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* The [[Northport Heritage Museum]] opened. | * The [[Northport Heritage Museum]] opened. | ||
* [[Thomas Blanton]] was convicted of murder for his role in the [[1963 church bombing|1963 bombing]] of [[16th Street Baptist Church]]. | * [[Thomas Blanton]] was convicted of murder for his role in the [[1963 church bombing|1963 bombing]] of [[16th Street Baptist Church]]. | ||
* The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] acquired Luis Jiménez's monumental sculpture "[[Steelworker]]". | |||
===Business=== | ===Business=== | ||
Revision as of 01:25, 7 March 2011
2001 was the 130th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- January 17: Agnes gallery, after 77 exhibitions and working with over 75 artists, closed.
- February 4: Church of the Highlands was founded.
- February 6: Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1 held their first meeting in their new meeting hall on Winewood Road.
- April 27: Pop trio 3rd Faze signed a recording contract with GFI Productions, a subsidiary of HealthSouth.
- May 12: The first Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil after the departure of Aaron Beam was held.
- June 21: President George W. Bush visited the Birmingham area.
- July 3: The Birmingham Film Commission was established by the City of Birmingham.
- September 22: Six people were killed in an apartment fire deliberately set in Fairfield.
- September 23: 13 miners were killed in the 2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion.
- 2001 Birmingham City Council election
- October 21: Topper Price and the Upsetters played as part of the Phelan Park Music Series.
- November 11: Emmanuel Lutheran Church was founded in north Shelby County.
- The Northport Heritage Museum opened.
- Thomas Blanton was convicted of murder for his role in the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.
- The Birmingham Museum of Art acquired Luis Jiménez's monumental sculpture "Steelworker".
Business
- January: Adam Stocks purchased WFHK-AM for a reported $275,000.
- July 16: Bank marketing consulting firm Bancography was founded.
- August 4: Books-A-Million opened at The Summit.
- November 9: Shelia Smoot's contract with WBRC 6 ended.
- ProAssurance was created from the merger of the Mutual Assurance Society of Alabama and the Michigan-based Professionals Group, Inc.
Media
- February 2: WRRS-FM switched formats to "modern rock/adult contemporary", becoming "101.1 the Spot".
Sports
- April 9: Tim Hummel tied a Birmingham Barons record with 3 triples in a game against Greenville.
- September 29: Miles College defeated Stillman College in the first Steel City Classic 24-22.
- The Birmingham Thunderbolts played in the XFL's lone season.
- Brian Shoop's BSC Panthers won the NAIA national championship in baseball.
- The Alabama Slammers began their only season as a part of the Women's American Football League.
Works
- August 25: A new playground at Triangle Park in Forest Park was dedicated.
- September: 3rd Faze's self-titled debut album was released.
Books
- The Cost of Courage: The Journey of An American Congressman (reprint) by Carl Elliott and Micheal D'Orso
- Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George
Buildings
- Alabama Veterans Memorial Park
- Colonial Brookwood Village renovations (including Gus Mayer interiors)
- Bright Star Restaurant bar addition
- Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1
- Magnolia Hills golf course
- MountainTop Community Church
- Spain Park High School
- Blount Hall
- Bruno's supermarket at Alabama Highway 150 in Hoover
Roads
- April 19: Lakeshore Parkway extension from Shannon Wenonah Road to Alabama State Highway 150
Individuals
- January 15: Condoleezza Rice became National Security Advisor.
- March 29: Chris McNair resigned from the Jefferson County Commission.
- September 5: Howell Raines became Executive Editor of The New York Times.
- December 13: Kim Emerson was appointed Kimberly's Chief of Police.
- Arthur Price succeeded Christopher Hamlin as Pastor of 16th Street Baptist Church.
- Patsy Stanley succeeded Cindy Cason as principal of Homewood Middle School.
- Michael Adler succeeded the retiring Aubrey Edwards as minister of music at Shades Mountain Baptist Church.
Awards
- Alabama Academy of Honor: W. Ann Reynolds, Harper Lee, Sydney McDonald, Marvin Engel, Thomas Meredith
- Alabama Business Hall of Fame: R. C. Cobb, Jr, Edward Friend, Jr, James Head, Wallace Malone, Jr, Edward Robbins, Robert Weil
- Birmingham Business Hall of Fame: Neal Berte, Thomas Bradford, John Eagan, J. Stanley Mackin, William Spencer III
Births
Deaths
- Nancy Crews, aviator
- Arthur Stewart, portraitist
- January 4: John Rhoden, sculptor
- April 8: Jimmy Hill, Pleasant Grove grocer
- May 19: Musician and teacher Barbara Dorough Thomas
- July 10: baseball player Al Lary
- September 8: disc jockey Walter Anglin
- September 11: Birmingham natives Lynn Edwards Angell and Bill Godshalk, during the terrorist attacks.
- September 17: Bubba Church, baseball player
- December 21: Ed Salem, former Alabama Crimson Tide football star and restauranteur
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2001
See Also
| 2000s |
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