Events in History

1595 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz, Austria

1843 Steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world

1848 First US women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

1941 British PM Winston Churchill launches his “V for Victory” campaign

Events in Flim and TV

1937 Joris Ivens’ “Spanish Earth” premieres in Hollywood

1940 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid anti-nazi films

1953 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 1st in-flight movie shown on TWA

1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before”

1979 Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe

2001 34th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

2017 BBC publishes salaries of its top-earning journalists and presenters, two-thirds male, Chris Evans highest at over £2.2 million

Events in Music

1913 Billboard publishes their earliest known chart “Last Week’s 10 Best Sellers Among Popular Songs”. #1 is “Malinda’s Wedding Day” by singers Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins (recorded in Camden, New Jersey)

1951 “2 in the Aisle” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances

1952 “Paint Your Wagon” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 performances

1955 1st performance of Gerald Finzi’s Cello Concerto, his last major work; John Barbirolli leading the Hallé Orchestra, with soloist Christopher Bunting at Cheltenham Music Festival in Gloucestershire, England

1976 British rock group Deep Purple disbands

1992 “Price” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances

1992 NYC ballet dancer Peter Martins is arrested for beating his wife

Events in Sports

1877 1st Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

1884 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Maud Watson becomes inaugural female champion by beating her sister Lillian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3

1900 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion

1903 1st Tour de France: French rider Maurice Garin wins inaugural event

1908 Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978

1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians’ 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox

1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds

1918 Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September

1925 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy

1930 LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Acacia CC: Lucia Mida beats June Beebe 6 & 5 to win the inaugural event and first women’s major championship ever played

1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague

1952 XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland

1958 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg

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