ON THIS DAY in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. This incident was featured in the 2002 documentary, MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS.
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ON THIS DAY in 1955, American poet Allen Ginsberg debuted his landmark poem Howl at the Six Gallery in San Francisco. This event was depicted in the 2010 film, HOWL, starring James Franco, David Strathairn, and Jon Hamm.
ON THIS DAY in 1955, Juan Perón was ousted as President of Argentina when a nationalist Catholic group led the Revolución Libertadora. Perón’s tenure as President was dramatized in the 1996 film, EVITA, with Jonathan Pryce and Madonna.
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