- ... thatAlabama socialite and writerMadame Le Vert was the only female commissioner at the1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris? Appeared on March 17, 2012.
- ... thata Chief Justice of theAlabama Supreme Court was removed from office for not removing a granite monument from the rotunda of theAlabama Judicial Building inMontgomery, Alabama? Appeared on February 23, 2012.
- ... that most of the provisions ofAlabama HB 56, considered the toughest anti-illegal immigration law in the United States, recently went into effect after surviving a legal challenge? Appeared on October 8, 2011.
- ... thatBelle Mina, completed in 1826, is one of the earliest examples of acolumned plantation house inAlabama? Appeared on August 8, 2011.
- ... that the storehouse atAlpine Plantation inAlpine, Alabama, was torn down so its timber could be used to build acarport? Appeared on July 18, 2011.
- ... thatAduston Hall(pictured) is built like a mid-20th centuryCalifornia ranch house despite being a mid-19th century plantation house inGainesville, Alabama? Appeared on July 17, 2011.
- ... that theRedstone Test Stand was built in Alabama byWernher von Braun's rocketry team for just $25,000 out of concrete and salvaged materials? Appeared on July 11, 2011.
- ... that witnesses have reported ghostly lights and phantom fires emanating from theDr. John R. Drish House inTuscaloosa, Alabama? Appeared on July 7, 2011.
- ... thatMount Ida Plantation inTalladega County, Alabama, burned to the ground after being struck by lightning? Appeared on July 2, 2011.
- ... that theBirmingham Americans won the onlyWorld Bowl ever held by the upstartWorld Football League? Appeared on April 15, 2010.
- ... thatAzalea Trail Maids appeared in the inauguration parade ofPresidentBarack Obama in fullantebellum-era dresses? Appeared on March 28, 2010.
- ... that in 1975,professional baseball playerJimmy Sexton led theTexas League instolen bases with 48? Appeared on March 25, 2010.
- ... that theAmericanelectric bluesharmonica player,singer andsongwriter,Little Sonny, often boosted his earnings byphotographing customers between his on-stage appearances? Appeared on March 5, 2010.
- ... that thePatrick Henry Brittan House inMontgomery, Alabama, was built in 1858 by the 10thSecretary of State of Alabama? Appeared on February 27, 2010.
- ... thatAlabama is the firststate in theUnited States to create its ownlegislatively enactedcabinet-levelDepartment of Homeland Security? Appeared on February 8, 2010.
- ... that, until it was destroyed duringWilson's Raid, theBrierfield Furnace was used to produce iron for theConfederacy'sBrooke cannon? Appeared on February 5, 2010.
- ... that in 2006, theAlabama Department of Environmental Management hired anenvironmental justiceombudsman? Appeared on December 20, 2009.
- ... that in a short story byKathryn Tucker Windham,Sturdivant Hall(pictured), ahistoric house museum inAlabama, ishaunted? Appeared on December 17, 2009.
- ... that theJoseph T. Smitherman Historic Building inSelma, Alabama, has housed a county courthouse, two schools, and three hospitals in its more than 160 year history? Appeared on December 17, 2009.
- ... that theGorgas-Manly Historic District inTuscaloosa, Alabama, contains two of only seven buildings to survive the burning of theUniversity of Alabama by theUnion Army on April 4, 1865? Appeared on December 7, 2009.
- ... that the elaborateGreek OrthodoxMalbis Memorial Church(pictured) in ruralMalbis, Alabama, has never had an active congregation? Appeared on December 5, 2009.
- ... thatEnglish-bornarchitectWilliam Nichols designed and built statehouses forNorth Carolina,Alabama, andMississippi in the early19th century? Appeared on December 3, 2009.
- ... thatAlabama Christian Movement for Human Rights secretaryLola Hendricks applied personally to public safety commissionerBull Connor for permission to demonstrate inBirmingham, Alabama, during the 1963Birmingham Campaign?
- ... thatTrillium reliquum is anendangered species that exists at only 21 sites inAlabama,Georgia andSouth Carolina?
- ... that in his mid-career, theAmericanblues andboogie-woogiepianist,Big Joe Duskin, had not touched akeyboard for sixteen years as a promise to his father who thought he played thedevil's music?
- ... that on May 21, 1961,Martin Luther King Jr. sat in the basement of theMontgomery, AlabamaFirst Baptist Church , besieged by thousands, urgingRobert F. Kennedy to desegregate interstate travel?
- ... thatDartmouthfootballhalfbackDave Morey was given the nickname "David the Giant Killer" by American sportswriterGrantland Rice?
- ... that an attack onFreedom Riders in May 1961 at theGreyhound Bus Station inMontgomery, Alabama, led theKennedy administration to side, for the first time, with civil rights activists?
- ... that during theAmerican Civil Rights Movement,Carraway Methodist Medical Center inBirmingham, Alabama, turned awaya wounded Freedom rider, but treatedthe man who blew up the 16th Street Baptist Church?
- ... thatU.S. Civil Rights Movement leaderMarie Foster walked fifty miles in amarch, despite receiving injuries two weeks earlier onBloody Sunday?
- ... that althoughPaul W. Bryant High School inTuscaloosa, Alabama, is named forfootballcoachPaul "Bear" Bryant, a court order prevented the school from using "Bears" as its mascot? Appeared on200915 September.
- ... thatGeorgia Cottage, an 1840s house inMobile, Alabama, was the home ofAugusta Jane Evans, the first female author in the United States to earn more than $100,000 for her literary work? Appeared on200929 August.
- ... that the opportunity for the establishment of theIndy Grand Prix of Alabama as part of the2010 IndyCar Series season resulted in part from theDetroit Indy Grand Prix being discontinued? Appeared on20092 August.
- ... that thetallest building in Mobile,Alabama, is the 745-foot (227 m)RSA Battle House Tower? Appeared on200922 July.
- ... thatDonold Lourie, a formerPrinceton Universityfootball star, was appointed to aState Department post by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower? Appeared on200919 July.
- ... thatMilwaukee Brewers baseball playerDan Thomas was called the "Sundown Kid" because he refused to play onSabbath? Appeared on200926 June.
- ... thatMcFarland Mall inTuscaloosa is the second oldest standingshopping mall in the US state ofAlabama? Appeared on2009May 31.
- ... thatcountry music singerTy Herndon's grandmother Myrtle hosted aGospel musicradio show on WPRN andWPRN-FM inAlabama for more than 40 years? Appeared on2009March 14.
- ... thatPrairie Bluff, Alabama, is aghost town whose only remaining physical feature is acemetery withmarked graves dating from the 1830s to the 1860s? Appeared on2009February 21.
- ... thata radio station inEvergreen, Alabama, made national headlines in 1992 when theSupreme Court of Alabama ruled that state law allowed adisc jockey to be fired just because she is awoman? Appeared on2009February 15.
- ... thatJoe M. Rodgers, who spent six hours a day for four months learningFrench after being namedU.S. Ambassador to France, later became CEO of language school operatorBerlitz International?}} Appeared on2009February 13.
- ... that Sammy Stephens, aninternet sensation for his "It's just like a mini-mall" rap advertisements for Flea Market Montgomery, got his start in broadcasting atWMGY inMontgomery, Alabama? Appeared on2009February 4.
- ... thatradio station WLIQ (nowWMOB) broadcast from the historicBattle House Hotel inMobile, Alabama, from 1964 to 1971? Appeared on2009January 24.
- ... thatradio stationWMSP inMontgomery, Alabama, broadcasts thecollege football games of both theAlabama Crimson Tide and arch-rivalAuburn Tigers? Appeared on2009January 20.
- ... that the historicMcGehee-Stringfellow House inGreensboro, Alabama, collapsed in the 1980s when theMacMillan Bloedel company tried to move it? Appeared on2009January 18.
- ... thatPrairieville, Alabama'sItalianateBrowder Place was inspired by an 1852Samuel Sloan publication? Appeared on2009January 17.
- ... that historicGlencairn inGreensboro, Alabama, was built in 1835 byAlabama legislator John Erwin? Appeared on2009January 16.
- ... that thestudio band ofradio station WRAG (nowWREN) inCarrollton, Alabama, is credited with popularizingbluegrass music in centralAlabama and easternMississippi? Appeared on2009January 15.
- ... that the owner ofTwin Oaks Plantation organized Company B of the36th Regiment Alabama Infantry in theConfederate Army on the lawn in front of his house? Appeared on2009January 15.
- ... thatdisc jockeys atWLWI-FM inMontgomery,Alabama, USA, have been nominated forCountry Music Association Awards six times since 1981? Appeared on2009January 11.
- ... that the house atBorden Oaks inGreensboro, Alabama, features sidelights andtransoms derived from an 1833Asher Benjamin design? Appeared on2009January 12.
- ... thatradio stationWLWI inMontgomery, Alabama, founded in1930 as WSFA, gavecountry music legendHank Williams his start as a professional musician? Appeared on2009January 9.
- ... thatWLVV, the oldestradio station inMobile, Alabama, was once known as WMML (for "M-M-Mel") as a play on then-ownerMel Tillis' famousstutter? Appeared on2009January 7.
- ... that the owner ofFairhope Plantation nearUniontown, Alabama, organized his ownartillery unit during theAmerican Civil War?
- ... thatbroadcasting brothers James R. Doss, Jr. and James L. Doss named Alabamaradio stationsWJRD andWJLD after themselves? Appeared on2008December 28.
- ... that thechildhood home ofRear AdmiralRichmond P. Hobson was dedicated as anAlabama state shrine in 1947? Appeared on2008December 27.
- ... thatWKKR andWZMG (now known asWTLM) were the firstradio stations inAlabama to winNAB Crystal Radio Awards for outstanding commitment tocommunity service? Appeared on2008December 25.
- ... that the annualChristmas on the River festival inDemopolis, Alabama, features a parade withfloats on boats? Appeared on2008December 24.
- ... thatBodyLove is anAlabama-based radiosoap opera that uses drama to reachAfrican American listeners with messages that promotediabetes awareness and healthy lifestyles? Appeared on2008December 21.
- ... that the visitor'slocker room at theAlabama Crimson Tide footballstadium was recently named "The Fail Room" after alumnus contributorJames M. Fail? Appeared on2008December 19.
- ... that theWJBEcall letters now used by a radio station inFive Points, Alabama, were used by singerJames Brown for his James Brown Enterprises radio station? Appeared on2008December 19.
- ... that theGoode-Hall House nearTown Creek, Alabama, is avernacular interpretation ofPalladian architecture? Appeared on2008December 18.
- ... that "Johnny Mac" McDonald was elected mayor ofThomasville, Alabama, in 1976 while working atradio stationWJDB-FM asannouncer andaccount executive? Appeared on2008December 17.
- ... that the community ofHalf Acre, Alabama, once contained half anacre of land that was deeded to theDevil? Appeared on2008December 12.
- ... that theradio stationWHOS inDecatur, Alabama, aired an all-Elvis Presley format from October 1988 to April 1989? Appeared on2008December 10.
- ... thatradio stationWHAL inPhenix City, Alabama, used to broadcast from a defunctairport terminal? Appeared on2008December 6.
- ... that employees atradio stationWIXI inJasper, Alabama, reported that for more than 30 years theirradio studios werehaunted? Appeared on2008December 1.
- ... that theAlabama Crimson Tidecollege football team holdsNCAA records for bothbowl game appearances and victories with 55 and 31 respectively? Appeared on2008October 2.
- ...that theDenny Chimes features a Walk of Fame of former captains of theAlabama Crimson Tide football team at its base? Appeared on2008June 4.
- ...thatSha'arai Shomayim Cemetery was established byAlabama's first Jewish congregation and one of the oldestReform Jewish congregations in theUS? Appeared on2008April 22.
- ...thatOld Catholic Cemetery was created forRoman Catholic citizens after ayellow fever epidemic struckMobile, Alabama in the 1830s? Appeared on2008April 20.
- ...that theAlabama-Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team is the onlyDivision I collegiate hockey team located south of theMason-Dixon Line? Appeared on2008April 11.
- ...thatRobert D. Knapp'ssquadron failed to see any action inWorld War I because thepropellers for theirHandley Page O/400bombers arrived late? Appeared on2008March 15.
- ...thatAfricans from the last known illegal shipment of slaves to theUS formed their own community ofAfricatown nearMobile, Alabama after theCivil War? Appeared on2008March 3.
- ...thatHiram Wesley Evans, the second Imperial Wizard of the "second"Ku Klux Klan, boasted of having helped re-electCalvin Coolidge asU.S. President? Appeared on2008February 22.
- ...that the people ofUniontown, Alabama were surprised that Phillip Henry Pitts built such a large house in 1853, so it is now known as "Pitts' Folly"?2008February 20.
- ...thatBarton Academy inMobile was the firstpublic school in theU.S. state ofAlabama? Appeared on2008February 6.
- ...that thekitchen of theConde-Charlotte House was originally constructed in 1822 to be the firstcourthouse andjail ofMobile, Alabama? Appeared on2008January 10.
- ...that besides amobile library, theMobile Public Library also operates a system oflibraries with eight branches and a local history and genealogy divisionwith permanent addresses inAlabama? Appeared on2008January 06.
- ...that after the fall ofNapoleon inFrance, some 200Bonapartists fled to theUnited States and attempted to establish anagricultural settlement to growwinegrapes andolive trees in theAlabama wilderness? Appeared on2007December 16.
- ...that theAlabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company produced 90 navy tanker ships in two years, from 1943-1945 and employed over 18,000 people while doing so? Appeared on2007November 26.
- ...thatAlabama lawyer andRepublican Party pioneerJohn Grenier ofBirmingham was self-taught in four foreign languages:French,Spanish,German, andmodern Greek? Appeared on2007November 17.
- ...that thevillage which later becameChickasaw,Alabama was started as acompany town by a localshipyard? Appeared on2007June 15.
- ...that the mounds ofIndian Mound Park onDauphin Island,Alabama are composed ofoyster shells discarded over centuries by migrant Indians? Appeared on2007June 5.
- ...that the1929Chicago Cubsoutfield comprised ofRiggs Stephenson,Hack Wilson andKiki Cuyler was the only complete outfield inMajor League Baseball history to eachdrive in over 100runs in the same season? Appeared on2006December 28.
- ...that theStanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, an importantPaleo-Indian site inAlabama, yielded over 11,000 artifacts ranging up to 9,000 years of age? Appeared on2006November 8.
- ...that folkloristKathryn Tucker Windham's most famous book,13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, is named after aghost that Windham believed haunted her home? Appeared on2006March 14.
- ...that thePickens County Courthouse inCarrollton, Alabama is famous for the ghostly image of a murdered man's face that can be seen in one of its windows? Appeared on2006March 13.
- ...that themummified remains of outlawHazel Farris helped raise funds for theBessemer Hall of History inBessemer, Alabama? - appeared2006April 28
- ..that the1934jazz standard "Stars Fell on Alabama" was inspired by theLeonid meteor shower that was observed inAlabama a century earlier, in1833? - appeared2006March 3
- ...that16th Street Baptist Church inBirmingham, Alabama, site of the1963church bombing, was designed in1911 by notedAfrican American architectWallace Rayfield? - appeared2006February 16
- ...thatLewis Adams was anAfrican American formerslave inMacon County, Alabama is best-remembered for helping found thenormal school which grew to becomeTuskegee University? - Appeared2006February 15.
- ...thatRichard Arrington Jr., the first African-American mayor ofBirmingham, Alabama earneddoctoral degree inzoology? - Appeared2005November 3.
- ...thatBryce State Mental Hospital inTuscaloosa, Alabama has served as a model of both progressive and inhumanemental health treatment during its 144-year career? - Appeared2005August 28.
- ...thatNickajack was the name of a proposedneutral state made up ofUnionist areas of NorthAlabama andEast Tennessee in the period leading up to theU. S. Civil War? - Appeared2005July 13.
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