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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 27]]: [[2009 State of the City address]]
* [[January 27]]: [[2009 State of the City address]]
* [[February 2]]: [[Birmingham]] signed a [[Birmingham Sister Cities|Sister City]] agreement with [[Winneba, Ghana]].
* [[February 3]]: [[Alabama Public Television|APT]]'s ''[[For the Record]]'' aired its final program
* [[February 3]]: [[Alabama Public Television|APT]]'s ''[[For the Record]]'' aired its final program
* March: [[Natalie Kelly]] launched [[My Green Birmingham.com]].
* March: [[Natalie Kelly]] launched [[My Green Birmingham.com]].
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* [[February 10]]: [[Kirkwood Balton]], former CEO of [[Booker T. Washington Insurance Company]]
* [[February 10]]: [[Kirkwood Balton]], former CEO of [[Booker T. Washington Insurance Company]]
* [[February 14]]: [[Carole Samuelson]], former [[Jefferson County Health Officer]]
* [[February 14]]: [[Carole Samuelson]], former [[Jefferson County Health Officer]]
* [[February 14]]: [[John Evins]], former president of [[Hart-Greer]], appliance distributors
* February 14: [[John Evins]], former president of [[Hart-Greer]], appliance distributors
* February 14: [[Hugo Marx Jr]], investment banker
* [[February 19]]: [[Dan Holliman]], biologist and [[Birmingham-Southern College]] professor
* [[February 19]]: [[Dan Holliman]], biologist and [[Birmingham-Southern College]] professor
* [[February 26]]: [[Harry Ford]], retired Air Force Colonel and former Tuskegee Airman
* [[February 26]]: [[Harry Ford]], retired Air Force Colonel and former Tuskegee Airman
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* April 5: [[Angela Hernández]], former math department chair, [[University of Montevallo]]
* April 5: [[Angela Hernández]], former math department chair, [[University of Montevallo]]
* [[April 12]]: [[Billy Jack Holcombe]], musician and businessman
* [[April 12]]: [[Billy Jack Holcombe]], musician and businessman
* [[April 15]]: [[Carroll Harmon]], architect
* [[April 20]]: [[Delores Manyama]], [[Carver High School]] English teacher
* [[April 20]]: [[Delores Manyama]], [[Carver High School]] English teacher
* [[April 21]]: [[Miriam Witherspoon]], attorney and [[Birmingham City Council]] member
* [[April 21]]: [[Miriam Witherspoon]], attorney and [[Birmingham City Council]] member
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* ''[[Sloss Furnaces (book)|Sloss Furnaces]]'' by [[Karen Utz]] for the [[Sloss Furnaces Foundation]]
* ''[[Sloss Furnaces (book)|Sloss Furnaces]]'' by [[Karen Utz]] for the [[Sloss Furnaces Foundation]]
* ''Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound: No Holiday for Justice'' by [[Bob McGregor]]
* ''Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound: No Holiday for Justice'' by [[Bob McGregor]]
* ''The Missing Diagnosis II'' by [[C. Orian Truss]]


===Film and television===
===Film and television===

Latest revision as of 10:09, 9 April 2024

Banners enlisting support for a domed stadium were produced by Mayor Larry Langford's staff and hung downtown in July 2009

2009 was the 138th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Openings

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Education

Sports

Individuals

Births

Awards

Marriages

Deaths

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2009 and List of homicides in 2009

Works

Artwork

Buildings

Books

Film and television

Music

See Also

Context

US Airways Flight 1549 made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River. Barack Obama became President of the United States. The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII. Australian bushfires killed 173. Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama was rescued after five days as a Somali pirate hostage. The spread of H1N1 flu was deemed a global pandemic. The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. A soldier at Fort Hood in Texas went on a shooting spree that killed 13 and wounded 30.

Deaths in 2009 included those of Beatrice Arthur, Jack Kemp, Dom DeLuise, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Walter Cronkite, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, and Soupy Sales.

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