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* [[August 6]]: A major fire damaged the [[Hawthorne at Wisteria]] apartment complex in [[Hoover]].
* [[August 6]]: A major fire damaged the [[Hawthorne at Wisteria]] apartment complex in [[Hoover]].
* [[August 19]]-[[August 25|25]]: [[2019 Sidewalk Film Festival]]
* [[August 19]]-[[August 25|25]]: [[2019 Sidewalk Film Festival]]
* [[September 27]]: The newly-built [[Met on 7th|Metropolitan Apartments]] in [[Lakeview]] were damaged by fire.
* [[October 14]]: A customer struck gas station owner [[Susil Rupasinghe]] with her car, resulting in his death.
* [[October 14]]: A customer struck gas station owner [[Susil Rupasinghe]] with her car, resulting in his death.
* [[December 3]]: The [[Birmingham Direct]] microtransit service was launched.
* [[December 3]]: The [[Birmingham Direct]] microtransit service was launched.
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* May: [[Station 31 Kitchen]] opened at 104 [[Chesser Drive]] in [[Chelsea]].
* May: [[Station 31 Kitchen]] opened at 104 [[Chesser Drive]] in [[Chelsea]].
* July: The Mississippi Lime Co. of St Louis, Missouri acquired [[Southern Lime]] in [[Calera]] from the Covia Holdings Corporation of Independence, Ohio.
* July: The Mississippi Lime Co. of St Louis, Missouri acquired [[Southern Lime]] in [[Calera]] from the Covia Holdings Corporation of Independence, Ohio.
* [[July 20]]: [[Gatos and Beans]] opened in [[East Avondale]].
* Summer: [[Dread River Distilling Company]] opened on [[7th Avenue South]].
* Summer: [[Dread River Distilling Company]] opened on [[7th Avenue South]].
* August: [[Yummefy]] opened at [[The Waites]].
* August: [[Yummefy]] opened at [[The Waites]].
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* [[April 18]]: The [[Jefferson County Commission]] approved the takeover of [[Cooper Green Mercy Health Services]] by the [[UAB University Healthcare Authority]].
* [[April 18]]: The [[Jefferson County Commission]] approved the takeover of [[Cooper Green Mercy Health Services]] by the [[UAB University Healthcare Authority]].
* [[May 15]]: The [[Alabama Human Life Protection Act]] was signed into law by Governor [[Kay Ivey]].
* [[May 15]]: The [[Alabama Human Life Protection Act]] was signed into law by Governor [[Kay Ivey]].
* Summer: The [[City of Birmingham]] launched the [[Academy of Civic Engagement]].
* [[July 23]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] passed the $451 million [[2020 Birmingham budget]].
* [[July 23]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] passed the $451 million [[2020 Birmingham budget]].
* [[August 8]]: The [[Jefferson County Commission]] passed the $700 million [[2020 Jefferson County budget]].
* [[August 8]]: The [[Jefferson County Commission]] passed the $700 million [[2020 Jefferson County budget]].
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* ''[[Back to Nature (book)|Back to Nature: A History of Birmingham's Ruffner Mountain]]'' by [[Mark Kelly]] for the [[Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition]]
* ''[[Back to Nature (book)|Back to Nature: A History of Birmingham's Ruffner Mountain]]'' by [[Mark Kelly]] for the [[Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition]]
* ''[[Glory Road]]'', novel by [[Lauren Denton]]
* ''[[Glory Road]]'', novel by [[Lauren Denton]]
* ''[[Memoirs of a Mad Redneck]]'', by [[Zac Henson]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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* [[Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema‎‎]] in the [[Pizitz building]]
* [[Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema‎‎]] in the [[Pizitz building]]
* [[UAB Proton Therapy Center]] on [[20th Street South]]
* [[UAB Proton Therapy Center]] on [[20th Street South]]
* [[University Hall]] on the [[UAB Campus Green]]
* [[Villas at Titusville]] apartments
* [[Villas at Titusville]] apartments
* [[Veterinary Surgery of Birmingham]] at 146 [[Resource Center Parkway]]
* [[Veterinary Surgery of Birmingham]] at 146 [[Resource Center Parkway]]

Latest revision as of 15:48, 12 February 2024

Sunset view of the activity building and plaza at One Pratt Park

2019 was the 148th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

The 2019 Mulberry Fork fish kill.

Business

Establishments

Disestablishments

Education

Government

Religion

Sports

The Birmingham Iron played their sole season in 2019.

Individuals

Births

Awards

Graduations

Marriages

Retirements

Deaths

Larry Langford
Art Clarkson
Gip Gipson

Works

Books

Buildings

Demolitions

Context

In 2019, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris was grievously damaged by fire. Massive wildfires raged across arctic areas. President Trump was impeached in the U.S. House of Representatives. White supremacist mass shooters killed dozens of people at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas and at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. A Global Climate Strike was held on September 20. On December 31 the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq was stormed by militants.

Notable deaths in 2019 included those of actors Danny Aiello, René Auberjonois, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing, Tim Conway, Doris Day, Albert Finney, Peter Fonda, Rutger Hauer, Peter Mayhew, Luke Perry, Rip Torn and John Witherspoon; architects Phil Freelon, Florence Knoll, I. M. Pei and Stanley Tigerman; baseball manager Frank Robinson; cartoonist Gahan Wilson; composers Michel Legrand and André Previn; director John Singleton; former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi; former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe; fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld; federal reserve chair Paul Volcker; industrialists David Koch and T. Boone Pickens; journalist Cokie Roberts; musicians Ginger Baker, Dick Dale, Marie Fredriksson, João Gilberto, Mark Hollis, Daniel Johnston, Keith Flint, Eddie Money, Art Neville, Jessye Norman, Ric Ocasek, Mac "Dr John" Rebennack, and Leon Redbone; novelists Toni Morrison and Herman Wouk; poet Mary Oliver; politicians John Conyers, Elijah Cummings, John Dingell, Kay Hagan, and H. Ross Perot; puppeteer Carroll Spinney; restaurateur Leah Chase; and scientists Wally Broecker and Murray Gell-Mann.

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