BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush says Iran president will get US visa for travel to UN News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush says Iran president will get US visa for travel to UN

[JURIST] AP is reporting that President Bush has said that new Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [BBC profile; official website, in Farsi] will be given a US visa so that he can attend UN meetings in New York. Earlier this week, the State Department had indicated it was considering denying Ahmadinejad's visa application [JURIST report] due to allegations that Ahmadinejad was involved in the 1979 hostage crisis.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.