2001
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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.
- 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.
Business
- January: Adam Stocks purchased WFHK-AM for a reported $275,000.
- August 4: Books-A-Million opened at The Summit.
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.
Buildings
- 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
- Spain Park High School
- August: Blount Hall
Roads
- April 19: Lakeshore Parkway extension from Shannon Wenonah Road to Alabama State Highway 150
People
- 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.
Deaths
- 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
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2001
See Also
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