tournament, was held in Wimbledon, London, at the renamed All England
Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. The club had introduced lawn tennis in
1875 to compensate for waning interest in croquet, and was organising a
tennis tournament to raise money for lawn maintenance equipment. The
tournament rules were derived from the first standardised rules of
tennis issued by the Marylebone Cricket Club. The Gentlemen's Singles
competition, the only event of the championship, was contested on grass
courts by 22 players. It was held on 9–19 July in front of a crowd of
about 200 people who paid an entry fee of one shilling. Spencer Gore, a
27-year-old rackets player, became the first Wimbledon champion by
defeating William Marshall in three sets that lasted 48 minutes. He
received 12 guineas in prize money and a silver challenge cup, donated
by the sports magazine The Field. The tournament made a profit of £10.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_Wimbledon_Championship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
927:
Æthelstan, King of England, secured a pledge from
Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with Viking
kings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelstan>
1801:
French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British Royal Navy
ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of ships from the Spanish
Navy and French Navy in the Gut of Gibraltar.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Algeciras>
1917:
Vigilantes forcibly deported about 1,300 striking mine workers,
their supporters, and innocent bystanders from Bisbee, Arizona, US, to
New Mexico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisbee_Deportation>
1971:
The Australian Aboriginal Flag, one of the official flags of
Australia, was flown for the first time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_Flag>
2005:
Prince Albert II was enthroned as the current reigning monarch
of Monaco.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_II,_Prince_of_Monaco>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
inveterate:
1. Old; firmly established by long continuance; of long standing;
obstinately deep-rooted; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate habit.
2. (of a person) Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed;
habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
3. Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inveterate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is more recognition now that things are changing, but not
because there is a political move to do it. It is simply a result of the
information being there. Our survival won't depend on political or
economic systems. It's going to depend on the courage of the
individual to speak the truth, and to speak it lovingly and not
destructively. It's saying what you really know and feel is the truth,
in all directions. Our greatest vulnerability lies in the amount of
misinformation and misconditioning of humanity. I've found the
educations systems are full of it. You have to examine each word and ask
yourself, "Is that the right word for that?" — the integrity and the
courage of the individual to speak his own truth and not to go along
with the crowd, yet not making others seem ignorant. After a while, if
enough human beings are doing it, then everybody will start going in the
right direction.
--Buckminster Fuller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller>
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