On this date in . . .
1776:
King George III of England noted in his diary, "Nothing of importance
happened today."
1884: The first American bull fight
was held in Dodge City, Kansas. The bull lost.
1929: In Emeryville, California,
minor leaguer Roy "Dizzy" Carlyle hit history’s longest home run: 618 feet.
1929: Baseball's Lou Gehrig,
"the Iron Horse," said goodbye to his fans at New York's Yankee Stadium.
1969: After 14 tries,
30-year-old Ann Jones or Britain became Wimbledon women's singles champ when
she beat Billie Jean King.
1970: Casey Kasem first hosted
radio’s "American Top 40."
It was first broadcast on seven a.m. stations.
1972:
Singer Willie Nelson inaugurated his first "4th of July Picnic" in Dripping
Springs, Texas.
1982: Black Sabbath
frontman Ozzy Osbourne married Sharon, his manager.
1987: Martina Navratilova won her
sixth consecutive singles title at Wimbledon.
1993: Participants numbered 2,000 at
the annual Nude Chili Cookoff at the Treehouse Fun Ranch in Devore,
California.
1994: Michael Jackson and
new bride Lisa Marie Presley arrived in Paris for a two-day visit.
1996: An Oslo newspaper reported that
the Arctic Circle had moved and was 913 yards north of where everyone
thought it was. The Circle is the northern-most point that the sun can be
seen on the shortest day of the year. It moves a few yards each year because
of the Earth’s rotation. In 15-thousand years or so it’ll move back.
1996:
HotMail, a free internet email
service, began.
1997: The 400-millionth person
visited Disneyland.
2003:
Singer Barry White
died in Los Angeles at age 58.
2003: After a single case
of mad cow disease, Canadian beef prices in grocery stores fell to as low as
75 cents a pound.
2003: Los Angeles Lakers guard
Kobe Bryant was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The charge was
later dropped because his accuser did not want to go ahead with a trial.
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