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Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.

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Althea Gibson

American tennis player (1927–2003)

Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first Black player to win a Grand Slam event. The following year she won both Wimbledon and the…
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Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament held in London

The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the third of the four Grand Slam tennis…
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July 6

Day of the year

July 6 is the 187th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 178 days remain until the end of the year.
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