Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the World.
The Alabama Department of Archives is the oldest state-funded archival agency in the nation.
The musical singing group Alabama has a Fan Club and Museum in Fort Payne.
In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open
heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound in a
young boy's heart. The surgery occurred in Montgomery.
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To help fund education Alabama instituted its state sales tax in 1937.
Schools established in Mobile include Washington Academy (founded in 1811) and Huntsville Green Academy (founded in 1812).
Between 1817 and 1819 Old Saint Stephens was the first territorial capital of Alabama.
In 1956 the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was established at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.
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Governor George C. Wallace served four terms in office.
In 1995 Heather Whitestone serves as first Miss America chosen with a disability.
Alabama's geographic center is located in Chilton a community located 12 miles southwest of Clanton.
The word Alabama means tribal town in the Creek Indian language.
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The United States Army Chemical Corps Museum in Fort McClellan contains over 4000 chemical warfare artifacts.
Hitler's typewriter survived from his mountain retreat and is exhibited at the Hall of History in Bessemer.
Blount County was created on February 7, 1818 and is older than the state.
Winston County is often called the Free State of Winston. It gained the name during the Civil War.
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