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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