"Today in history: 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. Also on this date: In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean."
"In 1789, the first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.) In 1956, the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable officially went into service with a three-way ceremonial call between New York, Ottawa and London. In 1978, 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collided over San Diego."
Sept. 25 includes a landmark civil-rights action when nine Black students were escorted into Little Rock's Central High School by the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and the National Guard. Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean in 1513. In 1789, Congress adopted 12 constitutional amendments and sent them to the states for ratification, ten becoming the Bill of Rights. The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable entered service in 1956. A 1978 midair collision over San Diego killed 144. The Irish Republican Army decommissioned weapons in 2005. Other notable events include U.S. statements on Syria in 2012, Oracle Team USA's 2013 America's Cup comeback, Bill Cosby's 2018 sentencing and later legal reversal, and several notable birthdays.
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