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3rd - Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800 kph (500 mph) rocket plane to Hitler
3rd - Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
4th - Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
4th - Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day
6th - German Nazis close last Jewish enterprises
7th - 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60)
7th - 74th British Golf Open: **** Burton shoots a 290 at St Andrews
8th - 59th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2)
9th - A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg South Africa, launch the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa
11th - 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra
13th - Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut
15th - Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight
17th - 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY
19th - Dr Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures
22nd - 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
25th - 5th & last Dutch government of Colijn, forms
25th - NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
26th - Yankee catcher Bill ****ey hits 3 consecutive HRs
28th - 5th Dutch government of Colijn falls
30th - Belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France
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