Historical Events
1912 – J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)
1972 – Terry Anne Meeuwsen (Wisc), 23, crowned 45th Miss America 1973
1978 – Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)
1978 – US Open Women’s Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Chris Evert wins her 4th straight US singles title; beats fellow American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4; first time event played on hard courts
1983 – Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
2017 – US Open Women’s Tennis: In the first all-American final since 2002 unseeded Sloane Stephens defeats Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Alf (Alfred) Landon, (R-Ks) American politician and Presidential candidate (1932, 1936). Dies 1987
1909 – Jane Baxter [Fedora Kathleen Alice Forde], German actress (We Live Again), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1996)
1962 – Derek Kennard, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 – Sean Rooks, American basketball center (LA Lakers), born in New York City, New York
1969 – Constance Marie, American actress, born in East Los Angeles, California
1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress, born in Lanús Oeste, Argentina
Famous Deaths
1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen
1713 – Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies
1915 – A. G. Spalding, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, manager and executive (NL wins leader 1871–76; co-founder of Spalding sporting goods company), dies at 66
1962 – Pat Rooney, American vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82
1966 – Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85
1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer known as the “Father of Bluegrass” (Blue Moon of Kentucky), dies at 84