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Tuscaloosa, AL

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.tuscaloosa.al.us/

Population:
77906 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1816

County:
Tuscaloosa County

Capital of Alabama, 1826-46.

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Shelton State Community College
1994
Stillman College
1876
University of Alabama
1831

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sylvester Croom
Football
25-Sep-1954   Mississippi State Head Coach
George E. Curry
Journalist
23-Feb-1947 20-Aug-2016 Emerge editor-in-chief
Robert J. Van de Graaff
Inventor
20-Dec-1901 16-Jan-1967 Van de Graaff generator
Lurleen Burns Wallace
First Lady
19-Sep-1926 7-May-1968 Wife and surrogate governor of George Wallace
Dinah Washington
Singer
29-Aug-1924 14-Dec-1963 Queen of the Blues
Coleman Young
Politician
24-May-1918 30-Nov-1997 Mayor of Detroit, 1974-93

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bear Bryant
Football
11-Sep-1913 26-Jan-1983 Legendary Alabama head coach
Robert Erwin Johnson
Historian
3-Feb-1923 28-Jan-2008 Guardians of the Sea
Forrest McDonald
Historian
7-Jan-1927 19-Jan-2016 We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution
Frank W. Thomas
Football
15-Nov-1898 10-May-1954 Alabama Head Coach, 1931-46



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