January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years Events Pre-1600. 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the ... 1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2021) 1957 – Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician;

Massive resistance was a strategy declared by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. of Virginia and his brother-in-law James M. Thomson, who represented Alexandria in the Virginia General Assembly, to get the state's white politicians to pass laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation, particularly after Brown v. Board of Education. Many schools, and even an …

August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 124 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for ... 1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster; 1957 – Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001)

October 2, 1957: New York City, New York "A 16-year old student was shot in the leg yesterday by a 15-year old classmate at a city high school." March 4, 1958: New York City, New York "A 17-year-old student shot a boy in the Manual Training High School." ... A boy who was in a fight earlier that day, pulled out a shotgun and opened fire ...

On 4 September 1957, the first day of school at Central High, a white mob gathered in front of the school, and Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the black students from entering. ... 9 September 1957). Aware that the Little Rock incident was becoming an international embarrassment, Eisenhower reluctantly ...

December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. AD 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian ... 1957 – Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886) 1958 – H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)

Elia Kazan (/ ˈ iː l i ə k ə ˈ z æ n /; born Elias Kazantzoglou (Greek: Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".. Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul ...

Nov 01, 2012 · Find out what happened on any date or day in history with On This Day. Explore historical events, birthdays, deaths and famous people, from 4000 BC to today. ... was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show. November 16, 1957; 13 Nov; Calendar; Nov 15; Famous People by Generation ...

Oct 02, 2022 · What happened on this day in history, October 2. See what historical events occurred, which famous people were born and who died on October 2. ... October 2, 1957; The Tragic and Fatal Secret of Rock Hudson He was seen as the ultimate ladies' man, but Hollywood actor Rock Hudson, who died on this day, was secretly gay and became the first major ...