25 September 1957
On this date in 1957 …
With 300 paratroopers of the 101st Airborne standing guard, U.S. Marshalls escorted nine black children into class during the manufactured crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Other Years:
1847 – During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces led by Virginia General Zachary Taylor captured Monterrey Mexico.
1965 – Willie Mays of Westfield, Alabama became the oldest man to hit 50 home runs in a single season at the age of 34, after also setting the record for the youngest to hit 50 ten years earlier.
1992 – In Orlando, Florida a judge ruled in favor of 12-year-old Gregory Kingsley, who had sought a divorce from his biological parents
1995 – Ross Perot of Texas announced that he would form the Independence Party.
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