90px|Barbara Britton in 1982 performance of The King and I at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio
The School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) is a magnet arts school in Cincinnati, Ohio. SCPA was founded in 1973 as one of the first magnet schools in Cincinnati and became the first school in the country to combine a full range of arts studies with a complete college-preparatory academic program for elementary through high school students. The school rose to national prominence in the 1980s, but was nearly closed in the 1990s following a series of scandals, leadership struggles, and an arson fire which destroyed the auditorium. Its reputation recovered in the years that followed and in 2009–10, the school was featured in the MTV reality series Taking the Stage, filmed at the school and featuring SCPA students. In 2010 SCPA combined with the Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment to create the first kindergarten through twelfth grade arts school and first private sector / public arts school in the US. Students must audition for admission; fewer than 20 percent of those who apply each year are accepted. The newly combined school offers a curriculum designed to prepare students for professional careers in creative writing, dance, drama, music, technical theater, and visual art. (more...)
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1822:
Pedro I was crowned the first Emperor of Brazil, less than two months after he actually began his reign on October 12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_I_of_Brazil
1913:
Ford Motor Company began operating the world's first moving assembly line for the mass production of automobiles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/assembly_line
1925:
The Locarno Treaties were formally signed in London, establishing post-First World War territorial settlements. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locarno_Treaties
1955:
African-American Civil Rights Movement: Seamstress Rosa Parks was arrested for violating the racial segregation laws of Montgomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, precipitating the Montgomery Bus Boycott. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
1989:
Led by the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines began a coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Philippine_coup_attempt
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