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Federal troops sent into Little Rock, Arkansas
On this day in 1957 racial desegregation took centre stage when federal troops were dispatched to Little Rock, Arkansas, to maintain order and enforce the right of black students to attend the local public high school.
Jim Henson
American puppeteer
born
September 24, 1936
Greenville, Mississippi
(Born on this day)
died
May 16, 1990 (aged 53)
New York City, New York
