On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968

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.