1993

1993 was the 122nd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

January: Jefferson State Community College's Shelby Campus opens.
March 12-14: Blizzard of 1993
April 22: Jim Hunt resigned as Alabama's governor after a criminal conviction of misuse of campaign funds.
April 22: Jim Folsom, Jr appointed as governor of Alabama.
Agnes gallery opened on the ground floor of the Dulion Apartments building in Five Points South.
May: Artur Davis graduated from Harvard Law School.
August: Inaugural Birmingham Heritage Festival is held.
October 20: Birmingham Airport is officially renamed as the Birmingham International Airport.
Paul Finebaum's "The Paul Finebaum Show" starts on WERC-AM Radio.
The Alabama Theatre was designated as the "official state historic theatre."
Heather Whitestone finished as first runner-up in the Miss Alabama Pageant.
Charles A. McCallum retires as UAB's president.
J. Claude Bennett is appointed as UAB's president.
Condoleezza Rice appointed Provost of Stanford University.
The Birmingham Festival of Arts Salute to Switzerland

January 19: Compass Bank acquires Cornerstone Bancshares of Dallas, Texas.
May: Melvon's Chuck Wagon Bar-B-Que opens.
October 14: Compass Bank acquires First Federal Savings Bank of Northwest Florida.
Alabama Byproducts Corporation was named as GMC's "Worldwide Supplier of the Year."
The Stream of Consciousness Koffiehuis opens in the Terrace Court building.
O'Henry's Coffees founded.
John Cassimus founds J-Rag Inc.
Dreamland Bar-B-Q opens its Birmingham location at 1427 14th Avenue South.
Charles E. Bugg is appointed as BioCryst's Chairman of the Board and CEO.
Caremark Rx is founded.

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1993