This day in History.... 1. Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon, 1957 - Althea Gibson claims the womens singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship at Londons All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. 2. Frank family takes refuge, 1942 - In Nazi-occupied Holland, 13-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family are forced to take refuge in a secret sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse. The day before, Annes older sister, Margot, had received a call-up notice to be deported to a Nazi work camp. 3. Civil war in Nigeria, 1967 - Five weeks after its secession from Nigeria, the breakaway Republic of Biafra is attacked by Nigerian government forces. 4. Satchmo dies, 1971 - Louis Satchmo Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, dies in New York City at the age of 69. A world-renowned jazz trumpeter and vocalist, he pioneered jazz improvisation and the style known as swing. 5. Women inducted into U.S. Naval Academy, 1976 - In Annapolis, Maryland, the United States Naval Academy admits women for the first time in its history with the induction of 81 female midshipmen. 6. Forrest Gump opens, wins Hanks a second Oscar, 1994 - On this day in 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opens in U.S. theaters. A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds up at the center of key cultural and historical events of the second half of the 20th century. 7. Dalai Lama, leader of Tibet and bestselling author, is born, 1935 - On this day, an infant named Tenzin Gyatso, future leader of Tibet and bestselling author, is born to a peasant family in Takster, Tibet. At age two, he will be declared the Dalai Lama. In 1999, he will have two bestsellers on the nonfiction lists. 8. George Walker Bush is born, 1946 - George Walker Bush, the son of future President George Herbert Walker Bush, is born in New Haven, Connecticut. 9. 1973, Queen released their debut single Keep Yourself Alive in the UK. The track didnt make the charts.
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