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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
* [[January 6]]: [[Tapestry]] went on the air. | * [[January 6]]: [[Tapestry]] went on the air. | ||
* [[February 22]]: | * [[February 8]]: [[Birmingham]] signed a [[Birmingham Sister Cities|Sister City]] agreement with [[Guédiawaye, Senegal]]. | ||
* [[February 22]]: The [[Magic City Flickr Group]] was founded. | |||
* [[March 12]]: The [[Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site]] was dedicated. | * [[March 12]]: The [[Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site]] was dedicated. | ||
* [[April 20]]: [[Canaan Missionary Baptist Church]] and [[West End Hills Missionary Baptist Church]] were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County|National Register of Historic Places]]. | * [[April 20]]: [[Canaan Missionary Baptist Church]] and [[West End Hills Missionary Baptist Church]] were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County|National Register of Historic Places]]. | ||
* [[May 6]]: [[Birmingham]] signed a [[Birmingham Sister Cities|Sister City]] agreement with [[Plzeň, Czech Republic]]. | |||
* [[May 30]]: [[Natalee Holloway]] went missing in Aruba. | * [[May 30]]: [[Natalee Holloway]] went missing in Aruba. | ||
* [[June 17-19]]: [[2005 City Stages]]. | * [[June 17-19]]: [[2005 City Stages]]. | ||
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* [[October 26]]: Indictments in the [[Siegelman Scrushy corruption case]] were unsealed. | * [[October 26]]: Indictments in the [[Siegelman Scrushy corruption case]] were unsealed. | ||
* [[November 9]]: Birmingham signed a "trilateral" [[Birmingham Sister Cities|Sister Cities]] agreement with [[Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel]] and [[Al-Karak, Jordan]]. | * [[November 9]]: Birmingham signed a "trilateral" [[Birmingham Sister Cities|Sister Cities]] agreement with [[Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel]] and [[Al-Karak, Jordan]]. | ||
* [[TumTum Tree Foundation|Friends of Magic City Children]] changed its name to the [[TumTum Tree Foundation]]. | |||
===Business=== | ===Business=== | ||
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* [[Eissmann Automotive]] opened an automobile interiors manufacturing plant in [[Pell City]]. | * [[Eissmann Automotive]] opened an automobile interiors manufacturing plant in [[Pell City]]. | ||
* [[Colon & Rectal Surgical Associates of Birmingham]] was founded. | * [[Colon & Rectal Surgical Associates of Birmingham]] was founded. | ||
* [[John Poole]] founded [[Poole & Company Architects]]. | |||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
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===Buildings=== | ===Buildings=== | ||
* [[January 4]]: [[Homewood Middle School]] | * [[January 4]]: [[Homewood Middle School]] | ||
* March: [[United Methodist Center]] at [[Birmingham-Southern College]] | |||
* May: [[Alys Stephens Center]] Phase III | * May: [[Alys Stephens Center]] Phase III | ||
* [[August 5]]: FBI director Robert Mueller III dedicated the [[FBI Birmingham Field Office Building]] on [[18th Street North]]. | * [[August 5]]: FBI director Robert Mueller III dedicated the [[FBI Birmingham Field Office Building]] on [[18th Street North]]. | ||
* [[October 9]]: The [[Ensley Library]] reopened after renovations. | * [[October 9]]: The [[Ensley Library]] reopened after renovations. | ||
* [[Colonial Promenade Alabaster]] | * [[Colonial Promenade Alabaster]] | ||
* [[Cullman Casting]] | |||
* The [[Radisson Hotel of Birmingham]] closed for renovations. | * The [[Radisson Hotel of Birmingham]] closed for renovations. | ||
* Ground was broken for the [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]]. | * Ground was broken for the [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:05, 9 April 2024
2005 was the 134th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- January 6: Tapestry went on the air.
- February 8: Birmingham signed a Sister City agreement with Guédiawaye, Senegal.
- February 22: The Magic City Flickr Group was founded.
- March 12: The Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site was dedicated.
- April 20: Canaan Missionary Baptist Church and West End Hills Missionary Baptist Church were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- May 6: Birmingham signed a Sister City agreement with Plzeň, Czech Republic.
- May 30: Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba.
- June 17-19: 2005 City Stages.
- June 28: Richard Scrushy was acquitted of 36 counts of fraud and conspiracy.
- July 1: Bessemer State Technical College merged into Lawson State Community College.
- July 16: Brandee Skinner's BMW plunged into the Cahaba River, killing her two children.
- September 28: Forever Wild's acquisition of the 48-acre Turkey Creek-Thomas Tract expanded the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve.
- October 9: A "Friendship bell" was donated to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens by the Osaka Central Rotary Club of Japan.
- October 13-15: 2005 NOMA convention at the Sheraton Birmingham.
- October 26: Indictments in the Siegelman Scrushy corruption case were unsealed.
- November 9: Birmingham signed a "trilateral" Sister Cities agreement with Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel and Al-Karak, Jordan.
- Friends of Magic City Children changed its name to the TumTum Tree Foundation.
Business
- January: MedTown Pharmacy opened on 20th Street North.
- March: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta lost 70 jobs.
- April 20: Jubilee Joe's seafood restaurant opened in Hoover.
- May 2: Tom Broughton founded ServisFirst Bank in Birmingham.
- June: Bryant Bank was founded.
- June: WBHJ-FM moved its transmitter to Red Mountain from a site near Vance.
- August 15: Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa opened.
- September 23: The Birmingham Post-Herald published its last edition.
- October: SouthPoint Bank opened.
- October 24: SouthTrust Bank merged with Wachovia.
- November: Mudtown Eat & Drink opened in Cahaba Heights.
- November 20: The Alabama Southern Railroad began operating between Birmingham and Columbus, Mississippi.
- The Crestwood Tavern opened on Crestwood Boulevard.
- Ed and Mary Gurney opened Playhouse Costume on 3rd Avenue North.
- Big Sky Bread Company opened a 10,000 square-foot bakery and warehouse at the Cahaba Valley Business Park.
- Kingwood Church bought the former Meadowlark Farms restaurant.
- The House of Love Records label was founded.
- World Auto Sales was incorporated.
- Sarris Café moved from Hoover to Pelham.
- Bruce Lanier founded Standard Creative architects.
- Ken and Kenny Camp founded Organic Harvest grocery.
- Cecelia Pearson launched Lifestages Media.
- Jan Cobb and Susie Hammers acquired the former Chinaberry Antique Shop space in Crestline Village to open the Crestline Christmas Shoppe
- Eissmann Automotive opened an automobile interiors manufacturing plant in Pell City.
- Colon & Rectal Surgical Associates of Birmingham was founded.
- John Poole founded Poole & Company Architects.
Religion
- March 27: 10,000 attended a special Easter service hosted by Gardendale First Baptist Church at the BJCC.
- April 20: St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Montevallo dedicated new worship and education buildings.
- July: The Universist Movement was chartered as a religious non-profit corporation in Alabama.
- December: Life Changers Christian Church bought the former Forestdale United Methodist Church on Tomahawk Road.
Sports
- March: The first North Alabama Whitewater Festival was held at King's Bend on Locust Fork.
- October 29: Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 31-28 in the Magic City Classic
- November 19: Auburn beat Alabama 28-18 in the 2005 Iron Bowl
- December: The Tragic City Rollers were formed
Individuals
- March 19: Avery Johnson succeeded Don Nelson as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.
- April 15: John Ed Willoughby retired from daily radio hosting.
- November 1: Bryan Noe was appointed as the first dean of the UAB Graduate School.
- December 19: Army Sergeant Noah Galloway was injured in an IED attack in Iraq, losing his left arm and leg.
- Abdurrahim El-Keib left the faculty of the University of Alabama.
- Ray Melick began writing sports columns for the Birmingham News.
- Vijay Misra was named director of the UAB Heart and Vascular Center cardiac catheterization laboratory.
- Doris Powell was elected chair of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority.
- Dian Perryman took over management of Jim & Jim's Body Shop in Homewood.
Births
- Tamani, an African elephant, at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida.
- Matt, a male Komodo dragon at the Birmingham Zoo
- August 25: Akili, an African lion at the Birmingham Zoo
Graduations
- Spencer Horn, PhD in education technology from UAB
Awards
- Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame: Oscar Adams Jr, Douglas Arant, Hugo Black, Harry Toulmin
- Miller Gorrie, Auburn Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
- Birmingham Business Hall of Fame: William Blount, Thomas Corts, James Head, Charles Linn, Frank Samford Sr, and Frank Samford Jr
- Miss Alabama: Alexa Jones
- Miss Shelby County: Susannah Higgins
- Sam "The Great Kaiser" Tenenbaum was inducted into the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame
Deaths
- January 18: Kevin McGowin, author
- February 5: Elton B. Stephens, businessman and philanthropist
- February 24: George Gaunt, architect
- March 1: Houston Brice Jr, businessman
- March 14: Randy Marsh, Alabama School of Fine Arts teacher and Birmingham Festival Theatre co-founder
- March 28: Tom Bevill, former U.S. Representative
- March 29: Howell Heflin, former Alabama Supreme Court justice and U. S. Senator
- April 23: J. B. Stoner, founder of the National States Rights Party
- May 3: Carl Salter, artist
- June 2: Maynard, Birmingham Zoo lion
- June 10: Joseph Raya, Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop
- June 21: Louis Wilson Jr, U.S. Marine Corps Commandant
- June 24: Lyman Bostock Sr, first baseman for Birmingham Black Barons
- July 9: Daryl Harms, entreprenuer
- July 16: Ashlyn and Bryson Skinner, children of Brandee Skinner, died when her car plunged into the Cahaba River.
- July 19: Jefferey Farrow, firefighter and solider
- July 21: Theodore Lawson, educator
- August 2: Sloan Bashinsky Sr, Golden Flake CEO
- August 2: Loulie Jean Norman, singer
- August 9: C. Pat Reynolds, restaurateur and former mayor of Vestavia Hills
- August 19: Tom Egan, BBS sysop
- September 3: John Claypool, Episcopal rector
- October 4: Alice Pigman, educator and social worker
- October 12: Baker Knight, songwriter
- October 13: Vivian Malone, the first black graduate of the University of Alabama
- October 13: Andrew Hodges, insurance executive and Samford University trustee
- October 28: Alston Callahan, ophthalmologist
- November 8: "Big Hearted Eddie" Wright, used car dealer
- December 5: Ocie Burton, pastor of Mt Hebron Missionary Baptist Church
- December 18: Linda Manning, country singer and radio host
- December 23: Harold Ruttenberg, founder of Just For Feet and Amalgamated Concepts
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2005
Works
- Princeton BMC Healing Garden
- Boxcars on 1st, Vol. I, compilation album by Skybucket Records
- Killing Christian, film by Wastebasket Productions
- Chords of Relief, compilation album for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts
- Ken Tumin launched his Bank Deals Blog.
Books
- Birmingham's Theater and Retail District, book by Tim Hollis
- To You Through Me: The Beginning of a Link of a Journey of 400 Years, book by Joe Minter
- Slouching towards Birmingham, book by Michael Swindle
- Levin, Jerry (2005) West Bank Diary: Middle East Violence as Reported by a Former American Hostage. Pasadena, California: Hope Publishing ISBN 9781932717037
Buildings
- January 4: Homewood Middle School
- March: United Methodist Center at Birmingham-Southern College
- May: Alys Stephens Center Phase III
- August 5: FBI director Robert Mueller III dedicated the FBI Birmingham Field Office Building on 18th Street North.
- October 9: The Ensley Library reopened after renovations.
- Colonial Promenade Alabaster
- Cullman Casting
- The Radisson Hotel of Birmingham closed for renovations.
- Ground was broken for the Birmingham Social Security Administration Center.
- Lakeshore Village
- Southside Townhouses
- Tuscaloosa's Coleman Coliseum was extensively remodeled.
Demolitions
- May 26: Mount Lebanon Baptist Church was destroyed by fire.
See Also
- 2005 City Stages
- 2005 Birmingham Barons (82-57, 2nd in Western Division)
- 2005 Birmingham Steeldogs (2-14)
- 2005 UAB Blazers (5-6)
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