2014

2014 is the 143rd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• January 1: A plane crash in an Alabaster back yard resulted in minor injuries.
• January 1: The Homewood High School marching band made their fourth appearance in the Tournament of Roses Parade.
• January 1: Richard Shahan was arrested as a "fugitive from justice" before boarding a flight from Nashville, Tennessee to Frankfurt, Germany.
• January 1: The Blazer Express bus system went into service.
• November 3: Date set for civil trial against architects and contractors faulted for the 2013 Birmingham airport fatality.

Business

• Alabama Media Group moved from the 2006 Birmingham News building to the Young & Vann Building.
• Mercedes-Benz US International began producing C-Class sedans in Tuscaloosa.
• Momentum Telecom merged with Integrated Broadband Services (IBBS) of Kennessaw, Georgia.
• Direct Communications moved from Cahaba Heights to 1st Avenue South in Birmingham.
• Steyr Arms moved from Trussville Industrial Park to Bessemer.

Establishments

• January 20: The Southern opened at Uptown.
• January 21: Continental Bakery opened a second location in One Federal Place.
• late January: 24e Fitness opened a new location on Main Street in Trussville.
• Cahaba Oaks Cafe opened at McEnally's Mercantile in Clay.
• Dupont Public House opened at SoHo Square.
• Melt opened on 41st Street South in Avondale.
• Taziki's opened five new locations, including one in Auburn.

Disestablishments

• January: Tavern on the Summit closed.
• January: All Seasons Travel merged with Christopherson Andavo of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Education

• Pelham City Schools broke away from Shelby County Schools.

Government

• Redistricting affected constituencies in the Alabama State Senate and Alabama House of Representatives.

Sports

• January 2: The 2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football team lost to the Oklahoma Sooners 45-31 in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana
• January 4: The Vanderbilt Commodores defeated the Houston Cougars 41-24 in the 2014 BBVA Compass Bowl at Legion Field
• January 6: Jameis Winston led the Florida State Seminoles to a 34-31 victory over the Auburn Tigers in the BCS National Championship game in Pasadena, California.
• January 8: Former Auburn and Birmingham Barons star Frank Thomas was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• The Alabama Outlawz began playing arena football in the X-League at Bill Harris Arena.
• The Birmingham Black Widows began playing in the Women's Indoor Football League.
• August: ESPN's SEC Network debuted, featuring Paul Finebaum's call-in show.

Individuals

• January 31: Scott Richards conducted his final broadcast on WBRC 6.
• February 2: Michael Rich became Priest in Charge of St Andrew's Episcopal Church.
• Devon Laney succeeded Susan Matlock as director of the Innovation Depot.

Awards

• Alabama Women's Hall of Fame:
• Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame:
• Alabama Men's Hall of Fame:
• Alabama Sports Hall of Fame: Major Ogilvie, Ruthie Bolton, Red Cochran, Bill Cody, Eli Gold, Travis Grant, Walter Jones and David Magadan
• Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame:
• Birmingham Business Hall of Fame:
• Birmingham Gallery of Distinguished Citizens:
• Legend of Birmingham Award: Tony Nathan
• Miss Alabama:
• Miss Alabama USA: Jesica Ahlberg
• Miss Birmingham: Chelsea Yarber
• Miss Samford: Shea Summerlin
• Miss UAB:
• Mr Football:

Births

• January 1: Griffin, a giraffe, was born at the Birmingham Zoo.

Deaths

• January 3: Betty Caldwell, actress, director and English teacher
• January 12: James Pittman, former dean of the UAB School of Medicine
• January 12: Bob Burton, former CEO of Hoar Construction

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2014 and List of homicides in 2014

Works

• The LightRails public art installation in underpasses in the downtown Railroad Reservation

Buildings

• January 16: The Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts opened to the public.
• The 34th Street North overpass in Collegeville was completed.
• The hotel at the Ross Bridge Resort completed a $5 million renovation.
• The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Terminal Modernization Project was completed.
• Green Drive reopened in Trussville.
• Hewitt-Trussville Stadium was completed at Hewitt-Trussville High School.
• The I-22 I-65 interchange opened.
• The Rotary Trail at 1st Avenue South was constructed.
• Trussville Civitan Park reopened after extensive renovations.
• University Flats in Glen Iris opened.

See Also

• 2014 Birmingham Barons
• 2014 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
• 2014 UAB Blazers football

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