TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1957, 300 U.S. Army troops stood guard as nine black students
were escorted to class at Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The children
had been forced to withdraw 2 days earlier because of unruly white mobs.
On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after a speech in
Pueblo, CO. The speaking tour was in support of the Treaty of Versailles.
On this day in 1897.
William Cuthbert Faulkner
(September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962)
Michael Kirk Douglas is 73 today.
Michael Douglas won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role
in the 1987 film Wall Street. He reprised his role in the 2010 sequel
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. His other notable film credits
include The China Syndrome (1979) Basic Instinct (1992) and Falling
Down (1993). He is the son of legendary actor Kirk Douglas.
