2001

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.
• Adam Stocks purchased WFHK-AM for a reported $275,000.

Media

• February 2: WRRS-FM switched formats to "modern rock/adult contemporary", becoming "101.1 the Spot".

Sports

• Brian Shoop's BSC Panthers won the NAIA national championship in baseball

Works

• 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

• Arthur Price succeeded Christopher Hamlin as Pastor of 16th Street Baptist Church.

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

• 2001 City Stages
• 2001 Birmingham Barons
• 2001 Birmingham Steeldogs
• 2001 UAB Blazers
• 2001 Iron Bowl

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