1895 – 1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in Science) at Cornell University
1900 – Baron Von Ketteler, German Minister, decides to go to the Chinese authorities to demand more guards for European protection from Boxers and is killed by Boxers en route
1948 – 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1964 – US Open Men’s Golf, Congressional CC: Ken Venturi wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tommy Jacobs
1978 – 1st 6 teams of Women’s Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton
1983 – Iran moves into northern Iraq (casualties top 13,800 in ten days)
1987 – Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America’s Junior Miss
1993 – NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls become first team since legendary Boston Celtics of the 1960s to win 3 consecutive titles, with a 99–98 victory in Game 6 over Phoenix Suns; MVP: Michael Jordan for third straight year
2004 – US Open Men’s Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Retief Goosen of South Africa wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up and reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson
2016 – China’s super computer tally overtakes the US; Chinese 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight is world’s No. 1