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Charlotte Cooper (tennis)
1966Oct, 10

Charlotte Cooper (tennis)

Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)
Charlotte "Chattie" Cooper Sterry (née Charlotte Reinagle Cooper; 22 September 1870 – 10 October 1966) was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In winning in Paris on 11 July 1900, she became the first female Olympic tennis champion as well as the first individual female Olympic champion.

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  • 4Jul

    Freedom of Information Act (United States)

    U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
  • 6Jul

    Hastings Banda

    Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
  • 10Jul

    Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
  • 14Oct

    Montreal Metro

    The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
  • 8Nov

    Reconstruction Era

    Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.