Timeline_of_Huntsville,_Alabama

Timeline of Huntsville, Alabama

Timeline of Huntsville, Alabama

Timeline of the history of Huntsville, Alabama

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

  • 2006 - November 20: 2006 Huntsville bus crash.
  • 2008 - Tommy Battle becomes mayor.
  • 2010
  • 2014
    • Area of city: 210 square miles.[14]
    • Twickenham Square shopping/residential complex built.[20]
    • Restore our Roads initiative created to fund a large amount of infrastructure projects to handle projected growth.[21]
  • 2018 - A Huntsville police officer, William Darby, shoots and kills a suicidal man seconds after arriving at the scene.[22][23] The city council votes to pay the officer's legal defense. Cleared of wrong-doing by the police review board,[24] Darby is convicted of murder.[25] The mayor and police chief continued to support the officer after the guilt verdict.[26][27]
  • 2020

See also

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    "UPDATED: Downtown Huntsville protest ends with riot gas, arrests". WAFF 48 News. Gray Media Group, Inc. NBC. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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