2010

2010 is 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 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 24: 2010 primary runoffs
• August 9: Homewood City Council president Jeff Underwood resigned for health reasons.
• November 3: 2010 general election

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 11: Jesse Chambers succeeded Glenny Brock as editor of the Birmingham Weekly.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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
• November 26: The 2010 Iron Bowl was held at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Individuals

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, 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 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 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 2: Maurice Thomas, Alabama A&M University defensive back
• July 7: Mara, giraffe
• July 11: Moti, white tiger
• August 22: Cecil Whitmire, preservationist

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2010 and List of homicides in 2010

Works

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
• 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

Other works

• "Argyle", sculpture by Craig Witherspoon
• Center Point Veterans Memorial
• Lifted, produced by Hunter Films

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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