2010
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2010 was the 139th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- March 5: Former Jefferson County Commission president Larry Langford was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for bribery and corruption.
- April 5: The Rock Church (Forestdale) held its first service at its permanent home.
- April 7: Larry Langford reported to prison at Ashland, Kentucky.
- April 9 - May 22: Birmingham Biennial 3 at Bare Hands.
- May 27: Bill Blount and Al LaPierre reported to federal prison.
- June 2: 2010 primary elections
- June 30–July 3: Vulcan Bike Week
- July: Eytan Yammer became rabbi of Knesseth Israel Congregation.
- July 23: Sloss: Industry to Art premiered at Sloss Furnaces.
- July 24: 2010 primary runoffs
- August 9: Homewood City Council president Jeff Underwood resigned for health reasons.
- September 7: The band Wild Sweet Orange announced its break-up on Facebook.com
- September 13: Forever Wild acquired a 553-acre addition to the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park.
- September 18: Downtown's Railroad Park opened to the public.
- September 23: The Birmingham Business Alliance unveiled their "Blueprint Birmingham" economic development plan at the Railroad Park.
- October 11: Scott Fitzgerald took over from the Steve & Leah Show on WERC-FM and WERC-AM.
- October 14: John W. Stewart III was inaugurated president of the University of Montevallo.
- November 3: 2010 general election
- December 5: Mount Lebanon Baptist Church held its first services at the former Avondale Presbyterian Church building.
- December 6: African elephant Bulwagi arrived at the Birmingham Zoo.
- December 14: Copper thieves burned down the Christmas tree at Linn Park.
- December 15: Cox Media Group replaced the Christmas tree at Linn Park.
Business
- January 1: Frost Cummings LLP and the Tidwell Group merged to create the Frost Cummings Tidwell Group.
- February 22: Citadel Communications shut down Live 100.5 and launched a news-talk WAPI-FM station in its place.
- February 28: The Ruby Tuesday's at Five Points South closed.
- March: The Western Tribune weekly folded.
- March: Lovelady Thrift Store opened.
- March 11: Jesse Chambers succeeded Glenny Brock as editor of the Birmingham Weekly.
- March 27: Ona Watson closed the 20th Street South location of his Ona's Music Room in preparation for a move to Pepper Place.
- April 1: Grayson Hall succeeded Dowd Ritter as president and CEO of Regions Bank.
- April 16: Ground was broken for The Hollywood retail center at 400 Hollywood Boulevard.
- April: ActionSportsArt was founded.
- April: O. T.'s on Acton opened.
- June: Urban Cookhouse opened on 18th Street South Homewood.
- June 21: D1 Sports Training opened on Independence Drive.
- July 1: Mamanoes Grocery Shop opened on 2nd Avenue North.
- July 5: Brick & Tin restaurant opened on Birmingham Green.
- July 8: Sam George succeeded Jesse Chambers as editor of the Birmingham Weekly.
- July 16: Floyd & Beasley Transfer closed.
- July 22: Bayou Deli opened on Birmingham Green.
- September 1: Sojourns moved to the Eubanks Mercantile building.
- September: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama consolidated the offices of its Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators division into the Meadow Brook 500 building at Meadow Brook Corporate Park.
- September: Individuality Gallery opened in Mountain Brook Village.
- November: Woody Wiginton founded FinerGrind Coffee Roasters in Warrior.
- November 15: Pianeta 3 opened at the Mountain Brook Shopping Center.
- November 23: Busy Bee Burger opened in Chelsea.
- December 1: George Perdue became president of the South Region Minority Suppliers Development Council.
- December: MedTown Pharmacy on 20th Street North closed
- December 23: Atherotech was acquired by Behrman Capital.
- December 30: Bare Hands gallery closed.
- December 31: Pepper Place General Store closed.
- Bogart's Motorsports in Irondale closed.
- Steve Hewett was hired as a senior vice president with The Sanders Trust.
- Subway Restaurant moved its 20th Street North store into the former Fifth Avenue Coffee House space around the corner.
- EWTN formed a joint news service with the Catholic News Agency.
- Changes Salon Spa & Wellness Center in Norwood closed.
Sports
- January 2: The Connecticut Huskies defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks 20-7 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field.
- January 7: The Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated the Texas Longhorns to take the BCS National Championship in Pasadena, California.
- February 23: The UAB Softball Field hosted its first game with UAB losing to Alabama 7-3.
- March 21: The inaugural Bobby Bowden Collegiate Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Nick Saban.
- April 9-11: Helio Castroneves won the inaugural Grand Prix of Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park
- June 12-13: 2010 Xterra Southeast Championship at Oak Mountain State Park.
- October 30: Alabama State defeated Alabama A&M 31-10 in the Magic City Classic at Legion Field.
- November 4: Birmingham reached a tentative agreement with the Birmingham Barons to move the team to a new downtown baseball park.
- November 4: BBVA Compass announced it would be the title sponsor of the Birmingham Bowl.
- November 26: Auburn won the 2010 Iron Bowl 28-27 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
- November 30: Samford Bulldogs athletic director Bob Roller resigned.
Individuals
- June 30: Wallace Lockett was elected the 57th Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
- September 26: MountainTop Community Church founder Bill Elder returned to the pulpit, 9 months after suffering a stroke.
- October 31: Al Sutton resigned the pastorate at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church.
- November 1: Ken Gulley succeeded Ed May as Mayor of Bessemer.
- November 4: Edward Partridge was elected President of the American Cancer Society.
- November 9: Phyllis Wyne was elected president of the Birmingham Board of Education.
- Scott Roebuck succeeded Annetta Verin as presiding judge in the Bessemer Municipal Court.
- William Noble resigned from the Jefferson County Circuit Court.
Deaths
- January 1: Gregory Slay, Remy Zero drummer
- January 3: Walter Braswell, attorney
- January 3: Charles Kleibacker, fashion designer
- January 5: Jessie Hale Downs, co-founder of the Jimmie Hale Mission
- January 5: Orlandera Johnson, retired Homewood Police Department officer
- January 5: Joe Shannon, aviator
- January 13: Fred Lamar, Methodist minister and missionary
- January 15: Charles Crowder, retired Circuit Court judge
- January 21: Bobby Bragan, baseball player, manager and executive
- January 26: Paul R. Jones, art collector
- February 4: Alexander Lacy, attorney and civic leader
- February 5: Buddy Glasgow, former Shelby County Sheriff
- February 5: Diane Rivers, educational consultant
- February 10: Asa Rountree III, attorney and author
- February 18: "Scotty D" Daniels, radio personality
- February 23: Hannah Stewart, sculptor
- February 28: Charles Speir, co-founder of Brookwood Medical Center
- March 1: Barry Hannah, author
- March 2: Ernest Palmore, retired educator
- March 3: Major Bashinsky, attorney and financial planner
- March 6: Evan Zeiger, Jr, neurosurgeon
- March 7: Joe Erben, bar owner
- March 8: Melford Espey, University of Alabama administrator and the first Big Al
- March 10: Willie Logan, artist
- March 14: Jessi, police dog
- March 28: William Spencer III, businessman
- March 28: Thompson Reynolds, football coach
- March 31: Bob McGregor, prosecutor
- April 2: Douglas E. Jones, geologist, paleontologist and University of Alabama administrator
- April 10: Norman Albright, attorney and business college founder
- April 22: Arthur Winograd, former conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- April 23: Toni Tully, fabric artist
- April 26: Barbara Maxwell, nurse
- April 28: Cordell Wynn, former Stillman College president
- May 18: Donnetta Brown, principal of Wilson Elementary School
- May 24: Joe Farley, former Alabama Power Company president
- June 8: Mae Rosenberger, former CEO of Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk
- June 13: Anthony Mostella, football player
- June 14: Elmer Moree, educator and basketball coach
- June 18: Charles Ensley, union president
- June 27: Bill L. Harbert, construction executive
- July 1: Worcy Crawford, bus company founder
- July 2: Maurice Thomas, Alabama A&M University defensive back
- July 7: Mara, giraffe
- July 11: Moti, white tiger
- August 22: Cecil Whitmire, preservationist
- August 24: Kathryn Lacey, educator
- September 7: Glenn Shadix, actor
- September 7: Cleveland Hammonds, former Birmingham City Schools superintendent
- September 15: Irvin Penfield, former Birmingham-Southern College provost
- September 16: Pat Courington, Sr, founder of the Sand Mountain Reporter
- September 17: Ted Tibbs, organist and Samford University professor
- September 18: Herbert Longenecker, biochemist and former Tulane University president
- October 7: Dale Benos, UAB physiologist
- October 7: Abe Gustin, founder of Applebee's International
- October 8: James Foy, former Auburn University dean of students
- October 8: Mel Powers, Houston businessman and former murder defendant
- October 12: Tommy Wrenn, Civil Rights activist
- October 12: Woody Peoples, NFL offensive lineman
- October 13: John Friedel, photographer and educator
- October 27: Hall Thompson, founder of Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club
- November 9: Kathy Kemp, newspaper columnist
- November 14: Don Morrison, architect
- November 16: Aubrey Edwards, music minister
- November 22: Elbert Jemison, golfer and insurance executive
- November 24: Louis LeVaughn, former elementary school principal
- November 26: Marvin Whiting, archivist and historian
- December 3: Al Rosenbaum, retailer
- December 3: Marvin Bass, Birmingham Vulcans head coach
- December 17: Walt Dropo, 1948 Birmingham Barons star
- December 21: James Head, businessman and civic leader
- December 30: Elizabeth Garner, science teacher
- Venoa Daniels
Works
- North Birmingham EcoScape
- "Argyle", sculpture by Craig Witherspoon
- Center Point Veterans Memorial
- Lifted, feature film produced by Hunter Films
- "Dream, Child. Hope", orchestral work by Adolphus Hailstork, commissioned by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
- "Sloss: Industry to Art" documentary film by Chris Holmes/Alabama Public Television
Books
- Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
- Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark by Allen Barra
- The Architectural Legacy of Wallace A. Rayfield by Allen Durough
- Iron and Steel: A Guide to the Birmingham Area Industrial Heritage by Jim Bennett
- Landscape of Transformations: Architecture and Birmingham, Alabama by Michael Fazio
- I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't and Other Plays by Sonia Sanchez, edited by Jacqueline Wood
- Extraordinary, Ordinary People by Condoleezza Rice
- I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg
- Archibald Zwick and the Eight Towers by Robert Leslie Palmer
- The Fairytale Trilogy by Valerie Gribben
Buildings
- Apple Valley Recreation Center
- Bessemer City High School
- Cityville Block 121
- CSX Central Alabama Intermodal Facility
- Cottages of Lakeshore
- D1 Sports Training
- Green Solar Manufacturing
- The Hollywood
- Majestic Cross
- Marriott Renaissance Hotel Birmingham
- Phelan Flats
- Pleasant Grove High School
- Sipsey Valley Middle School
- UAB Women and Infants Center
- Vestavia Hills Public Library
- T. R. Wright Elementary School
- Interior renovations, East Lake Library
See Also
- 2010 Birmingham Barons
- 2010 Iron Bowl
- 2010 SEC Baseball Tournament
- 2010 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
- 2010 UAB Blazers football
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