ON THIS DAY: In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title.
Today is Thursday, July 6, the 187th day of 2023. There are 178 days left in the year.On July 6, 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and BarnumIn 1483, England’s King Richard III was crowned in Westminster Abbey.In 1854, the first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan.
In 1942, Anne Frank, her parents and sister entered a “secret annex” in an Amsterdam building where they were later joined by four other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for two years before being discovered and arrested.In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
In 2016, Philando Castile, a Black elementary school cafeteria worker, was killed during a traffic stop in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights by Officer Jeronimo Yanez.
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