Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deploys Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, following the Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education ruling three years earlier.
Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona. Miles had sent an expedition to find Geronimo's band of Apaches and prevent them from escaping to Mexico.
44 Spanish settlers found a pueblo, better known today as the city of Los Angeles.
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