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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]
1836 – Memphis Enquirer newspaper begins publication. [4] 1841 – The Appeal newspaper begins publication. 1843 New Orleans-Memphis telegraph begins operating. [3] Memphis Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication. [4] 1844 – Calvary Episcopal Church consecrated. [5] 1849 – Memphis incorporated as a city. [1] [2] 1850 Town designated a ...
The cause of the crash was wind shear during a heavy thunderstorm. 12 November Overseas National Airways Flight 032, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, struck a flock of sea gulls during takeoff, crashing past Taxiway Z. All 129 passengers and 10 crew members escaped successfully while the aircraft was destroyed.
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.
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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 ...
Tennessee (Memphis) Moore was struck by a Memphis police vehicle and died the next day. She apparently disobeyed several pedestrian conventions before she was hit. [138] 1993-01-07: Gutierrez, Steven (26) California (Oxnard) Gutierrez allegedly fired a shot at an off-duty police officer investigating a robbery at a restaurant.
The Singleton Bank rail crash occurred in Lancashire, England, when the 8:50 diesel multiple unit passenger train from Colne to Fleetwood collided with the rear of a ballast train at about 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). Seven people, including the driver, were killed, and another 116 were injured.