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Revision as of 10:24, 8 July 2010
1995 was the 124th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- May 12: The 1995 Pepsi Hot Air Affair ballooning event began.
- March 22: Birmingham police officer Randy Smith was severely injured when accidentally shot by another officer.
- October 28: Viaduct Spook-a-delic
- The City Action Partnership was founded.
- Obligation, Inc. was founded.
- Vestavia Hills annexed Liberty Park.
Business
- March 10: The Magic City Brewery opened for business.
- The Coalition of Independent Music Stores was formed.
- CookingLight.com was launched.
- Hula Funk records was founded.
- Kinetic Communications was founded.
- Pyro Productions was founded.
- Stream of Consciousness Koffiehuis closed.
- V. Richard's opened.
- Walter Industries returned to public ownership
- Club Jaguar closed amidst Birmingham City Council hearings aimed at shutting it down.
Media
- The final Country Boy Eddy Show aired.
Sports
- March 9: The Olympic soccer countdown clock was dedicated.
- April 25: Hank Manning set a Birmingham Barons record with 3 sacrifice flies in a game against Chattanooga.
- The Birmingham Barracudas played their only season.
- Watson Brown became head football coach of the UAB Blazers.
- The artificial turf at Legion Field was replaced with Bermuda grass in preparation for 1996 Olympic soccer.
Works
Buildings
- Second 24th Street Viaduct
- Green Pond Library
- Center Point Fire Station No. 5 in Chalkville
- Baptist Church of the Covenant
Films
- Soul of the Game
- Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, TV movie starring Sela Ward
Music
- Brother Cane released the album Seeds.
- Emmylou Harris released the album Wrecking Ball.
People
- Artist Joe DeCamillis moved to Birmingham.
Awards
- Eric Wieschaus was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
- UAB Distinguished Alumnus Award : James Woodward
- Alabama Business Hall of Fame: Red Dove; George LeMaistre; John Miller, Jr; William Spencer III; Louis Willie
Graduations
- Painter Ahmad Austin from Huffman High School
- Editor Glenny Brock from John Carroll Catholic High School
- Museum curator Graham Boettcher, bachelor of arts in German Studies from Yale University
- Actor Michael Emerson from the University of Alabama master's program at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival
- Real estate agent James F. Sulzby IV from Auburn University
Deaths
- January 30: Milo Carlton, founder of Milo's Hamburgers
- March 31: John M. Harbert, businessman
- June 13: Glenn Messer, aviation pioneer
- September 9: Robert Waldrop, former Homewood mayor
- Morris Benson, community activist
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1995
See also
Context
In 1997 Republicans took control of both U.S. houses for the first time since 1953. The WB and UPN television networks began operation. The San Francisco 49ers won Super Bowl XXIX, their fifth Super Bowl win. Terrorists released sarin gas aboard Tokyo trains. The bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City became America's worst domestic terrorist indicent. Christopher Reeve was paralyzed. The Houston Rockets won their second NBA championship in a row. The New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup. Netscape went public. The DVD format was announced. O. J. Simpson was found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The Million Man March took place in Washington, D.C. The Atlanta Braves won the World Series. Bill Watterson retired from Calvin and Hobbes.
Notable films included Toy Story, Apollo 13, Se7en, Braveheart, and Crimson Tide. Notable popular songs included "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio, "Waterfalls" by TLC, and "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. Carol Shields won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Stone Diaries.
Notable deaths included Burl Ives, Howard Cosell, Art Fleming, Ginger Rogers, Jonas Salk, Lana Turner, Wolfman Jack, Eva Gabor, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Mantle, and Dean Martin.
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