Tessa Sanderson (born 1956) is a retired British javelin thrower. She
appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold
medal in the javelin at the 1984 Olympics. She was the first Black
British woman to win an Olympic gold medal, and the second track and
field athlete to compete at six Olympics. Sanderson won gold medals at
three Commonwealth Games and at the 1992 IAAF World Cup. She set five
Commonwealth records and ten British national records in the javelin, as
well as records at junior and masters levels. Sanderson had a rivalry
with fellow Briton Fatima Whitbread, who took the bronze in the 1984
Olympics. Sanderson was a sports reporter for Sky News when it began
broadcasting in 1989. She was vice-chair of Sport England from 1999 to
2005, and later established the Tessa Sanderson Foundation and Academy,
which aims to encourage young people and people with disabilities to
take up sport. She became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
in 2004.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa_Sanderson>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1759:
French and Indian War: British forces won the Battle of the
Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, despite General James Wolfe being
mortally wounded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham>
1959:
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) impacted the
Moon, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_2>
1964:
South Vietnamese generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn
Đức staged a coup attempt after being demoted by junta leader
Nguyễn Khánh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1964_South_Vietnamese_coup_attempt>
1985:
Super Mario Bros., one of the most influential and best-selling
video games in history, was first released in Japan for the Nintendo
Entertainment System.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
babber:
1. A baby.
2. A friend.
3. (East Anglia, fishing) A fisherman using babs (“baits consisting of
bundles of live worms”) to catch eels.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/babber>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Yesterday and today, the Russian army struck the Ukrainian energy
infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians found themselves in
the dark — without electricity. Houses, hospitals, schools, communal
infrastructure … Russian missiles hit precisely those objects that
have absolutely nothing to do with the infrastructure of the Armed
Forces of our country. On the one hand, this is a sign of the
desperation of those who invented this war. This is how they react to
the defeat of Russian troops in the Kharkiv region. They can't do
anything to our heroes on the battlefield, and that's why Russia is
directing its vile strikes against civilian infrastructure.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>