2005
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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
- 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
- March: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta lost 70 jobs
- May: ServisFirst Bank was founded
- 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
- 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
- Birmingham's Theater and Retail District, book
- Boxcars on 1st, Vol. I, compilation album
- Killing Christian, film
Buildings
- January 4: Homewood Middle School
- October 9: The Ensley Library reopened after renovations.
- The Radisson Hotel of Birmingham closed for renovations.
Individuals
Awards
Deaths
- 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: 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 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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