Alabama ranks ninth in the number of deaths from lightning and tenth in the number of deaths from lightning strikes per capita.
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In 1960, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was established in Huntsville, boosting Alabama’s economic growth by developing a local aerospace industry.
Alabama’s highest recorded temperature is 112 Β°F (44 Β°C), recorded on September 5, 1925, in Centerville.
The Spanish were the first Europeans to reach Alabama during their exploration of North America in the 16th century.
Tuscaloosa served as Alabama’s capital from 1826 to 1846.
Alabama is 23rd in the amount of surface water in the United States.
On January 30, 1846, the Alabama legislature announced it had voted to move the capital city from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery. The first legislative session in the new capital met in December 1847.
There are 73 amphibian species in Alabama.
Alabama has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port.
Alabama was under military rule from the end of the war in May 1865 until its official restoration to the Union in 1868.
Alabamaβs hottest temp ever was 112Β°F.Pretty insane heat β that was recorded way back in 1925 in a town called Centreville.
Alabamaβs hottest temp ever was 112Β°F.
See lessPretty insane heat β that was recorded way back in 1925 in a town called Centreville.