The first-ever 911 call was made in the US.
The service went live on this day in Haleyville, Alabama.
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Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
The Confederate States of America are established.
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
An EF4 multiple-vortex tornado destroyed areas of two major Alabama cities: Tuscaloosa and Birmingham.
