2000

2000 was the 129th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

• June: The Magic City Brewery closes.

Sports

• March 31: The Birmingham Steeldogs played their first game
• June 11: The Birmingham Barons lost to the Mobile BayBears in the 2000 Rickwood Classic
• November 18: The 2000 Iron Bowl was played in Tuscaloosa for the first time since 1901

Deaths

• February 21: Ron Casey, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer
• September 16: Rumplesealskin, California sea lion at the Birmingham Zoo

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2000

See Also

• 2000 City Stages
• 2000 Birmingham Barons
• 2000 Birmingham Steeldogs
• 2000 UAB Blazers
• 2000 Iron Bowl

2000s

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