2024 in Alabama
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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Alabama.
Incumbents
State government
Events
- 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]
- May 31 – Birmingham-Southern College permanently closes. Despite this, the school's baseball team continues playing in the 2024 NCAA Division III baseball tournament until losing to the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater on June 2.[7]
- July 13 – Four people are killed and nine injured after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Birmingham.[8]
- July 18 – Five people, a mother and four children, are killed in a mass shooting near West Blocton.[9]
- September 21 – September 2024 Birmingham shooting: Four people are killed and seventeen others are injured following a mass shooting in Birmingham.[10]
- September 26 – Alabama executes a man via inert gas asphyxiation using nitrogen in the country's second ever execution by this method.[11]
- November 10 – Tuskegee University shooting: 1 person is killed and 16 others are injured in a school shooting during Homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ "What is Nitrogen Hypoxia?". The New York Times. January 25, 2024.
- ↑ Breen, Kerry (February 17, 2024). "4 men killed in shooting at neighborhood car wash in Birmingham, Alabama - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "Alabama IVF ruling: What does it mean for fertility patients?". February 22, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "US sues Hyundai, others over child labor at Alabama parts plant". Reuters. September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "Birmingham-Southern's run ends in D-III WS after school's closing". ESPN. The Associated Press. June 2, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Afshar, Paradise (July 14, 2024). "At least 4 people killed, 9 others injured in shooting at Birmingham nightclub, police say". CNN. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "5 people, including 4 children, killed in Alabama shooting". AP News. July 19, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama". AP News. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country's second nitrogen gas execution". AP News. September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ↑ "1 dead, others injured in overnight shooting at Tuskegee University". November 10, 2024.