1970 January 19 Florida Governor Claude Kirk petitions the U.S. Supreme Court for a rehearing of its January 14 ruling ordering immediate school desegregation. Kirk claims the state is "financially and physically unable" to meet the Court's deadline, and says he will instruct school districts not to change their calendar in midyear. Two attorneys representing school districts in Louisiana inform the Court that they are encountering insurmountable difficulties in complying with the Court order.