1994 Event Heather Whitestone, 21, (Ala), crowned 68th Miss America 1995 1990 Event 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala 1984 Event 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala 1969 Birthday Michelle Morse, Ft. Rucker Ala, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1995 1968 Event Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala 1967 Event Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent 1963 Birthday Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress, Gloria Marsh-All My Children 1962 Birthday Evander Holyfield, Atmore Ala, boxer, Olympic-bronze-1988, champ, 1990 - 1992 1958 Birthday Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1956 Event Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses 1954 Event 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) 1954 Birthday Jim Seales, born in Hamilton Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1951 Event 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 Event 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1945 Birthday Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1940 Birthday Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist, Lester 1937 Birthday Dr. Hook, Ray Sawyer, Ala, vocalist, Dr. Hook-When You're in Love 1931 Birthday Dean Jones, Decatur Ala, actor, Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug 1930 Birthday Ala Odetta, Odetta Holmes, Birmingham, folk singer/actress 1927 Birthday Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers 1920 Birthday Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher 1919 Event Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala 1919 Birthday George C Wallace, Clio Ala, gov-D-Ala, President candidate 1915 Death Booker T Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala 1903 Birthday Tallulah Bankhead, Huntsville Ala, actress, Lifeboat, Die Die Darling 1896 Event Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala 1814 Event Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 1813 Event U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala
