In 2002, the 11th US Circuit Court ordered the removal of the Ten Commandments statue. Chief Justice Roy Moore refused to follow the court order, leading to protests. The monument was eventually removed in August 2003.

Alabama ranks ninth in the number of deaths from lightning and tenth in the number of deaths from lightning strikes per capita.

The first Constitutional Convention for Alabama was held in Huntsville from July 5 to August 2, 1819.

The French controlled Alabama from 1702 to 1763 as part of La Louisiane. After the French lost to the British in the Seven Years’ War, it became part of British West Florida from 1763 to 1783. Following the American ...Read more

The climate in Alabama is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) under the Köppen Climate Classification.

The northern part of Alabama, along the Tennessee River Valley, is most vulnerable to tornadoes.

Politically, as part of the Deep South, Alabama is predominantly a conservative state and is known for its Southern culture.

Alabama was a Spanish territory in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763, and Spain held Mobile as part of Spanish West Florida until 1813.

Alabama’s coastal counties, part of the former Spanish West Florida territory, officially became part of the United States in 1819 with the Adams–Onís Treaty.