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Melba Pattilo Beals was born on December 7, 1941, which was also the day Pearl Harbor occurred.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor while a meeting was taking place.
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Television Station KATV first aired in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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The Supreme Court ruled that segregation between public schools were illegal.
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Orval Faubus was elected governor in Arkansas
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Rosa Parks was asked to give up her seat to white man and refused. She was later then arrested.
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People in Alabama started refusing to take the bus to fight against segregation.
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The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the government and their soviet-like policies on the people.
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Melba was told that she will be 1 of 9 African American children to integrate into Central High School.
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The European Economic Community was established to bring segregationized countries together in order to abolish it.
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Governor Faubus called the National Guard to keep schools segregated.
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Melba starts her very first day at Central High.
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President Eisenhower sends troops to help the integration.
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Melba was introduced to her bodyguard Danny.
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Danny saved Melba when a stick of dynamite was thrown down the stairwell.
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A boy threw acid in Melba's face and Danny saves her from blindness.
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Minnijean was suspended when she threw a tray of chili on two white boys because they were harassing her.
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Andy tries to attack Melba after school hours, but a white boy named Link saves her.
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The symbol was created for the British nuclear disarmament.
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Ernest Green becomes first black boy to graduate from Central High.
