June 29 may not be a particularly noteworthy day in Alabama history, but there are still some interesting events that took place on this day in the state's past. Here are five of them:

1. In 1861, just a few months after the start of the Civil War, Alabama seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. This decision was made at a convention of delegates in Montgomery on January 11 of that year, but it was not until June 29 that the state officially withdrew from the Union.

2. On June 29, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation from the USS Alabama in Mobile Bay. In his speech, he praised the state for its role in the war effort and urged Americans to support the country's efforts to help allies in Europe.

3. In 1973, Governor George Wallace was paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair after being shot by Arthur Bremer at a campaign stop in Maryland. Wallace, who had previously served as governor of Alabama for four terms, would go on to become something of a symbol for the civil rights movement, after he famously stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to block the enrollment of two African American students in 1963.

4. On June 29, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused HealthSouth Corporation of fraud, alleging that the company had inflated earnings by $1.4 billion over a period of several years. The case was one of the largest accounting scandals in U.S. history, and the company agreed to pay $2.7 billion to settle the charges.

5. Finally, on June 29, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. This decision was significant for Alabama, which has one of the highest rates of uninsured residents in the country. The law has since helped to increase access to health insurance for many Alabamians who previously could not afford it.