Historical Events
#1 in the Charts
"That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets reaches #1
Buddy Holly
- Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
Little Rock Crisis
President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to support integration of nine black students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas
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- White mob forces 9 black students enrolled at Little Rock's Central High School in Arkansas to withdraw
- WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
- Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer
- Rosalind Chao, American actress
- Tony Fossas, Cuba, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)