2024 in Alabama
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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Alabama.
Incumbents
[edit]State government
[edit]Events
[edit]- January 25 – The state of Alabama executes convicted murderer Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, the first time the technique is used.[1]
- February 17 – Four people are killed in a shooting at a car wash in Birmingham.[2]
- February 21 – The Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Alabama rules that frozen embryos in test tubes are legally considered children.[3]
- March 5 –
- The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Alabama.[4]
- The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Alabama.[5]
- May 30 – The United States Department of Labor files a lawsuit against Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor at the company's automobile factory in Montgomery, amid a nationwide increase in child labor in the U.S.[6]
- July 13 – Four people are killed and nine injured after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Birmingham.[7]
- July 18 – Five people, a mother and four children, are killed in a mass shooting near West Blocton.[8]
- September 21 – Four people are killed and seventeen others are injured following a mass shooting in Birmingham.[9]
- September 26 – Alabama executes a man via inert gas asphyxiation using nitrogen in the country's second ever execution by this method.[10]
- November 10 – 1 person is killed and several wounded in a shooting during Homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "What is Nitrogen Hypoxia?". The New York Times. January 25, 2024.
- ^ Breen, Kerry (2024-02-17). "4 men killed in shooting at neighborhood car wash in Birmingham, Alabama - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Alabama IVF ruling: What does it mean for fertility patients?". 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "US sues Hyundai, others over child labor at Alabama parts plant". Reuters. September 27, 2024.
- ^ Afshar, Paradise (2024-07-14). "At least 4 people killed, 9 others injured in shooting at Birmingham nightclub, police say". CNN. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "5 people, including 4 children, killed in Alabama shooting". AP News. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama". AP News. 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country's second nitrogen gas execution". AP News. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "1 dead, others injured in overnight shooting at Tuskegee University". 2024-11-10.