In 1956 the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was established at Huntsville Alabama's Redstone Arsenal.
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In 1995 Heather Whitestone of Alabama served as first Miss America chosen with a disability.
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In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound in a young boy's heart. The surgery occurred in Montgomery, Alabama.