On September 4, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus called out state National Guard troops to prevent federal court-ordered integration of black students into Central High School in Little Rock. President Eisenhower subsequently sent the US 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to enforce the ruling.

On September 4, 1884, the United Kingdom ended its policy of shipping convicted prisoners to the colony of New South Wales. Learn more about the lives of convicts in New South Wales from the State Library.