Orval Faubus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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36th governor of Arkansas (in office from 1955 to 1967)
Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1910
Place of Birth: Madison County, Arkansas, United States
Date of Death: 14-Dec-1994
Profession: politician, autobiographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Orval Faubus
- Orval Eugene Faubus ( FAW-b?s; January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, as a member of the Democratic Party.
- In 1957, he refused to comply with a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court in the 1954 case Brown v.
- Board of Education, and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent black students from attending Little Rock Central High School.
- This event became known as the Little Rock Crisis.
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