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71st anniversary: Assassination of Albert Patterson in Phenix City changed Alabama history, will not be forgotten

June 18 marks the 71st anniversary of the murder of attorney John Patterson in Phenix City. It is remembered in a movie and an annual award.

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Kaitlyn Smith: Tornadoes in The Valley – remembering April 27, 2011

Those of us residing in the Deep South learned what a tornado outbreak meant: 63 tornadoes on the ground, many simultaneously with others, causing the loss of 252 lives.

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87 years ago today: Alabama native Jesse Owens wins 100-meter dash in Nazi-occupied Berlin during 1936 Olympics

Exactly 87 years ago today, Alabama native and legendary track and field athlete Jesse Owens began his crusade to win four gold medals in Adolf Hitler’s Germany during the Summer Olympics.

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On this day in 1819: Alabama’s first constitutional convention convenes in Huntsville

On the Fourth of July, Americans celebrated the Declaration of Independence from the English crown and the birth of the new Republic, but today, July 5, Alabamians have something further to celebrate: the anniversary of our state’s conception.