1. In 1830, former Vice President John C. Calhoun delivered a speech in Fort Stoddert, Alabama advocating for Nullification, a belief that states have the right to nullify federal laws they deem unconstitutional.

2. On July 30, 1870, the first commercial electric streetcar began service in Montgomery, Alabama. The car followed a ten-mile route and ran on tracks that were powered by overhead electrical wires.

3. In 1936, Alabama native and baseball legend Hank Aaron was born in Mobile. Aaron would go on to become one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history, setting records for home runs and RBIs.

4. On July 30, 1945, the USS Alabama battleship was commissioned into the United States Navy. The ship was instrumental in the Pacific Theater of World War II and is now a museum in Mobile.

5. In 1973, the spirit of the famous racehorse Secretariat was buried in Paris, Kentucky after dying from a fatal illness. However, Secretariat was actually born and raised at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Alabama.