2002
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2002 is the 131st year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- May: City Stages is held for the second time in May and is plagued by rain and cold weather
Sports
- April 25: The Birmingham Barons defeat the Chattanooga Lookouts 14-4 in the 7th Rickwood Classic
Buildings
- August 9: Topping out ceremony is held for the downtown tower One Concord Center
Deaths
- January 2: Tim Dyson, truck driver, dies in an accident that destroyed a bridge at *Malfunction Junction
- January 19: Virginia Tyler, director of Ensley Community House
- April 8: Marvin L. Warner, US Ambassador to Sweeden and owner of the Birmingham Stallions
- April 9: Dorothy Love Coates, gospel singer and Civil Rights Movement
- August 31: Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
- December 30: Martha Myers, medical missionary
- See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2002
See Also
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