1. In 1944, the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, earned three Distinguished Unit Citations for their successful bombing of enemy targets in Italy during World War II.

2. On April 10, 1963, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama for violating a court injunction against demonstrations. King's arrest and subsequent imprisonment drew national attention to the civil rights movement and he penned his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during his confinement.

3. In 1971, country music legend Hank Williams Sr. was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in his hometown of Georgiana, Alabama. Williams was a pioneer in the genre and had numerous hits including "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."

4. On April 10, 1989, the first episode of the popular television show "Baywatch" premiered featuring Alabama native David Hasselhoff as the lead lifeguard Mitch Buchannon. The show became a pop culture phenomenon and made Hasselhoff a household name.

5. The University of Alabama's Crimson Tide football team won their second consecutive national championship on April 10, 2012, with a 21-0 shutout victory over LSU in the BCS National Championship game. The victory marked the third national championship for head coach Nick Saban, who has since led the team to five more titles.