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1994 Heather Whitestone, 21, (Ala), crowned 68th Miss America 1995

1990 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala

1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala

1969 Michelle Morse, Ft. Rucker Ala, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1995

1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala

1967 Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent

1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala

1963 Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress, Gloria Marsh-All My Children

1962 Evander Holyfield, Atmore Ala, boxer, Oly-bronze-1988, champ, 1990-92

1958 Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South

1956 Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses

1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)

1954 Jim Seales, born in Hamilton Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South

1952 Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne Ala, country music star, Alabama-Mt Music

1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala

1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala

1949 Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star, Alabama-Mt Music

1949 Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama-Mt Music

1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, 1968 Olympics silver

1940 Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist, Lester

1937 Dr. Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist, Dr. Hook-When You're in Love

1931 Dean Jones, Decatur Ala, actor, Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug

1930 Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress

1927 Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers

1920 Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher

1919 Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala

1919 George C Wallace, Clio Ala, gov-D-Ala, /President candidate

1915 Booker T Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala

1903 Tallulah Bankhead, Huntsville Ala, actress, Lifeboat, Die Die Darling

1896 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala

1886 Hugo L. Black, Ala, Sen-D-Ala, /78th Supreme Court justice, 1937-71

1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians

1813 U.S. troops under Gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala



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