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* [[Mac Underwood]] was named City of Birmingham's Director of the Finance Department. | * [[Mac Underwood]] was named City of Birmingham's Director of the Finance Department. | ||
* Coach [[Iola Baylor]] retired after 30 years in teaching. | * Coach [[Iola Baylor]] retired after 30 years in teaching. | ||
* [[Buck Brock]] left [[Compass Bank]] to head the [[Express Oil Development Company]]. | |||
===Awards=== | ===Awards=== | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 8 November 2010
1994 was the 123rd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- March 27: A Palm Sunday tornado injured 53 people and damaged businesses along U. S. Highway 31 in Shelby County.
- October 18: Groundbreaking for the new Shades Valley High School in Irondale took place.
- Jamie, a Western lowland gorilla, came to the Birmingham Zoo from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Cleveland Hammonds was forced out as Birmingham City Schools superintendent.
Business
- WBRC was sold to New World Inc.
- Watkins Book Shop closed.
- Lazlo's Pizza opened in Lakeview.
- The Garage Café opened on 10th Terrace South.
Media
- Courteney Cox starred in the motion picture Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and began her role as Monica on the television series Friends.
- Cobb, filmed at Rickwood Field.
Sports
- Mike Davis returned to Alabama as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team.
- Vestavia Hills Rebels won the first of seven straight state baseball titles under coach Sammy Dunn.
Works
Art
- Lonnie Holley, "Obstacles Before the Goal", showing at High Museeum of Art, Atlanta.
Books
- Best American Short Stories, Tobias Wolff, editor.
- Don't Look Back : Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, by Mark Ribowsky.
- In Pharaoh's Army, a memoir about Tobias Wolff's experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War.
- Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration, by E. O. Wilson.
- Naturalist, by E. O. Wilson.
- The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, Tobias Wolff, editor.
Buildings
Music
- The 6th annual City Stages music festival was held downtown.
- Little Red Rocket was formed.
Individuals
- Actor Kate Jackson underwent open heart surgery.
- Methodist minister Willie Spencer retired after 36 years of service.
- Mac Underwood was named City of Birmingham's Director of the Finance Department.
- Coach Iola Baylor retired after 30 years in teaching.
- Buck Brock left Compass Bank to head the Express Oil Development Company.
Awards
- Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame inducted Cholly Atkins, Mary Ogletree, and Willie Ruff.
- Alabama Sports Hall of Fame inducted Paul Crane, Luman Harris, Kirk Newell, Lloyd Nix, Jerry Pate, and Dwight Stephenson.
- Heather Whitestone won the Miss Alabama pageant.
Graduations
- Bernard Kincaid earned his J.D. from the Birmingham School of Law.
- Lawrence Conaway earned his MBA from UAB.
Births
Deaths
- February 11: Neil Bonnett, while practicing for the Daytona 500
- May 3: Short story writer Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- June 26: Joseph Durick, Civil Rights activist
- September 15: Haywood Henry, jazz saxophonist
- October 16: Five people were shot to death by Stephen Pilley and Anthony Apicella during a robbery of the Changing Times Lounge.
- November 23: Bettie Crutcher, pediatric nurse and bookstore clerk
See also
Context
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