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* [[February 29]]: [[Apple Books]] at [[Five Points South]] closed.
* [[February 29]]: [[Apple Books]] at [[Five Points South]] closed.
* [[April 6]]: [[Ed Salem's Drive-In]] on [[26th Street North]] closed.
* [[April 6]]: [[Ed Salem's Drive-In]] on [[26th Street North]] closed.
* [[April 10]]: [[Stegall Metal Industries]] was incorporated.
* [[September 9]]: [[Double "LL" Bar-B-Q]] was dissolved.
* [[September 9]]: [[Double "LL" Bar-B-Q]] was dissolved.
* [[October 16]]: [[WTWG-AM]] was relicensed as [[WAYE-AM]].
* [[October 16]]: [[WTWG-AM]] was relicensed as [[WAYE-AM]].
* [[December 26]]: The [[DoubleTree by Hilton Perimeter Park|Sheraton Perimeter Park South Hotel]] opened.
* [[Continental Bakery]] opened in [[English Village]].
* [[Skip Elliott]]'s parents retired, making him sole owner of [[The Briary]].
* [[Skip Elliott]]'s parents retired, making him sole owner of [[The Briary]].
* [[Richard Scrushy]] founded [[HealthSouth]] in Little Rock, Arkansas
* [[WAPI-FM]] switched from "95 Rock" (album rock)  to "I-95" (top 40)
* [[WAPI-FM]] switched from "95 Rock" (album rock)  to "I-95" (top 40)
* [[WQMS-AM]] became [[WGTT-AM]].
* [[WQMS-AM]] became [[WGTT-AM]].
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* [[Aliant Bank|Citizens Bank of Alexander City]] became [[Aliant Bank]].
* [[Aliant Bank|Citizens Bank of Alexander City]] became [[Aliant Bank]].
* [[Rowland Scherman]] sold [[Joe Bar]].
* [[Rowland Scherman]] sold [[Joe Bar]].
* [[Jack Prater]] opened [[SouthPoint restaurant|SouthPoint An American Cafe]] in the [[Munger Building]] at [[Five Points South]].
* [[Charles Denaburg]] and [[Tom Najjar]] merged their law practices into the firm of [[Najjar Denaburg]].
* [[Charles Denaburg]] and [[Tom Najjar]] merged their law practices into the firm of [[Najjar Denaburg]].
* The Wisely Group purchased controlling interest in the [[Birmingham Stove & Range Company]].
* The Wisely Group purchased controlling interest in the [[Birmingham Stove & Range Company]].
* [[Doug's Coin & Jewelry]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[Bettie Bell]] founded the [[Bell Center|Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs]] for the [[Service Guild of Birmingham]].
* [[George Wheelock III]] succeeded his father as president of the [[George F. Wheelock Co.]]
* [[George Wheelock III]] succeeded his father as president of the [[George F. Wheelock Co.]]
===Establishments===
* [[April 10]]: [[Stegall Metal Industries]] was incorporated.
* [[December 26]]: The [[DoubleTree by Hilton Perimeter Park|Sheraton Perimeter Park South Hotel]] opened.
* [[Cathy Lunsford]] opened the [[Cypress Inn]] restaurant in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Cathy Lunsford]] opened the [[Cypress Inn]] restaurant in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Famous Fred's]] restaurant opened.
* [[Famous Fred's]] restaurant opened.
* [[Doug's Coin & Jewelry]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[Richard Scrushy]] founded [[HealthSouth]] in Little Rock, Arkansas
* [[Jack Prater]] opened [[SouthPoint restaurant|SouthPoint An American Cafe]] in the [[Munger Building]] at [[Five Points South]].
* [[Continental Bakery]] opened in [[English Village]].
* [[Antwan Garnem]] opened [[Antoine's Restaurant]] on [[Southside]].


===Sports===
===Sports===

Revision as of 19:03, 6 January 2024

1984 was the 113th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

"Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent", acquired in 1984 by the Birmingham Museum of Art

Business

Establishments

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

Individuals

Births

Cortland Finnegan, born in 1984

Graduations

Marriages

Awards

Deaths

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1984

See Also

Context

1984 was a leap year. Brunei became an independent state. Michael Jackson was injured filming a Pepsi commercial. Clara Peller turned "Where's the Beef?" into a national catch phrase. The first Apple Macintosh was introduced. The Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, with the summer games in Los Angeles. Konstantin Chenenko became head of the Soviet Union. The World's Fair was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reagan and Bush won the presidential election. Bernhard Goetz shot four teenagers on a train in New York City. Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister of India. Crack cocaine first appeared in Los Angeles and famine struck Ethiopia. Notable births in 1984 include actresses Mandy Moore and Scarlett Johansson, basketball players Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James, Prince Harry of Wales, and singers Avril Lavigne and Ashlee Simpson, Notable 1984 deaths include Ray Kroc, Johnny Weissmuller, Yuri Andropov, Ethel Merman, Marvin Gaye, Ansel Adams, Count Basie, Andy Kaufman, Michel Foucault, Indira Gandhi, and Sam Peckinpah. Bishop Desmond Tutu won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. Notable films of 1984 include Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Amadeus, The Terminator, and A Passage to India. William Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Ironweed.

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