On this day in 1957, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
On this day in 1996, representatives of 71 nations signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
On this day in 2007, between 30,000 and 100,000 people took part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Myanmar, the largest in 20 years.