1998 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed, 1 killed
1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
1995 Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)
1995 Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg)
1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
1995 Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny
1995 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
1995 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN)
1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
1985 Race riot in Birmingham England
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
1981 Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1980 Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham
1978 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1975 Andrew Symonds, cricketer, Birmingham, brilliant Qld and Gloucs batsman
1975 Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1975 Scott Tucker, Birmingham, Alabama, 400m/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1973 John Zimmerman, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Steigler
1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
1970 Nick Castaneda, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Dawn Piepenbrink
1968 LeShundra Nathan, born in Birmingham, Alabama, heptathlete
1967 Mike Mordecai, Birmingham, Alabama, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1965 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Matt Jackson, Birmingham, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Payless
1964 Courtney Cox, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Family Ties, Monica-Friends
1963 Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne, Benny Hill Show
1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
1963 Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1962 Nancy Ramsbottom, born in Birmingham, Alabama, LPGA golfer, 1994 McCall's-2nd
1962 Amy Read, Birmingham, Michigan, golfer, 1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th
1962 Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner 1984 Olympics silver
1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
1960 Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, 1994 Sprint
1960 David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals
1959 Mary Murphy, Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open-5th
1958 Elaine Crosby, born in Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mazda Japan Classic
1958 Julie Gholson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Where the Lilies Bloom
1958 Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham, England, rocker, I Want to Be Free
1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
1956 Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white
1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symph Orch
1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group
1953 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich
1950 Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham, Michigan, speed skater, Oly-gold/sil-76
1949 Geezer Butler, born in Birmingham, rocker, Black Sabbath
1949 Terry "Geezer" Butler, born in Birmingham, rock bassist, Black Sabbath
1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 Kate Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Rookies, Charlie's Angels
1948 Nell Carter, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo
1948 Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer, Black Sabbath
1947 Emmylou Harris, born in Birmingham, Alabama, country singer, Together Again
1946 Hubie Green, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977
1946 Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer, ELO
1946 Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1946 Andy Brown, rock drummer, Fortunes Birmingham
1945 Roy Wood, Birmingham England, rock vocalist/celloist, ELO
1944 Fannie Flagg, Birmingham, Alabama, actress/comediene, Candid Camera
1944 J R Cobb, Birmingham, Alabama, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV
1943 John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin
1942 Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker, Moody Blues
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940 Clint Warwick, born in Birmingham England, bassist, Moody Blues,
1939 Jim Yester, born in Birmingham, Alabama, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association
1934 Louise Fletcher, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest
1933 Henry Hartsfield, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, astro, STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A
1933 Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs
1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich
1930 Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress
1930 Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham, Alabama, folk singer, Sanctuary
1930 Stanley Wells, director, Shakespeare Institute University of Birmingham
1925 Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor, Rebel, Wrong Box
1924 Tony Britton, born in Birmingham, England, actor, Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup
1922 Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress, Astonished Heart
1918 Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orch leader, Tonight Show
1917 R G Armstrong, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, T.H.E. Cat
1916 Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic
1913 Mel Allen, born in Birmingham, Alabama, sportscaster, voice of New York Yankees
1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy
1903 Paul Page, Birmingham, Alabama, actor, Girl From Havana, Moth
1903 Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor, Alfred-Batman
1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham
1896 Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret
1896 Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon
1895 Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress, Mother-Andy Hardy films
1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham
1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham
1865 George A. Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist
1863 Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)
1839 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England
1822 Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist
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