1996

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1996 was the 125th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Sports 2 Works 2.1 Buildings 2.2 Books 2.3 Music 3 People 3.1 Awards 3.2 Deaths 4 See Also

[edit] Events

• January 1: West End Masonic Temple fire
• April 11: Compass Bank acquired Equitable Bankshares of Dallas, Texas
• April 19: Compass Bank acquired Post Oak Bank of Houston, Texas
• July 1-September 1: The First Emperor: Treasures from Ancient China exhibit at the Birmingham Museum of Art
• August 14: Clay-Chalkville High School opened
• August 23: Compass Bank acquired CFB Bancorp of Jacksonville, Florida
• September 1: ABC 33/40 went on the air and WBRC became Birmingham's FOX affiliate.
• October 24: President Bill Clinton spoke at Birmingham-Southern College
• October: Hibbett Sporting Goods went public
• Torchmark Corporation acquired United American of McKinney, Texas.
• Cohen Carnaggio Reynolds was founded
• Lonnie Holley was the 1996 "Distinguished Artist" from the Magic City Art Connection
• Wes Chapman was hired as director of the Alabama Ballet.

[edit] Sports

• April 20: Terrell Owens was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers as the 89th overall pick
• May: John Bland won the Bruno's Memorial Classic
• June 4: Josh Hancock was selected in the 3rd round of the MLB draft.
• June 12: The Barons defeated the Memphis Chicks 3-2 in the inaugural Rickwood Classic.
• July: 1996 Olympic soccer games at Legion Field.
• Murry Bartow was hired as UAB men's basketball head coach.

[edit] Works

[edit] Buildings

• Alys Stephens Center
• American Printing
• Cahaba Cycles
• Clay-Chalkville High School

• A proposal to convert the City Federal Building into the "Renaissance Apartments" was put forth, but came to naught.

[edit] Books

• Birmingham View: Through the Years in Photographs
• In Search of Nature
• I Hate Paul Finebaum: 303 Reasons Why You Should, Too

[edit] Music

• Drive By Truckers was launched.

[edit] People

[edit] Awards

• Lonnie Holley was the 1996 "Distinguished Artist" from the Magic City Art Connection
• Roy Wood, Jr graduated from Ramsay High School

[edit] Deaths

• January 19: A. G. Gaston, businessman and civil rights activist
• May 31: Timothy Leary, proponent of psychedelic drugs
• June 16: Mel Allen, New York Yankees broadcaster
• November 17: Ida Moffett, nurse and educator
• Tommy Charles, disc jockey and talk radio host

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1996

[edit] See Also

• 1996 City Stages
• 1996 Birmingham Barons
• 1996 UAB Blazers
• 1996 Iron Bowl

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