This Day In History
- 1946 Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
- Arts
- 1965 Greek-American soprano Maria Callas makes her final opera stage appearance in the title role of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" at Convent Garden, London.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1984 The space shuttle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on an 8-day mission; the crew included Kathryn D. Sullivan, who became the first American woman to walk in space.
- Sports
- 1898 Nearly 50 years before women played organized baseball during World War II, Lizzie Arlington made baseball history in Reading. On July 5, 1898, Lizzie pitched two innings for the Reading Coal Heavers in an Atlantic League game against the Allentown Peanuts
- 2014 Petra Kvitova overwhelmed Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in less than an hour to win Wimbledon for the second time.
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