CoM Moderators Posted July 9 Posted July 9 1815 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord takes office as the first Prime Minister of France 1914 - First US duplicate auction bridge championship held in Lake Placid, NY 1917 - British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow due to an internal explosion caused by faulty cordite, killing 804 crew members 1933 - Philadelphia-based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets is sold and rebranded as Philadelphia Eagles 1953 - Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games 1957 - Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced by an international team at Nobel Institute of Physics in Stockholm, named after Alfred Nobel 1966 - British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to become only 4th in history to win all 4 majors 1970 - In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn 1979 - Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne National Laboratory 1989 - Wimbledon men's tennis: Boris Becker of Germany beats Sweden's Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 for his third and last Wimbledon title More Historical Events »
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