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* The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] opened its first crowd-drawing exhibit, [[1985 Armand Hammer exhibit|Armand Hammer Collection]]
* The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] opened its first crowd-drawing exhibit, [[1985 Armand Hammer exhibit|Armand Hammer Collection]]
* The [[Magic City Art Connection]]'s festival jurors were Harvey K. Littleton and Elaine Horwitch.
* The [[Magic City Art Connection]]'s festival jurors were Harvey K. Littleton and Elaine Horwitch.
* [[Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q]] was founded by [[Jim Pihakas]] and his son [[Nick Pihakis|Nick]].
* The first [[Function in the Junction]] is held in [[Ensley]].
* [[Hugo Black Park]] was dedicated.
* The annual [[Southside reunion]] began.
* [[First Commercial Bank]] was founded by Birmingham businessmen [[Richard E. Anthony]] and [[John T. Oliver, Jr]].
* The [[Linn-Henley Research Library]] opened.
* May:  [[Birmingham AIDS Outreach]] was founded.
* May:  [[Birmingham AIDS Outreach]] was founded.
* May:  The original banks that made up [[First Alabama Bank]] formally merged.  They had been under the same holding company as separate banks since [[1971]].
* [[June 6]]:  [[List of Presidential visits|President]] Ronald Reagan appeared at the [[BJCC]] for a fundraising luncheon for Senator [[Jeremiah A. Denton]].
* [[August 11]]:  The [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]] was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
* [[August 11]]:  The [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]] was added to the National Register of Historic Places.


===Sports===
===Sports===
* The final [[Hall of Fame Classic]] college football bowl game was played at [[Legion Field]]; Georgia Tech defeated Michigan State 17-14, finishing at #19 in the AP Poll
* The [[Birmingham Stallions]] played their final season at [[Legion Field]]
* The [[Birmingham Barons]] changed affiliations to the Chicago White Sox
* The [[Birmingham Barons]] changed affiliations to the Chicago White Sox
 
* July:  [[Davey Allison]] started his first NASCAR Cup race


===Awards===
===Awards===
* [[Robert R. McCaCammon]] won the Alabama Library Association Author Award.
* [[Arthur Stewart]] was inducted into the Portrait Painters' Hall of Fame.
* [[Tobias Wolff]]'s [[1984]] novella ''The Barracks Thief'' won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.  
* [[Tobias Wolff]]'s [[1984]] novella ''The Barracks Thief'' won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.  
* [[Bo Berry]], [[Edward A. Brown]], [[Henry Caffey]], [[Andrew Fair]], [[Howard Funderburg]], [[W. C. Handy]], [[Jerome Hopkins]], [[Everett Lawler]], [[James Lowe]], [[Willie Richardson]], [[Lee Stanfield]], [[Jonny Williams]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]].  Honorary inductees were [[Richard Arrington, Jr]], [[Gloria Curry]], [[J. Garrick Hardy]], [[C. W. Hayes]], [[David Vann]] and [[Lewis White]].
* [[Bo Berry]], [[Edward A. Brown]], [[Henry Caffey]], [[Andrew Fair]], [[Howard Funderburg]], [[W. C. Handy]], [[Jerome Hopkins]], [[Everett Lawler]], [[James Lowe]], [[Willie Richardson]], [[Lee Stanfield]], [[Jonny Williams]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]].  Honorary inductees were [[Richard Arrington, Jr]], [[Gloria Curry]], [[J. Garrick Hardy]], [[C. W. Hayes]], [[David Vann]] and [[Lewis White]].
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* A monument of [[Bear Bryant]] was erected outside [[Legion Field]]
* A monument of [[Bear Bryant]] was erected outside [[Legion Field]]
* ''Blonde Heat'', film produced by [[David F. Friedman]]  
* ''Blonde Heat'', film produced by [[David F. Friedman]]  
* [[I-459]] was completed.
* The final segment of [[I-65]] in northern [[Jefferson County]], near [[Morris]] and [[Kimberly]], was completed.


===Books===
===Books===
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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
[[Chase Corporate Center]] Building One


==People==
==People==
 
* Long-time City Councilor [[Nina Miglionico]] retired from electoral politics.
* [[Robert F. Bumpus]] replaced [[Michael Gross]] as [[Homewood]] Schools Superintendent.  Gross became the principal at [[Vestavia Hills High School]].
* [[Mary Smith]] joined the [[Birmingham Police Department]].


===Births===
===Births===
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[Kamau Afrika]], [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [{Eli Capilouto]] (current [[UAB]] Provost), Masters in Public Health from Harvard University
* [[Murry Bartow]], [[UAB]]
* [[Murry Bartow]], [[UAB]]
* [[Kamau Afrika]], [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[John Hallum]], [[Auburn University]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[Rucker Agee]]
* [[Rucker Agee]]
* [[Neal Hemphill]]
* [[August 8]]:  [[Myron Massey]]


:''See also [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1985]]''
:''See also [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1985]]''

Revision as of 09:11, 12 July 2007

1985 was the 114th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Sports

Awards

Works

Books

  • Back in the World (1985), a collection of short stories by Tobias Wolff
  • Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Challenge to Racism by Angela Davis ISBN 0913175110

Buildings

Chase Corporate Center Building One

People

Births

Graduations

Deaths

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1985

See Also

Context

1980s
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