1921: The Cherokee asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their claim to 1 million acres of land in Texas.
1960: Six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend the previously all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1975: The Madrid Accords, a treaty setting out six principles which would end the Spanish presence in Western Sahara and arrange a temporary administration in the area pending a referendum, were signed.
1979: U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
2002: Chosen to succeed Richard Gephardt as leader of the Democratic Party in the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to be named leader of either party in either house of Congress.
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