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Interesting Facts About Birmingham
Birmingham was founded with the first sale of lots on June 1, 1871 at the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North railroads. The site was strategically chosen in order to capitalize on the mineral resources of the Birmingham District; most notably the uniquely close proximity of iron ore, coal, and limestone - the raw materials for the production of steel. From the start the new city was planned as a great center of industry. The founders borrowed the name of Birmingham, England's principal industrial city, to advertise that point.
After a slow start, impeded by an outbreak of cholera and a Wall Street crash in 1873, the city began to grow at an astonishing pace through the turn of the century, earning itself the nicknames of "The Magic City." and "The Pittsburgh of the South."
Over the course of the 20th century, while industry declined nationwide, the city's economy diversified. Though manufacturing is still a strong sector, Birmingham also is a major medical research center and a regional banking and publishing power.
In recent years Birmingham has been named by various groups as one of the best U.S. cities to live in.
In the 1950s and '60s Birmingham received national and international attention as a center of the civil rights struggle for African-Americans. A watershed in that movement occurred in 1963 when four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Violent racial conflicts have long since abated and most residents of Birmingham are eager to put such distasteful history behind them. The population of the core city of Birmingham has fallen from 340,887 in 1960 to 242,820 in 2000, a loss of about 45 percent. This can be attributed to the increasing size of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the growth of business-related land use in the downtown area.
In 1971 Birmingham celebrated its centennial with a round of public works improvements, including the upgrading of Vulcan Park.
In 1979 Birmingham elected Dr. Richard Arrington as its first African-American mayor.
In 1996 Birmingham's Legion Field hosted early rounds of Olympic soccer.