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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]] was held in [[Ensley]].
* The first [[Function in the Junction]] is held in [[Ensley]].
* [[Hugo Black Park]] was dedicated.
* [[Hugo Black Park]] was dedicated.
* The annual [[Southside reunion]] began.
* The annual [[Southside reunion]] began.
* [[Birmingham AIDS Outreach]] was founded
* [[Birmingham AIDS Outreach]] was founded
* [[First Commercial Bank]] was founded by Birmingham businessmen [[Richard E. Anthony]] and [[John T. Oliver, Jr]].
* The [[Linn-Henley Research Library]] opened.
* The [[Linn-Henley Research Library]] opened.
* The [[Mark and Brian]] radio show debuted on [[I-95]] ([[WAPI-FM]])
* The [[Mark and Brian]] radio show debuted on [[I-95]] ([[WAPI-FM]])
* [[Morefu]], a giraffe brought to the [[Birmingham Zoo]] in [[1987]], was born.
* [[Morefu]], a giraffe brought to the [[Birmingham Zoo]] in [[1987]], was born.
* 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 Denton]].  
* [[June 6]]:  [[List of Presidential visits|President]] Ronald Reagan appeared at the [[BJCC]] for a fundraising luncheon for Senator [[Jeremiah 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.
===Business===
* [[Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q]] was founded by [[Jim Pihakas]] and his son [[Nick Pihakis|Nick]].
* [[First Commercial Bank]] was founded by Birmingham businessmen [[Richard E. Anthony]] and [[John T. Oliver, Jr]].
* [[Frank Carnaggio]] sold [[Carnaggio's]] to a woman from [[Cullman]].
* 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]].


===Sports===
===Sports===

Revision as of 23:36, 17 June 2010

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

Events

Business

Sports

Awards

Works

Books

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

Buildings

People

Births

Graduations

Deaths

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1985

See Also

Context

World events included Mikhail Gorbachev becoming head of the Soviet Union after Konstantin Chernenko's death, the discovery of a whole in the ozone layer, an earthquake near Mexico City which killed tens of thousands, the hijacking of the Italian liner, Achille Lauro, and the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Columbia. Popular culture saw Howard Cosell retire, the recording of "We Are the World," the debut of New Coke followed by the return of the original Coca-Cola formula, and the debut of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.

1980s
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