This Day…

1932 – LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Ozaukee CC: Jane Weiller beats June Beebe 5 & 4 for golf’s only major title

1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr

1917 – Publisher Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft during WW1

1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies’ on NY Theater roof

1898 – Lizzie Arlington becomes first woman to play professional men’s baseball when she pitches 9th inning for the Reading Coal Heavers against the Allentown Peanuts; allows 2 hits and walks a batter but preserves 5-0 win

1938 – President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield

1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies

1838– Coronation of Queen Victoria aged 19 during a five-hour ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London [1]

1955 – LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Patty Berg wins her 5th WO title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs and Fay Croker; first WO played at stroke play

1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract