December 11, 1961
A U.S. Supreme Court decision (Garner v. Louisiana) outlawed the use of disorderly conduct statutes as grounds for arresting African Americans students sitting-in at segregated public facilities to obtain equal service.
December 11, 1984
More than 20,000 women turned out for an anti-nuclear demonstration at Greenham Common Air Base in England, where U.S. nuclear-armed cruise missiles were deployed.
