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1196 According to a popular legend, Prince Madog of Gwynedd reached North America in what is present-day Alabama.
1807 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy and acquitted.
1814 War of 1812: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1819 Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state.
1856 National Fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.
1861 American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the Union
1865 American Civil War: Confederate General Richard Taylor, commanding all Confederate forces in Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana, surrenders his forces to Union General E.R.S. Canby at Citronelle, Alabama.
1881 In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
1883 Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
1901 The new state constitution of Alabama disenfranchises black voters via literacy tests and the grandfather clause.
1931 The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
1937 Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys."
1961 American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
1963 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. During his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."[, ''Public Broadcasting Service'', 2000][Michael J. Klarman. "", ''Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities'', ]
1972 Governor George Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur Herman Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.
1992 Alabama ratifies a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.
1998 United States authorities announce that Eric Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
2005 At least 1,836 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas.
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