Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins.
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Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
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Tallulah Bankhead entertained as a star of stage, screen, and radio during the 1930s-1950s. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1902 and died in 1968.