1995: “Superman” Christopher Reeve is paralyzed after being thrown from his horse. He becomes an activist for people with disabilities until his death in 2004.
1942: Dorie Miller becomes the first African American to receive a Navy Cross. He is honored for heroism at Pearl Harbor.
1958: Ernest Green, one of nine African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., becomes the first to graduate from it.
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