1991

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1991 was the 120th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Business 1.2 Sports 2 Works 2.1 Buildings 3 People 3.1 Births 3.2 Deaths

[edit] Events

• 1991 City Stages
• Salute to the United Kingdom
• July 10: L'Express Flight 508 plane crash

[edit] Business

• Eddie Miller took over office furniture dealer Bodine after his father's retirement.

[edit] Sports

• 1991 Birmingham Barons
• 1991 Birmingham Fire
• 1991 UAB Blazers
• 1991 Iron Bowl

[edit] Works

• "Centurion", a bronze memorial sculpture by Branko Medenica, was dedicated in front of the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center.
• Looking Down Yosemite Valley was made a permanent gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art

[edit] Buildings

• May 6: Clay-Chalkville Animal Clinic
• Children's Hospital's Ambulatory Care Center
• The Auburn Women's Club clubhouse was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

[edit] People

• Angela Hérnandez retired from chairing the math department at the University of Montevallo.

[edit] Births

• Dolly, Birmingham Zoo cheetah
• Laptop, Birmingham Zoo rhinoceros

[edit] Deaths

• August 23: Judge Harlan Grooms
• artist and engineer Sidney van Sheck

• see also List of Birmingham homicides in 1991.

1990s

<< 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 >>

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