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Dan Gall
Jul 10, 2017, 7:46:54 AM7/10/17
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July 9, 1877
On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its
first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of
London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen’s
Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner
was to take home a 25-guinea trophy.
July 9, 1960
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
trade verbal threats over the future of Cuba. In the following years,
Cuba became a dangerous focus in the Cold War competition between the
United States and Russia.
July 9, 1993
Aboriginal - Parliament passes the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and
the Nunavut Act on July 9, 1993; will officially split from the
Northwest Territories and became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999;
Nunavut Day is now celebrated annually on July 9. Ottawa, Ontario
*****
Thought of the Day
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it.
Bernard Bailey
*****
Question of the Day
Where did farmers first domesticate bananas?
Yesterdays Question
Cavendish bananas are the most common what?
Answer
Dessert bananas
On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its
first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of
London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen’s
Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner
was to take home a 25-guinea trophy.
July 9, 1960
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
trade verbal threats over the future of Cuba. In the following years,
Cuba became a dangerous focus in the Cold War competition between the
United States and Russia.
July 9, 1993
Aboriginal - Parliament passes the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and
the Nunavut Act on July 9, 1993; will officially split from the
Northwest Territories and became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999;
Nunavut Day is now celebrated annually on July 9. Ottawa, Ontario
*****
Thought of the Day
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it.
Bernard Bailey
*****
Question of the Day
Where did farmers first domesticate bananas?
Yesterdays Question
Cavendish bananas are the most common what?
Answer
Dessert bananas
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