1. On February 4, 1861, delegates from Alabama joined other southern states in Montgomery to form the Confederate States of America. Alabama was one of the seven states to secede from the United States in the lead-up to the Civil War.

2. The famous civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Parks is known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, which helped to spark the Civil Rights Movement.

3. In 1937, the Lockheed XC-35, the first American pressurized airplane, made its maiden flight from Burbank, California to Birmingham, Alabama. The airplane was designed to fly higher and faster than previous models, and its pressurized cabin allowed for more comfortable and productive air travel.

4. On February 4, 1965, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and others were arrested while participating in a voting rights march in Selma, Alabama. The events of that day, known as “Bloody Sunday,” helped to bring national attention to the struggle for voting rights in the South.

5. In 2008, the city of Prattville, Alabama hosted the first annual World Champion Squirrel Cook Off on February 4. The event, which features a variety of dishes made with squirrel meat, has become a popular tradition in the area and attracts visitors from around the country.