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The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
In 1959, Memphis Downtown Airport was put into service about where Mud Island Park is today to service the general aviation community. It had the slogan: "You're strictly uptown when you land downtown." A ferry boat took travelers from the Island to the cobblestones, and then it was just a short walk to the offices of Memphis' city center.
Although the aircraft was repaired and returned to service, it was written off following the crash of Flight 529 in 1961. [29] March 19, 1951 Flight 59, operated by Lockheed L-749A Constellation N91202, Ship #702 Star of Pennsylvania, landed wheels-up at Sky Harbor International Airport due to pilot error; all 34 on board survived. The aircraft ...
All 11 people on board (eight passengers and three crew) were killed. The cause of the crash was determined to be icing, either on the wings or propellers. [22] February 10, 1944: American Airlines Flight 2, a DC-3 routing Little Rock, Arkansas-Memphis crashed into the Mississippi River about 18.1 miles (29.1 km) from Memphis International ...
Dwania Kyles, one of three students who integrated Bruce Elementary in 1961, looks back at a mural painted of her by muralist Jamond Bullock at Bruce Elementary on Friday Jan. 17, 2020.
Douglas A-20 Havoc, 39–735, modified as prototype Douglas XP-70 night fighter, assigned to the 349th Night Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group (Special), crashes on takeoff from Kissimmee Army Airfield, Florida, [19] coming down 1/2 mile NW of the field, [13] killing pilot James H. Toal. The Army Air Force decides at the end of March that ...
In Memphis, 25.96 people per 100,000 residents were killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents, the most of any major U.S. city. Detroit and Albuquerque, New Mexico, followed with the highest rate of ...
The intersection is the number one location for crash frequency in the city, according to documents from the transportation department. Memphis receives $13 million federal grant to fix dangerous ...