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: Guy Hunt resigned as Alabama's governor after a criminal conviction of misuse of campaign funds.
• April 22: Jim Folsom, Jr was appointed as governor of Alabama.
• May 8: Agnes gallery opened on the ground floor of the Dulion Apartments building in Five Points South.
• June 15: A wild black bear was captured in Smithfield.
• August: The inaugural Birmingham Heritage Festival was held.
• October 20: Birmingham Airport was officially renamed as the Birmingham International Airport.
• Paul Finebaum's "The Paul Finebaum Show" started 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 retired as UAB's president.
• J. Claude Bennett was appointed as UAB's president.
• Condoleezza Rice was appointed Provost of Stanford University.
• The Birmingham Festival of Arts Salute to Switzerland
• Paul Bailey was awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham-Southern College.
• The Lyric Theatre was donated to Birmingham Landmarks.

Business

• January 19: Compass Bank acquired Cornerstone Bancshares of Dallas, Texas.
• May: Melvon's Chuck Wagon Bar-B-Que opened.
• October 14: Compass Bank acquireed 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 opened in the Terrace Court building.
• O'Henry's Coffees was founded.
• John Cassimus founded J-Rag Inc.
• Dreamland Bar-B-Q opened its Birmingham location at 1427 14th Avenue South.
• Charles E. Bugg was appointed as BioCryst's Chairman of the Board and CEO.
• Caremark Rx was founded.
• Chuck Evans purchased the 60-year old Art's Barber Shop from its original owners.

Sports

• June: Charles Barkley was named NBA's Most Valuable Player.
• September: The Barons won the Southern League championship.
• October 6: Michael Jordan retired from the NBA.
• Bob Murphy won the second annual Bruno's Memorial Classic.
• Bobby Allison was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame
• Bo Jackson was selected as 1993's AL Comeback Player of the Year.
• Alabama State defeated Alabama A&M 7-0 in the 1993 Magic City Classic.

Buildings

• Weather Forecast Office Birmingham

Arts

• January 10: The Magic City Blues Society was incorporated.
• Recording artist John Mellencamp released When Jesus Left Birmingham
• The Birmingham Sunlights released their only album, For Old Time's Sake
• Brother Cane released their self titled debut Brother Cane.
• The Alabama Symphony Orchestra declared bankruptcy.
• Charles Ghigna's poem "Returning to Earth" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
• Lithos II created by Elyn Zimmerman

People

Awards

• Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame: Iola Baylor

Graduations

• Congressman Artur Davis from Harvard Law School.
• Attorney Abdul Kallon from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law
• Earnest Lumpkin from Woodlawn High School

Deaths

• May 30: Sun Ra, jazz musician.
• June: Nolan Harmon, Methodist bishop
• July 12: Davey Allison, NASCAR driver
• November 11: Erskine Hawkins, jazz musician
• November 27: Jim Hayes, baseball player
• December 21: Joe Rumore, radio announcer

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1993

See Also

• 1993 City Stages
• 1993 Birmingham Barons
• 1993 UAB Blazers
• 1993 Iron Bowl
• 1993 National Apostolate of Maronites convention

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