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