TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1955: Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defies the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. She is arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of buses by blacks.�OTHER EVENTS1640: Portugal revolts against Spanish control and becomes independent under John IV.1813: Allies agree to invade France after Napoleon Bonaparte's vague replies to peace terms.
