On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968 the First Ever 9-1-1 Call was Placed Alabama speaker of the house Rankin Fite placed the first-ever 9-1-1 call from Haleyville City Hall, to congressman Tom Bevill, at the city's police station. Bevill was accompanied by Gallagher and Alabama public service commission director Eugene “Bull" Connor.

On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968

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On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968 the First Ever 9-1-1 Call was Placed. Alabama speaker of the house Rankin Fite placed the first-ever 9-1-1 call from Haleyville City Hall, to congressman Tom Bevill, at the city’s police station. Bevill was accompanied by Gallagher and Alabama public service commission director Eugene “Bull” Connor.

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