2024 in Alabama

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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Alabama.

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Kay Ivey (R)

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]
• July 13 – Four people are killed and nine injured after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Birmingham.[7]
• July 18 – Five people, a mother and four children, are killed in a mass shooting near West Blocton.[8]
• September 21 – September 2024 Birmingham shooting: Four people are killed and seventeen others are injured following a mass shooting in Birmingham.[9]
• September 26 – Alabama executes a man via inert gas asphyxiation using nitrogen in the country's second ever execution by this method.[10]
• November 10 – Tuskegee University shooting: 1 person is killed and 16 others are injured in a school shooting during Homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University.[11]

See also

• 2024 in the United States

References

1. "What is Nitrogen Hypoxia?". The New York Times. January 25, 2024.
2. Breen, Kerry (2024-02-17). "4 men killed in shooting at neighborhood car wash in Birmingham, Alabama - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
3. "Alabama IVF ruling: What does it mean for fertility patients?". 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
4. "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
5. "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
6. "US sues Hyundai, others over child labor at Alabama parts plant". Reuters. September 27, 2024.
7. Afshar, Paradise (2024-07-14). "At least 4 people killed, 9 others injured in shooting at Birmingham nightclub, police say". CNN. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
8. "5 people, including 4 children, killed in Alabama shooting". AP News. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
9. "Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama". AP News. 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
10. "Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country's second nitrogen gas execution". AP News. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
11. "1 dead, others injured in overnight shooting at Tuskegee University". 2024-11-10.