2005

2005 was the 134th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• January 6: Tapestry went on the air
• February 22: Magic City Flickr Group was founded
• May 30: Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba
• June 17-19: 2005 City Stages
• June 28: Richard Scrushy was acquitted of 36 counts of fraud and conspiracy
• July: The Universist Movement was chartered as a religious non-profit corporation in Alabama
• July 16: Brandee Skinner's BMW plunged into the Cahaba River, killing her two children.
• October 13-15: 2005 NOMA convention at the Sheraton Birmingham
• October 26: Don Siegelman was indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, and extortion; Richard Scrushy was indicted on charges of bribery and mail fraud

Business

• March: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta lost 70 jobs
• May: ServisFirst Bank was founded
• August 15: Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa opened
• September 23: The Birmingham Post-Herald published its last edition
• October: SouthPoint Bank opened
• October 24: SouthTrust Bank merged with Wachovia

Sports

• October 29: Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 31-28 in the Magic City Classic
• November 19: Auburn beat Alabama 28-18 in the 2005 Iron Bowl
• December: The Tragic City Rollers were formed

Works

• Birmingham's Theater and Retail District, book
• Boxcars on 1st, Vol. I, compilation album
• Killing Christian, film

Buildings

• January 4: Homewood Middle School
• October 9: The Ensley Library reopened after renovations.
• The Radisson Hotel of Birmingham closed for renovations.

Individuals

Awards

• Oscar Adams, Jr to the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame

Deaths

• January 18: Kevin McGowin, author
• February 5: Elton B. Stephens, businessman and philanthropist
• February 24: George Gaunt, architect
• March 1: Houston Brice, Jr, businessman
• April 23: J. B. Stoner, founder of the National States Rights Party
• June 2: Maynard, Birmingham Zoo lion
• June 24: Lyman Bostock, Sr, first baseman for Birmingham Black Barons
• July 9: Daryl Harms, entreprenuer
• July 16: Ashlyn and Bryson Skinner, children of Brandee Skinner, died when her car plunged into the Cahaba River.
• August 2: Loulie Jean Norman, singer
• August 9: C. Pat Reynolds, restauranteur and former mayor of Vestavia Hills
• September 3: John Claypool, Episcopal rector
• October 12: Baker Knight, songwriter
• October 13: Vivian Malone, the first black graduate of the University of Alabama
• December 23: Harold Ruttenberg, founder of Just For Feet and Amalgamated Concepts

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2005

See Also

• 2005 City Stages
• 2005 Birmingham Barons (82-57, 2nd in Western Division)
• 2005 Birmingham Steeldogs (2-14)
• 2005 UAB Blazers (5-6)

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