TODAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 2000, Venus Williams won her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first black female champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1958.
Today's Highlight in History:
In 1947, demolition work began in New York City to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations. In 1972, the Nixon administration announced a deal to sell $750 million in grain to the Soviet Union. In 1986, Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes. Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, widely regarded as father of the nuclear navy, died in Arlington, Virginia.
Ten years ago: Group of Eight leaders, including President Barack Obama, pledged to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as they met in L'Aquila, Italy. South Korea blamed North Korea for cyberattacks targeting its websites as well as those in the U.S.
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