2004 Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30
1998 George Wallace, politician, infamous Alabama governor, dies at 79
1998 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed, 1 killed
1997 Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss
1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334
1994 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed
1991 Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25
1991 L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama
1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
1987 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Alabama Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years
1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire
1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win
1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama
1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1983 Stephanie Kay Ashmore, of Alabama, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
1983 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1983 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time
1982 Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)
1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage
1979 Luann Roberts, Miss Alabama Teen USA 1996
1979 Tara Tucker, Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997
1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6
1975 Scott Tucker, Birmingham, Alabama, 400m/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1974 Alison McCreary, Florence Alabama, Miss America, Alabama-4th-1997
1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23
1973 John Zimmerman, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Steigler
1973 Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6
1973 Leigh Sherer, Jasper Alabama, Miss America, Alabama-Top 10-1996
1973 Terry Adams, born in Mobile, Alabama, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
1972 "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama)
1972 Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace
1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
1972 Mia Hamm, born in Selma, Alabama, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1971 Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper
1970 Benita Brooks, Miss Alabama USA 1996
1970 Nick Castaneda, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Dawn Piepenbrink
1969 Richard Fletcher Pride III, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, PGA golfer, 1994 Fed Exp
1968 Mark Lenzi, born in Huntsville, Alabama, diver 1996 Olympics bronze
1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
1968 LeShundra Nathan, born in Birmingham, Alabama, heptathlete
1968 Donna D'Errico, born in Dothan, Alabama, playmate, Sep, 1995
1967 Mike Mordecai, Birmingham, Alabama, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1966 Dave Veres, born in Montgomery, Alabama, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
1966 Resga Riggins, Trussville Alabama, Miss Alabama-America 1991
1966 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record)
1965 Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
1965 Hal Morris, born in Fort Rucker, Alabama, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1965 Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma
1964 Lillie Leatherwood, born in Northport, Alabama, 4X400m relayer 1984 Olympics gold
1964 Courtney Cox, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Family Ties, Monica-Friends
1963 Michael Lofton, Montgomery, Alabama, fencer-sabre 1996 Olympics
1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
1963 Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools
1963 Dave Brantley, born in Florence, Alabama, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
1963 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner, born in Moulton, Alabama, playmate of year, Jan, 1988
1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama
1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
1963 Julia Campbell, born in Huntsville, Alabama, actress, Opportunity Knocks
1963 George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"
1962 Nancy Ramsbottom, born in Birmingham, Alabama, LPGA golfer, 1994 McCall's-2nd
1962 Jensen Buchanan, born in Montgomery, Alabama, actress, Vicky/Marley-Another World
1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
1961 Alonzo Babers, Montgomery, Alabama, 400m/4X400m relay 1984 Olympics gold
1961 Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery, Alabama, actress, Vicky/Marley-Another World
1961 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
1961 Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama
1961 Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yanks, Orioles
1960 Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, 1994 Sprint
1959 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0
1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
1959 Bill McCorvey, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake
1958 Julie Gholson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Where the Lilies Bloom
1958 Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire
1956 Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS 47
1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
1956 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
1955 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
1955 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor
1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)
1954 Condredge Holloway, Alabama, CFL quarterback, Ottawa, Toronto
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 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS 33, 49, 61, 73
1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
1951 Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist, Soliste New York
1950 Lionel Richie, born in Alabama, singer, Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover
1949 Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
1949 James S. Voss, born Cordova, Alabama, Major USA/astronaut, STS 44, 53, 69
1949 William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer, Commodores-Easy
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
1947 Emmylou Harris, born in Birmingham, Alabama, country singer, Together Again
1946 Hubie Green, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977
1946 Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1944 Fannie Flagg, Birmingham, Alabama, actress/comediene, Candid Camera
1944 Race riots in Athens Alabama
1944 J R Cobb, Birmingham, Alabama, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV
1943 Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery, Alabama, female Beachboy, Capt and Tennille
1942 Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker, Temptations
1942 Willie D. Davenport, born in Troy, Alabama, 110m hurdler, 1968 Olympics gold
1942 Tammy Wynette, Redbay Alabama, country singer, Stand by your Man
1941 Wilson Pickett, born in Prattville, Alabama, R&B singer, Funky Broadway
1941 Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician, Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour
1939 Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker, Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down
1939 Jim Yester, born in Birmingham, Alabama, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association
1937 Albert Hall, Boothton Alabama, actor, Trouble in Mind, Ryan's 4
1937 Polly Holliday, born in Jasper, Alabama, actress, Flo-Alice, Flo-Flo
1935 Eddie Floyd, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer/composer, California Girl, Falcons
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
1932 Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut
1932 Otis Crandell Davis, Alabama, 400m/4X400m relayer 1960 Olympics gold
1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama
1930 Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham, Alabama, folk singer, Sanctuary
1929 Autherine Lucy, 1st black to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
1927 Coretta Scott King, born in Marion, Alabama, civil rights leader
1926 Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372
1925 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)
1924 Ira Louvin, born in Rainsville, Alabama, country singer, Louvin Brothers
1922 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar
1920 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama and Mississippi
1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi
1918 John Baragrey, born in Haleyville, Alabama, actor, Creeper, Colossus of New York
1917 R G Armstrong, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, T.H.E. Cat
1917 Davis Roberts, born in Mobile, Alabama, actor, Mr. Johnson-Boone
1916 Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic
1914 Lucille Benson, born in Scottsboro, Alabama, actress, Lilly-Bosom Buddies
1913 Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach, Alabama Crimson Tide
1913 David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver
1913 Mel Allen, born in Birmingham, Alabama, sportscaster, voice of New York Yankees
1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy
1909 Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama
1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
1903 Paul Page, Birmingham, Alabama, actor, Girl From Havana, Moth
1902 Philip Ober, born in Fort Payne, Alabama, actor, Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie
1901 Robert Van de Graaff, Alabama, physicist, Mobility of Gaseous Ions
1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham
1888 Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor, Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres
1884 Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people
1883 Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law
1881 Booker T. Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
1878 Henry B. Walthall, born in Shelby City, Alabama, actor, Birth of a Nation, Klondike
1873 W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, Alabama, jazz star, St. Louis Blues
1871 English - U.S. treaty ends Alabama dispute
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1868 1st U.S. parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama)
1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
1865 Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama
1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates
1865 Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely)
1865 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama to Macon, Georgia
1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama
1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
1864 Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
1864 Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs. CSS Alabama
1863 Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama
1863 CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic
1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras
1862 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
1861 Union blockades New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile Alabama
1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Alabama
1861 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Alabama
1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery, Alabama, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy
1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay
1861 US Ft. Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama
1847 W R Pettiford, Founder, Alabama Penny Savings Bank
1841 Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons
1819 Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi
1807 VP Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent
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