September 25 - This Day in History

September 25: General Interest
1957: Central High School integrated

Under escort from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Ethan Allen is captured
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ethan-allen-is-captured


Automotive
2004 : Formula One racetrack in Shanghai prepares for its grand opening
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/formula-one-racetrack-in-shanghai-prepares-for-its-grand-opening


Civil War
1864 : Confederate president visits General Hood in Georgia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-davis-visits-general-hood-in-georgia


Cold War
1959 : Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for talks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-and-khrushchev-meet-for-talks


Crime
1959 : Little Augie Pisano is murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/little-augie-pisano-is-murdered


Disaster
1978 : Mid-air collision kills 153
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mid-air-collision-kills-153


General Interest
1789 : Bill of Rights passes Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-of-rights-passes-congress

1981 : O'Connor takes seat on Supreme Court
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oconnor-takes-seat-on-supreme-court

2005 : IRA officially disarms
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ira-officially-disarms


Hollywood
1944 : Michael Douglas born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-douglas-born


Literary
1897 : William Faulkner is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-faulkner-is-born


Music
1970 : The Partridge Family premieres on ABC television
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-partridge-family-premieres-on-abc-television


Old West
1867 : Cattle pioneer Oliver Loving dies of gangrene
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cattle-pioneer-oliver-loving-dies-of-gangrene


Presidential
1894 : Grover Cleveland pardons bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grover-cleveland-pardons-bigamists-adulterers-polygamists-and-unlawful-cohabitants


Sports
1965 : Fifty-nine-year-old Satchel Paige pitches three innings
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fifty-nine-year-old-satchel-paige-pitches-three-innings


Vietnam War
1969 : Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy renew opposition
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congressional-opponents-of-nixon-vietnam-policy-renew-opposition


World War I
1915 : The Battle of Loos begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-loos-begins


World War II
1942 : Gestapo headquarters targeted in Norway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gestapo-headquarters-targeted-in-norway