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A destructive tornado outbreak struck a wide swath of the Southern and Eastern United States as well as Canada on November 15 and 16, 1989. It produced at least 40 tornadoes and caused 30 deaths as a result of two deadly tornadoes. The most devastating event was the Huntsville, Alabama F4 tornado, which killed 21 on the afternoon of November 15.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center. / 34.71139°N 86.65417°W / 34.71139; -86.65417. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott ...
Lee High School was established as a junior high school during the second semester of the 1957–58 school term. In the school term of 1963–64 Lee became a full high school, due to the procedure of discontinuing the lower grades and adding higher ones. The class of 1964 became Lee's first graduating class. (Lee was Huntsville's Fourth High ...
From 1844 to 1916, Presidents of Huntsville were again elected by the people, with a President/Council system from 1844 to 1911 and a City Commission form of government from 1911 to 1916: 1844–1849: Joseph Clark; 1849–1850: George P. Beirne; 1850–1851: Edwin R. Wallace; 1851–1853: William Echols Jr. 1853–1854: Samuel Peete (Resigned)
The Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville, Alabama, combined statistical area is the most populated sub-region of North Alabama, and is the second largest combined statistical area in the State of Alabama after Birmingham. [1] The Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville CSA had a total of 879,315 people in 2022 and ranks 68th in the country.
More than one tornado has struck Huntsville, Alabama in its history. The first documented tornado to strike Huntsville occurred in April 1822. [1] An F2 tornado struck on the evening of April Fools' Day 1884. The tornado was on the ground for 82 miles, traveled through five counties, and caused 2 known deaths. [2] An F2 tornado struck in the ...
Total retail floor area. 825,000 sq ft (76,600 m 2) Website. bridgestreethuntsville .com. Bridge Street Town Centre is a lifestyle center in Huntsville, Alabama, developed by O&S Holdings and designed by TSArchitects, both of Los Angeles. [1] The center is located in Cummings Research Park at the intersection of Old Madison Pike, Interstate 565 ...
Dallas Mill was a manufacturer of cotton sheeting in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The first of four major textile mills in Huntsville, the mill operated from 1891 until 1949, before it was converted for use as a warehouse in 1955 and burned in 1991. The village, constructed to house workers and their families, was incorporated into the ...