On Sept. 25, 1957, nine Black students who had been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division and the National Guard.
1957: Military escorts Little Rock Nine into Central High
1513: Balboa sights Pacific Ocean
1789: Congress adopts first 12 amendments
2005: IRA ends armed campaign
In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean.
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