Tuesday, August 18, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

1920: Women win the right to vote as the Tennessee legislature passes a bill to become the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.

1963: James Meredith, whose entry into the University of Mississippi sparked a riot quelled by federal troops and marshals, becomes the first African American to graduate from Ole Miss.

1969: Jimi Hendrix performs “The Star-Spangled Banner” on guitar during the last set of the last day at Woodstock.

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