1703 -1st Mardi Gras in North America – Mobile
1836 – 1st state to declare Christmas a legal holiday
1864 – 1st utterance of “Damn the torpedoes” by Adm. Farragut at Mobile Bay
1886 – 1st electric trolley – Montgomery
1902 – 1st North American open heart surgery – Montgomery
1919 – 1st monument to the Boll Weevil – Enterprise
1947 – 1st state to celebrate Veteran’s Day
1960’s – 1st rocket to put man on the moon – Huntsville
1968 – 1st use of 9-1-1 emergency call – Haleyville
1995 – 1st Miss America with a disability (Heather Whitestone)
