Historical Events for 8th July 2023

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1891 - 61°F, highest temperature for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia
1905 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4
1912 - Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding makes it 3 straight Wimbledon singles crowns beating Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1949 - Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
1960 - Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey
1961 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer wins her 3rd Grand Slam singles title; beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1968 - Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
1973 - NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus

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