2021

2021 is the 150th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• January 25: A deadly tornado struck Fultondale and Center Point.
• April 12–14: The Frontier Conference 2021, originally scheduled for April 2020, was held at the Lyric Theatre.

Business

• 1st quarter: SouthFirst Bank of Sylacauga merged with FirstBanc of Talladega.
• Heiche opened an advanced metal coating facility at the Jasper Industrial Park.

Establishments

• January 6: Cook Out opened at 2411 3rd Avenue South.
• January 25: Buc-ee's opened in Leeds.

Disestablishments

• January: My Supply Chain Group was acquired by NTT DATA Business Solutions of Bielefeld, Germany.
• January: Magnolia Meadows Golf Course in Columbiana closed.

Individuals

• Chuck Holmes became executive director of the Alabama Humanities Alliance.
• January 11: Cornell Wesley began his term as head of the Birmingham Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity.

Retirements

• John Owen retired as chief operating officer of Regions Bank.

Deaths

• January 1: Mike Coppage, former Birmingham Police chief and Alabama Department of Public Safety director
• January 3: Bill Stewart, professor of political science
• January 3: Joann Bashinsky, Golden Flake heiress
• January 10: Derrick Johnson, Huffman High School coach
• January 10: Corbin Day, chair of Jemison Investment Company
• January 16: Scotty McCallum, UAB president and Vestavia Hill mayor
• January 16: Leon Edwards, Edwards Chevrolet president
• January 20: Sonny Penhale, Helena mayor
• January 21: Marc Phillips, musician and music minister
  • List of homicides in 2021

Works

Books

• Shaking the Gates of Hell, family memoir by John Archibald

Buildings

• Asian Passage at the Birmingham Zoo
• Birmingham VA Mental Health Clinic on Crestwood Boulevard
• Buc-ee's travel stop in Leeds
• The Citizen "micro-unit" apartments on 18th Street South
• Hilton Tapestry Collection in Homewood
• Hoover Fire Station No. 11 in Trace Crossings
• Jones Valley Trail extension to Avondale
• Motion Industries area fluid power shop, hose & rubber shop, and engineering department
• Protective Stadium at the BJCC
• The Railyard "micro-unit" apartments on 1st Avenue South
• Tarrant City Hall

Context

In 2021 insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, disrupting Congress's certification of the 2020 presidential election. For inciting the mob, President Trump was impeached for a second time.

Notable people who died in 2021 included actor Cloris Leachman; baseball hall of famers Hank Aaron and Don Sutton; magician Mark Wilson; and radio/television interviewer Larry King.

2020s

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