The 3500 Marines joined 23,000 "advisors" already in South Vietnam. In 1965, in the year of Blanche Candela's passing, on March 8th, the first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. In 1957, when she was 54 years old, on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. In 1947, Blanche was 44 years old when on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. In 1934, she was 31 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. In 1903, in the year that Blanche Candela was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Blanche's lifetime.
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