Highlights in history
• In 1892, James J. Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan to win the world heavyweight crown in New Orleans in a fight conducted under the Marquess of Queensberry rules.
• In 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out from Liverpool, England, on its maiden voyage, arriving six days later in New York.
• In 1940, Nazi Germany began its eight-month blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London.
• In 1972, the International Olympic Committee banned Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett of the U.S. from further competition for talking to each other on the victory stand in Munich during the playing of the “Star-spangled Banner” after winning the gold and silver medals in the 400-meter run.
• In 1977, the Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.
• In 1979, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its cable TV debut.
• In 1986, Desmond Tutu was installed as the first Black clergyman to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
• In 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.
• In 2007, Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end.
• In 2014, Serena Williams won her third consecutive U.S. Open tennis championship and 18th major title overall, taking 75 minutes to beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3.
Ohio history
• In 1963, the National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton.
Birthdays
• Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 90
• Singer Gloria Gaynor is 77
• Actor Susan Blakely is 72
• Actor Julie Kavner is 70
• Rock singer/guitarist Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) is 69
• Rock pianist Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 67
• Actor Corbin Bernsen is 66
• Singer/pianist and Columbus native Michael Feinstein is 64
• Model/actor Angie
Everhart is 51
• Actor Shannon Elizabeth is 47 • Actor Alyssa Diaz is 35
• Actor Evan Rachel Wood is 33 • Actor Ian Chen (“Fresh Off the Boat”) is 14
Source: Associated Press