmingham Mountain Radio began broadcasting over the air on FM 107.3.
- August 1: Carrigan's Public House opened on Morris Avenue.
- September: Tau Poco opened on 20th Street North
- September 7: Dixie Fish Co. opened on U.S. Highway 280.
- The Collins bar opened on 2nd Avenue South.
- October: Freshfully and Harold & MOD opened a retail shop in the Burger-Phillips building.
- November: Seasick Records opened in Avondale.
- December: McEnally's Mercantile opened in Clay.
- December: The Alabama Biscuit Company opened in Cahaba Heights.
Disestablishments
- January: Thorpe-Sunbelt Inc. of Houston, Texas purchased Empire Refractory Specialists.
- April: Paramount yogurt shop closed.
- The Barking Kudu closed.
- May 4: Bessemer police shut down Gip's Place for operating illegally.
- Colonial Properties Trust was acquired by Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee.
- July: Café de Paris closed.
- August 8: Judge Joseph Boohaker ordered the closure of New Woman All Women Health Care.
- August 31: Marty's closed.
- Metro Bar closed.
- December 15: The Eastwood K-Mart closed.
- December: PKA Architects was acquired by BDG Architects of Tampa, Florida.
- December: Molton, Allen & Williams was acquired by USI Insurance Services of Valhalla, New York.
- December 29: Yankee Pizzeria closed.
- December 31: Lyric Hot Dogs closed.
Education
- July 1: Alabaster City Schools formally split from Shelby County Schools.
Government
- January 15: 2013 State of the City address.
- May 14: The Birmingham City Council passed the "Kevin Felder ordinance" establishing stiff security and reporting requirements for nightclubs.
- The Jefferson Rehabilitation and Health Center in Ketona was sold to Tara Jane, LLC, of Orchard Park, New York
- August 27: 2013 Birmingham municipal election
- October 8: 2013 Birmingham municipal election runoffs
- October 22: Birmingham city officials were sworn in and Maxine Parker was elected City Council president.
- October 29: The State of Alabama settled two lawsuits by agreeing to block several provisions of the controversial Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act.
- December 17: The Birmingham City Council passed a Food Truck ordinance.
Nonprofits
- January 24: The Shades Valley Family YMCA renovations had their official ribbon-cutting ceremony.
- September 1: Rachel Lindley began her tenure as news director for WBHM-FM.
Sports
- January 5: BBVA Compass Bowl: The Ole Miss Rebels defeated the Pitt Panthers 38-17.
- January 7: The 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to claim a 15th National Championship.
- February 17: Mercedes Marathon: Mario Macias of Colorado won with a record time of 2:18:48. Camille Heron of West Lafayette, Indiana led female runners with a time of 2:44:25.
- March 3-9: NCAA Division II track & field, swimming, diving and wrestling championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex
- April 10: 2013 Birmingham Barons opened the new Regions Field in downtown Birmingham with a game against the Mississippi Braves.
- May 26: LSU beat Vanderbilt 5-4 in 11 innings to win the 2013 SEC Baseball Tournament at the Hoover Met. The tournament reportedly drew a record 134,496 total fans.
- May 29: The Barons won the 2013 Rickwood Classic
- June 6-9: David Frost won the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club.
- October 6: UAB Blazers football coach Garrick McGee promoted Jimmy Williams to defensive coordinator and demoted Reggie Johnson to outside linebackers coach.
- November 30: The Auburn Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 34-28 in the 2013 Iron Bowl at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Individuals
- Andrew Glaze succeeded Sue Brannan Walker as Poet Laureate of Alabama.
- Bob Dickerson was elected chair of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
- January 2: Stephen Nowlin succeeded Phil Hammonds as Superintendent of Jefferson County Schools.
- January 14: Jeremy Littleton was appointed chief of Montevallo Police Department.
- February 8: Ray Watts succeeded Richard Marchase as President of UAB.
- May 6: Attorney Jim Porter became president of the National Rifle Association.
- August 2: Former JCCEO director Gayle Cunningham and her daughter, Kelli Caulfield, pleaded guilty to theft from JCCEO accounts.
- Selwyn Vickers succeeded interim dean Anupam Agarwal as head of the UAB School of Medicine.
Awards
- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame:
- Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame:
- Alabama Men's Hall of Fame: Thomas Corts, Emory Cunningham & Eugene Sledge
- Alabama Sports Hall of Fame: Ronnie Baynes, Forrest Blue, Eric Davis, Bill Jones, Bill Oliver, Vickie Orr, Nick Saban & Dannette Stone
- Alabama State Teacher of the Year: Alison Grizzle, P. D. Jackson-Olin High School
- Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame: Bert Campaneris, Jimmy Piersall, Ben Cook & Curt Bloom
- Birmingham Business Hall of Fame: Mike Goodrich, J. R. McWane, William McWane, Jim McWane, Arthur Shores, and Herb Sklenar
- Birmingham Gallery of Distinguished Citizens: Bill Ricker, Johnny Robinson, Fred Shuttlesworth, Yvonne Turner & Virgil Ware
- Bobby Bowden Collegiate Coach of the Year Award: Nick Saban
- Miss Samford: Lauren Hunt
- Mr Football: Jeremy Johnson, Carver-Montgomery
- Primetime Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series": Tony Hale
Marriages
- January 15: Actor Jim Nabors to Stan Cadwallader
- September 14: Rep. Patricia Todd to Jennifer Clarke
Retirements
- March: Mal Moore, Director of Athletics at the University of Alabama
- May: Herman Hinton, Deputy Chief for the Birmingham Police Department
- May 17: Moody Duff, Deputy Chief for the Birmingham Police Department
- September: Frank Topping, Director of Institutional Advancement, Planning, and Development at Miles College
- December 31: Samuetta Drew, Chief of Operations for Birmingham City Schools
- John L. Carroll, dean of the Cumberland School of Law
- Scott Vowell, presiding judge, 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
Deaths
- January 17: James Hood, integrated the University of Alabama
- January 19: Russell Yarbrough, Birmingham City Council member
- January 23: Doug Waits, Birmingham-Southern College biology professor
- February 1: Marty Eagle, owner of Marty's bar
- February 15: Bill Steltemeier, attorney and EWTN CEO
- February 20: Sara Finley, medical geneticist
- March 6: Giuseppe "Papa Joe" Bertolone, restaurateur
- March 9: Helen Cockrell, secretary
- March 15: Cam Langley, glass artist
- March 15: Hardrock Gunter, rockabilly pioneer
- March 17: Ted Hallmark, owner of Hallmark Farm
- March 22: Luke Bresette, victim in the 2013 Birmingham airport fatality.
- March 23: Virgil Trucks, pitcher
- March 30: Mal Moore, Alabama Crimson Tide football player, coach and athletic director
- April 7: James Lewis, publisher of the Birmingham Times
- April 7: Reuben Davis, one-term Jefferson County Commissioner
- April 23: Marvin Engel, real estate executive and philanthropist
- May 1: Mike Froning, founding director of the Birmingham Education Foundation
- June 1: Dorothy Porter, singer, educator and widow of John Porter
- June 5: Jim Parsons, former Birmingham police chief
- June 11: Johnny Smith, jazz guitarist
- June 29: Jack Gotta, former Birmingham Americans head coach and general manager
- July 1: Frank Parsons, attorney and 1979 mayoral candidate
- July 4: Errol Milliard, Army combat engineer, killed by rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan
- July 29: Ed Sprague, building supplier
- August 2: Bill Tant, diving instructor and promoter
- August 4: Jim Beckham, Alabama Power Company executive
- August: Pete Clifford, Methodist minister and former Birmingham City Council member
- September 2: Wayne Wallace, host of the "Dixie Gospel Caravan"
- September 5: Richard Vigneulle, banker and Shades Mountain Independent Church pastor
- September 6: Les Longshore, tennis pro and coach
- September 11: Demetrius Newton, Alabama State Representative
- September: Chuck Geiss, publisher of Black & White
- September 12: Sheldon Hackney, historian, educator and chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- September 15: John Ritchie, US Air Force veteran and Chelsea founder
- September 19: Joe Rhodes, Birmingham Police Department chaplain
- September 23: Tat Bailey, electrician and landscape artist
- September 27: Caldwell Marks, co-founder of Motion Industries
- September 29: W. L. Williams, Jr, attorney
- October 15: Murray Kidd, architect
- October 24: Tommy Langston, newspaper photographer
- October 24: Dewey White, pediatrician and state legislator
- November 9: Robert Brissie, Jefferson County Medical Examiner
- November 9: Dave McDaniel, radio host and sportscaster
- November 12: Maxine Parker, Birmingham City Council president
- November 15: Barbara Park, children's author
- November 23: Wayne Mills, country singer and bandleader
- December 7: Lee Walls, newspaper publisher
- December 18: Katherine McTyeire, businesswoman
- December 25: Earl Potts, Baptist minister
Works
- April 12: 42, a feature film based on Jackie Robinson, premiered.
- May 29: The Charles Linn statue was dedicated at Linn Park.
- June 27: Light Rails was unveiled at the 18th Street underpass.
- "Little Music Manchild: The Malik Kofi Story", documentary by Malena Cunningham about cellist Malik Kofi
- September 12: Premiere of The Watsons Go to Birmingham at the Alabama Theatre.
- September 15: Four Spirits (memorial) by Elizabeth MacQueen at Kelly Ingram Park
- September 21: World premiere of "A More Convenient Season" at the Alys Stephens Center
- September 21: Bobby Bowden statue at Samford University's Seibert Stadium.
Buildings
- Uptown and Westin-Birmingham
- March 13: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Terminal Modernization
- April 10: Regions Field at Railroad Park
- May: Ashby at Ross Bridge was completed.
- June 25: Tom and Gean Cleckler Teen Center for Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama in Hueytown
- Target at Brookwood Village
- Dollar General on 5th Avenue South
- Champions Plaza at the University of Alabama
- Mountain Brook Municipal Complex in Crestline Village
- Birmingham Fire Station No. 18 in Pratt City
- August 19: Concord Elementary School, Oxmoor Valley Elementary School, Tuggle Elementary School and Woodlawn High School addition
Demolitions
- The Charles Kilgore residence in Tuscaloosa was demolished.
- The Noojin Building in Gadsden was demolished.
- The Hill University Center was demolished.
- November 15: The Brighton Grocery was destroyed by fire.
Books
- The Disinherited, novel by Abe Fawal
- Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age, by Allen Barra
See Also
- 2013 Birmingham Barons
- 2013 Iron Bowl
- 2013 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
- 2013 UAB Blazers football
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