February 1, 1861
Texas became the seventh state to secede from the Union when a state convention voted 166 to 8 in favor of the measure. Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was replaced in March 1861 by his lieutenant governor.
February 1, 1960
Four black college students sat down at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and were refused service because of their race. To protest the segregation of the eating facilities, they remained and sat-in at the lunch counter until the store closed.
