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==Events==
==Events==
* April: [[Magic City Art Connection]] at [[Linn Park]].
* 1990 U. S. Census counted 265,968 persons living in the city of [[Birmingham]], a 6.5% drop from the previous decade.
* An engineering study determined that the [[Vulcan]] statue was in danger of collapse.
* [[Matilda]], who lived to become the "World's Oldest Chicken", was born.
* [[Matilda]], who lived to become the "World's Oldest Chicken", was born.
* 1990 U. S. Census
* [[Ken Mullinax]] donated a marble headstone for the graves of [[Addie Mae Collins]], [[Carole Robertson]] and [[Cynthia Wesley]] at [[Greenwood Cemetery]].
* The first [[Cahaba Thunder]] drumline competition was held at [[Hewitt-Trussville High School]].
* A bid to incorporate [[Center Point]] failed.
* The [[Crestwood Park|Friends of Crestwood Park]] were formed by [[Pride Forn
* [[April 20]]: President George H. W. Bush visited [[Birmingham-Southern College]] to proclaim National Recycling Month and attended a fundraising lunch for [[Bill Cabaniss]] at the [[BJCC]].
* August: the [[117th Air Refueling Wing|117th Tactical Reconnaisance Group]] deployed to the United Arab Emirates in support of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm
* [[October 16]]: The town of [[Indian Springs Village]] filed for incorporation.
* The [[1990 elections]] brought [[Gary White]] and [[Jim Carns]] onto the [[Jefferson County Commission]] and [[Mark Gaines]] into the Alabama Legislature.
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* Thanksgiving: [[Homewood High School]]'s marching band appeared in the New York Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the fifth time.
* The [[Regions Center|AmSouth-Sonat Tower]] displayed a huge American flag across its facade to honor troops returning from Operation Desert Storm.
* Guard [[William E. Donaldson]] was stabbed to death at the [[Donaldson Correctional Facility|West Jefferson Correctional Facility]].
* [[LaVondia Bryant-Square]] founded the [[Nathifa Dance Company]].
* A bond issue for the City of [[Hoover]] provided funds for a new [[Hoover Public Library]].


===Business===
===Business===
* [[Bradford Building Company]] was founded.
* [[Bradford Building Company]] was founded.
* The [[Eastwood Mall Theater]] and the [[Pitcher Show]] both closed.
* [[Millard Deason]] bought 25 restaurants in the [[Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta]] chain.
* [[Billy Braden]] bought [[Braden's Furniture]] from his father, [[Vernon Braden]].
* [[Metalplate]] expanded into Houston, Texas.
* [[Jimmy's Hot Dogs and Burgers]] opened in [[Lakeview]].
* The [[Florida Grille]] opened on [[Oxmoor Road]].
* Krypton Broadcasting bought [[WCAJ]] and changed the call letters to [[WABM]].
* [[Ty Nguyen]] opened the [[Texaco Super Deli]] in [[East Lake]].
* [[September 22]]: [[Alabama Booksmith|Highland Booksmith]] was founded.


===Media===
===Media===
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* ''Origins of Dance'', voice recording by [[Timothy Leary]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* The last [[All-American Bowl]] was held at [[Legion Field]]
* [[Ramsay High School]] won the [[AHSAA]] volleyball championship.
* [[Gerry DiNardo]] replaced [[Watson Brown]] as head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores.
* [[Jeff Brantley]] made the National League All-Star team.
* [[January 23]]: Patty Moise set a record 217.498 mph run at the [[Talladega Superspeedway]].
* [[April 1]]: [[Neil Bonnett]] suffered a life-threatening crash at Darlington, South Carolina.
* [[April 18]]: The [[Birmingham Fire|World League of American Football]] selected [[Birmingham]] as a host city.
* [[April 19]]: [[Terry Francona]] made his last Major League appearance as a player.
* [[July 29]]: The [[Birmingham Barons]] [[Cesar Bernhardt]] tied a record with 3 triples in a game at Columbus, Georgia
* Wayne Grady won the [[1990 PGA Championship]] at [[Shoal Creek]] amidst a firestorm of controversy over the club's all-white membership.
* [[August 16]]: Former [[UAB Blazers]] center [[Alan Off]] signed with the Miami Heat.
* [[November 17]]: Ashley Johnson won the men's title and Christine Pfitzinger of Massachusetts set a women's course record with her winning time of 32:33 in the [[Vulcan Run]]
* December: [[Alabama State University]] won the 1990 [[Magic City Classic]] at [[Legion Field]], 24-20 over [[Alabama A&M University|Alabama A&M]].
* December: [[Gene Stallings]] won his first [[1990 Iron Bowl|Iron Bowl]] game.
* [[December 21]]: [[Chan Gailey]] was announced as head coach of the [[Birmingham Fire]].
* [[December 21]]: [[Chan Gailey]] was announced as head coach of the [[Birmingham Fire]].
* [[December 28]]: North Carolina State defeated Brett Favre's Southern Mississippi 31-27 in the last [[All-American Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]]


==Works==
==Works==
* ''Mr Destiny'' starring [[Courteney Cox]]
* ''Mr Destiny'' starring [[Courteney Cox]]
* "Who Cleans Up After You've Reached Your Goal in the Athletic Effort", sculpture by [[Lonnie Holley]]
* "Concert Piece", orchestral composition by [[Ezra Sims]]
* ''Meet the Applegates'' starring [[Glenn Shadix]]
* ''The Long Walk Home'' starring [[Dorothy Love Coates]]
* ''Bird on a Wire'', directed by [[John Badham]]
* ''Eating'', starring [[Frances Bergen]]


===Books===
===Books===
*
* ''Early Barefootz'', collected comic strips by [[Howard Cruse]].
* ''Tender'', novel by [[Mark Childress]]
* ''History of the Shelby Iron Company 1862-1868'' by Joyce Jackson (reprint of her 1948 master's thesis)
* ''MINE'' by [[Robert R. McCammon]]
* ''Hugo L. Black and the Dilemma of American Liberalism'' by Tony Allen Freyer
* ''srebmun'' by [[Mary Ann Sampson]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* [[1990 Alabama Power Building|Alabama Power Building]]
* [[Rast Hall]], a residence hall at [[UAB]]
* [[Rast Hall]], a residence hall at [[UAB]]
* [[Sun Valley Elementary School]]
* [[Elton B. Stephens Science Center]] at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[Office Building 1200]] at [[Liberty Park]]
* The [[Federal Courthouse Building]] on [[5th Avenue North]] was rededicated in memory of [[Robert Vance]].
* The City of [[Birmingham]] purchased the [[Carver Theatre]].
* The disc golf course at [[George Ward Park]] was completed.
* Construction began on a new [[John Carroll Catholic High School]] in [[Wildwood]].
* [[Pepper Place]] was redeveloped by the [[Sloss Real Estate Company]].


==Music==
==Music==
* The [[1990 City Stages|2nd annual City Stages]] music festival was held downtown with headliners Bo Diddley and the Commodores.
* The [[1990 City Stages|2nd annual City Stages]] music festival was held downtown with headliners Bo Diddley and the Commodores.
* Rock band [[Brother Cane]] was founded as [[Chyld]].
* Rock band [[Every Alice on Earth]] was formed in [[Montevallo]].
* ''Brand New Dance'' and ''Duets'', albums by [[Emmylou Harris]]


==People==
==People==
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* [[Ken Lass]] became sports anchor for [[WVTM]].
* [[Ron Blankenship]] served 7 months for 3rd degree assault.
* Guitarist [[Eric Essix]] entered the Berklee School of Music.
* [[Stephen Rolfe Powell]] became an instructor at the Muhkina Glass Institute in Leningrad.
* [[Paul Cordes Wilm]] and his brother [[Peter Wilm|Peter]] entered the [[University of Montevallo]].
* [[Hank Hartsfield]] became Deputy Manager for Operations in the Space Station Projects Office at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
* [[Jack Fields]] joined the staff of the [[BJCC]].
* [[Karen Graffeo]] began teaching at the [[University of Montevallo]].
* [[Ralph Langley]] served as interim pastor at [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]] following the retirement of [[James A. Newell]].
* [[Samford University]] debate coach [[William Slagle]] was convicted of murdering a student, [[Rex Copeland]].
* [[Joseph Raya]] retired.
* [[Louis Willie]] became the first black member of the [[Shoal Creek|Shoal Creek Golf Club]].
* [[Bill West]] succeeded [[Jerry Haynes]] as Chief of the [[Homewood Police Department]].


===Awards===
===Awards===
* [[Resha Riggins]] was crowned [[Miss Alabama]].
* [[Hank Ballard]] was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
* Biologist [[E. O. Wilson]] won the Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
* Biologist [[E. O. Wilson]] won the Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
* [[James Reese Europe]], [[Joseph Giattina]], [[William W. Handy]], [[J. Earl Hensley]], [[Nuncie LeBerte]], [[William Lee]], [[Irene Monroe]], [[William Nappi]], [[Jimmy Randolph]], and [[Evelyn Wallace]] were inducted into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]].
* [[David Brower]] won the Gold Award for Cinematography from the Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executives.
* [[Polly Holliday]] was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''.
* [[Sandra Storm]] was [[Birmingham Woman of the Year]].
* Quilter [[Nora Ezell]] was given the Folk Heritage Award by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.


===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[Artur Davis]] from Harvard University
* Congressman [[Artur Davis]] from Harvard University
* Entrepreneur [[John Cassimus]] from the [[University of Alabama]]
* Attorney [[Antonio Spurling]] from [[Ensley High School]]
* Police Chief [[Mike Coppage]] from [[UAB]]
* Quarterback [[Jay Barker]] from [[Hewitt-Trussville High School]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[March 6]]: Baseball player [[Joe Sewell]]
* [[March 6]]: Baseball player [[Joe Sewell]]
* [[May 10]]: Novelist [[Walker Percy]]
* [[May 10]]: Novelist [[Walker Percy]]* [[July 13]]: [[William Norrell Thomas]] was executed for the [[1976]] murder of [[Quenette Shehane]].
* Art collector [[Eugenia Woodward Hitt]]
* Art collector [[Eugenia Woodward Hitt]]
:''See also [[List of Jefferson County homicides in 1990]]''
:''See also [[List of Jefferson County homicides in 1990]]''

Revision as of 14:25, 4 October 2007

1990 was the 119th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

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Business

Media

Sports

Works

Books

  • Early Barefootz, collected comic strips by Howard Cruse.
  • Tender, novel by Mark Childress
  • History of the Shelby Iron Company 1862-1868 by Joyce Jackson (reprint of her 1948 master's thesis)
  • MINE by Robert R. McCammon
  • Hugo L. Black and the Dilemma of American Liberalism by Tony Allen Freyer
  • srebmun by Mary Ann Sampson

Buildings

Music

People

Awards

Graduations

Deaths

See also List of Jefferson County homicides in 1990

See also

Context

In 1990

Notable films

Notable deaths

1990s
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