1991

1991 was the 120th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• 1991 City Stages
• Salute to the United Kingdom
• July 10: L'Express Flight 508 plane crash
• Bethel-Ensley Action Task was founded by Ron Nored and Clarence Brown.
• The Civil Rights Activist Committee was founded by Tommy Wrenn

Business

• Eddie Miller took over office furniture dealer Bodine after his father's retirement.
• Allan Lowe founded the Lowe Insurance Agency in Columbiana.

Sports

• 1991 Birmingham Barons
• 1991 Birmingham Fire
• 1991 UAB Blazers
• 1991 Iron Bowl

Works

• "Centurion", a bronze memorial sculpture by Branko Medenica, was dedicated in front of the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center.
• Looking Down Yosemite Valley was made a permanent gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art

Buildings

• May 6: Clay-Chalkville Animal Clinic
• Children's Hospital's Ambulatory Care Center
• The Auburn Women's Club clubhouse was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

Individuals

• Angela Hérnandez retired from chairing the math department at the University of Montevallo.
• Bob Roller joined AdCraft Sports Marketing in Louisville, Kentucky as vice-president.

Births

• October 23: Eric Bledsoe, basketball player
• Dolly, Birmingham Zoo cheetah
• Laptop, Birmingham Zoo rhinoceros
• December 14: Husani, former Birmingham Zoo gorilla

Awards

• October 19: Stanleigh Malotte was given a star on the Alabama Walk of Fame.
• Alabama Sports Hall of Fame inductees: Joe Cribbs, Hootie Ingram, Vaughn Mancha, Jo Ann Prentice, Erk Russell, and Arnold Umbach

Deaths

• August 23: Judge Harlan Grooms
• March: restauranteur Jack Caddell
• artist and engineer Sidney van Sheck

• see also List of Birmingham homicides in 1991.

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