1992
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1992 was the 121st year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.
Events
- Black & White newspaper debuted.
- April: Esquire magazine published a cover story about "The Machine", a secretive political organization at the University of Alabama.
- May 2: First Alabama Bank became Regions Bank
- City Stages featured James Brown, Al Green, George Jones, and Richie Havens.
- The Birmingham Festival of Arts' Salute to Spain.
- Larry "Bud" Melman was grand marshall of the Do Dah Day parade.
- EWTN launched WEWN, a 24-hour shortwave radio broadcast.
- December 22: Compass Bank acquired FWNB Bancshares of Carrollton, Texas.
- Books-A-Million went public.
- CapitalSouth Bank was founded.
- The Hyatt House reopened as the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel.
- The Weather Forecast Office Birmingham moved to the Shelby County Airport.
- WJOX-AM was launched as a reformatting of oldies station WVOK-AM on AM 690.
- LAH Real Estate was founded by Jim Lawrence, Keith Arendall and Maurice Humphries.
Sports
- The Friends of Rickwood took over management of Rickwood Field.
- The Birmingham Bulls returned to the ice as part of the East Coast Hockey League.
- The Birmingham Fire compiled a 7-3-1 record, losing a first-round playoff game to the Orlando Thunder in the Citrus Bowl on May 30.
- Bobby Allison was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
- Terry Bowden succeeded Pat Dye as head coach of the Auburn Tigers football team.\
- January 2: Pat Sullivan was hired as Texas Christian's head football coach.
- Carl Lewis and Charles Barkley won gold medals at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
- August: George Archer won the inaugural Bruno's Memorial Classic at the Greystone Golf and Country Club.
- October 31: Bo Jackson's jersey number 34 was retired during a halftime ceremony at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
- November 4: Center Alan Ogg was waived by the Miami Heat.
- November 26: Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Auburn Tigers 17-0 in the Iron Bowl at Legion Field.
- December: Alabama State defeated Alabama A&M 14-11 in the Magic City Classic.
Works
- The Storyteller Fountain by Frank Fleming was installed at Five Points South.
Buildings
- Kelly Ingram Park was renovated and rededicated as "a place of revolution and reconciliation."
- November 14: the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute opened.
Books
- Gone South, novel by Robert R. McCammon
- The History of Forest Park by Catherine Greene Browne
- The Diversity of Life by E. O. Wilson
- Pilgrim in the Ruins: A Life of Walker Percy by Jay Tolson.
- Of Power and Right : Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution. by Howard Ball
People
- Scientist Larry DeLucas served on Space Shuttle Mission STS-50.
- Earl Hilliard became the first African American to represent Alabama in the United States Congress since Reconstruction.
- Howell Raines was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
- Mike Hathorne succeeded Jack Farr as principal of Homewood High School.
Deaths
- August 13: Race car driver Clifford Allison died in a single car crash at the Michigan International Speedway.
- October 5: Singer Eddie Kendricks died of lung cancer in Birmingham.
See Also
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