2005

Natalee Holloway, disappeared in May 2005

2005 was the 134th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• January 6: Tapestry went on the air.
• February 22: Magic City Flickr Group was founded.
• March 12: The Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site was dedicated.
• March 27: 10,000 attended a special Easter service hosted by Gardendale First Baptist Church at the BJCC.
• May 30: Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba.
• June 17-19: 2005 City Stages.
• June 28: Richard Scrushy was acquitted of 36 counts of fraud and conspiracy.
• July: The Universist Movement was chartered as a religious non-profit corporation in Alabama.
• July 16: Brandee Skinner's BMW plunged into the Cahaba River, killing her two children.
• October 13-15: 2005 NOMA convention at the Sheraton Birmingham.
• October 26: Don Siegelman was indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, and extortion; Richard Scrushy was indicted on charges of bribery and mail fraud.

Business

logo for ServisFirst Bank

• March: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta lost 70 jobs.
• May: ServisFirst Bank was founded.
• June: WBHJ-FM moved its transmitter to Red Mountain from a site near Vance.
• August 15: Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa opened.
• September 23: The Birmingham Post-Herald published its last edition.
• October: SouthPoint Bank opened.
• October 24: SouthTrust Bank merged with Wachovia.

Sports

• March: The first North Alabama Whitewater Festival was held at King's Bend on Locust Fork.
• October 29: Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 31-28 in the Magic City Classic
• November 19: Auburn beat Alabama 28-18 in the 2005 Iron Bowl
• December: The Tragic City Rollers were formed

Works

• Princeton BMC Healing Garden
• Boxcars on 1st, Vol. I, compilation album by Skybucket Records
• Killing Christian, film by Wastebasket Productions

Books

• Birmingham's Theater and Retail District, book by Tim Hollis
• To You Through Me: The Beginning of a Link of a Journey of 400 Years, book by Joe Minter

Buildings

• January 4: Homewood Middle School
• May 26: Mount Lebanon Baptist Church was destroyed by fire.
• October 9: The Ensley Library reopened after renovations.
• Colonial Promenade Alabaster
• The Radisson Hotel of Birmingham closed for renovations.
• Ground was broken for the Birmingham Social Security Administration Center.

Individuals

• Ray Melick began writing sports columns for the Birmingham News.

Awards

• Oscar Adams, Jr to the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame
• Miller Gorrie, Auburn Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

Deaths

J. B. Stoner, died April 23, 2005

• January 18: Kevin McGowin, author
• February 5: Elton B. Stephens, businessman and philanthropist
• February 24: George Gaunt, architect
• March 1: Houston Brice, Jr, businessman
• April 23: J. B. Stoner, founder of the National States Rights Party
• June 2: Maynard, Birmingham Zoo lion
• June 24: Lyman Bostock, Sr, first baseman for Birmingham Black Barons
• July 9: Daryl Harms, entreprenuer
• July 16: Ashlyn and Bryson Skinner, children of Brandee Skinner, died when her car plunged into the Cahaba River.
• August 2: Sloan Bashinsky, Sr, Golden Flake CEO
• August 2: Loulie Jean Norman, singer
• August 9: C. Pat Reynolds, restauranteur and former mayor of Vestavia Hills
• September 3: John Claypool, Episcopal rector
• October 12: Baker Knight, songwriter
• October 13: Vivian Malone, the first black graduate of the University of Alabama
• December 5: Ocie Burton, pastor of Mt Hebron Missionary Baptist Church
• December 23: Harold Ruttenberg, founder of Just For Feet and Amalgamated Concepts

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2005

See Also

• 2005 City Stages
• 2005 Birmingham Barons (82-57, 2nd in Western Division)
• 2005 Birmingham Steeldogs (2-14)
• 2005 UAB Blazers (5-6)

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