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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Rhode Island Founder Banished from Massachusetts
Religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the General Court of Massachusetts. Williams had spoken out against the right of civil authorities to punish religious dissension and to confiscate Native American land.
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1957: Little Rock Nine Begin First Full Day of Classes
“Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine Black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25, 1957. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration. After a tense standoff, President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent 1,000 army paratroopers to Little Rock to enforce the court order.”
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YOUR PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA FOR TODAY (BONUS: THERE’S TWO!):
*Grover Cleveland accepted and dedicated the Statue of Liberty
*The shortest US president to hold office was James Madison.
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