This Day in History

Little Rock School Crisis Begins in the US (1957)On this day in 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. This act defied the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which called for the racial desegregation of public schools. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to enforce integration and protect the students. How did Faubus and the Arkansas State Legislature respond to the president's actions? More... Discuss |

Little Rock School Crisis Begins in the US (1957)On this day in 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. This act defied the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which called for the racial desegregation of public schools. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to enforce integration and protect the students. How did Faubus and the Arkansas State Legislature respond to the president's actions? More... Discuss |

Little Rock School Crisis Begins in the US (1957)On this day in 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. This act defied the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which called for the racial desegregation of public schools. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to enforce integration and protect the students. How did Faubus and the Arkansas State Legislature respond to the president's actions? More... Discuss |

Little Rock School Crisis Begins in the US (1957)On this day in 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. This act defied the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which called for the racial desegregation of public schools. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to enforce integration and protect the students. How did Faubus and the Arkansas State Legislature respond to the president's actions? More... Discuss |

Little Rock School Crisis Begins in the US (1957)On this day in 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. This act defied the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which called for the racial desegregation of public schools. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to enforce integration and protect the students. How did Faubus and the Arkansas State Legislature respond to the president's actions? More... Discuss |

Apollo 9 Safely Returns to Earth (1969)Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program and consisted of a 10-day earth-orbital mission. It was the second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module. During the mission, crew members tested a new spacesuit, which was the first to possess its own life support system. This meant that astronauts no longer had to rely on an umbilical connection to the spacecraft. Why did the crew name their command module "Gumdrop"? More... |
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Word of the Day
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| Definition: |
(verb) Laugh at with contempt and derision. |
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barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
| Usage: |
Agatha, having from her childhood heard Uncle John quoted as wisdom and authority incarnate, had begun in her tender years to scoff at him as a pompous and purse-proud city merchant. |
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| Definition: |
(verb) Laugh at with contempt and derision. |
| Synonyms: |
barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
| Usage: |
Agatha, having from her childhood heard Uncle John quoted as wisdom and authority incarnate, had begun in her tender years to scoff at him as a pompous and purse-proud city merchant. |
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| Definition: |
(verb) Laugh at with contempt and derision. |
| Synonyms: |
barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
| Usage: |
Agatha, having from her childhood heard Uncle John quoted as wisdom and authority incarnate, had begun in her tender years to scoff at him as a pompous and purse-proud city merchant. |
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| Definition: |
(verb) Laugh at with contempt and derision. |
| Synonyms: |
barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
| Usage: |
Agatha, having from her childhood heard Uncle John quoted as wisdom and authority incarnate, had begun in her tender years to scoff at him as a pompous and purse-proud city merchant. |
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| Definition: |
(verb) Laugh at with contempt and derision. |
| Synonyms: |
barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
| Usage: |
Agatha, having from her childhood heard Uncle John quoted as wisdom and authority incarnate, had begun in her tender years to scoff at him as a pompous and purse-proud city merchant. |
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