Today in Little Rock History
Historical Events
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1863-08-01 - Battle of Little Rock AK & Start of Chattanooga campaign
1868-01-07 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1953-12-18 - KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954-04-15 - KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955-11-28 - KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957-09-04 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1957-09-23 - White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1957-09-24 - Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
1957-11-27 - Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
1958-05-08 - Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958-05-27 - Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
1958-06-23 - Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2½ years in Little Rock
1958-09-12 - US Supreme Court orders Little Rock Ark high school to integrate
1966-12-04 - KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968-08-10 - Race riot in Miami, Chicago & Little Rock
2005-09-08 - Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
Famous Birthdays
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1880-01-26 - Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return!
1882-03-21 - Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR
1898-03-06 - Jay C Flippen, Little Rock AR, actor (Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay)
1902-09-06 - Morgan Beatty, Little Rock Ark, news anchor (Du Mont Evening News)
1925-10-05 - Gail Davis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Annie Oakley)
1927-02-12 - Anne Gillis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men)
1934-07-30 - Ben Piazza, Little Rock Ark, actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas)
1942-02-28 - Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love)
1943-01-23 - Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
1955-09-21 - Rebecca Balding, Little Rock Ark, actress (Carla-Lou Grant, Soap)
1961-07-28 - Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95)
1971-11-05 - Corin "Corky" Nemec, Little Rock, actor (Tucker, Parker Lewis)
1975-07-03 - John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
