Suzanne Lenglen (1899–1938) was a French tennis player. One of the
sport's biggest stars and the dominant women's tennis player right after
World War I, Lenglen was the inaugural world No. 1 and a six-time
Wimbledon singles champion. After the war, she only had one singles loss
and was undefeated in doubles with Elizabeth Ryan. Her popularity
stemmed from her becoming a world champion at age 15, her unusual
balletic playing style, her brash personality, and prominent press
coverage that portrayed her as infallible at tennis. Lenglen had a wide
impact on the sport. She was the first leading amateur to turn
professional and her 1926 pro tour in the United States laid the
foundation for the next four decades of men's pro tennis. She
incorporated fashion into the game and popularised sportswear to
supplant the norm of women competing in corsets. Wimbledon moved to its
current venue to accommodate her popularity. Court Suzanne Lenglen at
the French Open is named in her honour.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Lenglen>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1877:
The inaugural Wimbledon Championship, the world's oldest tennis
tournament, began in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_Wimbledon_Championship>
1896:
Politician William Jennings Bryan made his Cross of Gold speech
advocating bimetallism, considered one of the greatest political
speeches in American history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Gold_speech>
1937:
Nitrate film being stored in a 20th Century Fox facility
spontaneously combusted, destroying more than 40,000 reels of negatives
and film prints.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire>
1962:
In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup
Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_Soup_Cans>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
illumine:
1. Synonym of illuminate
2. (transitive)
3. (also figuratively) To shine light on (something).
4. (also figuratively) To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
5. (figuratively)
6. To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or
believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
7. To cause (the eyes) to see.
8. To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness,
etc.
9. (rare) To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
10. (art) To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental
designs.
11. (intransitive)
12. To become bright; to light up.
13. (figuratively)
14. To enlighten intellectually.
15. Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illumine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The kind of society that Japan should aim at is a society in
which the efforts of people are rewarded, a society in which there is no
stratification into winners and losers, and a society in which ways of
working, learning, and living are diverse and multi-tracked — in other
words, a society of opportunity where everyone has a chance to challenge
again. If there are people who sense they are facing inequality, it is
the role of politics to shed light on them.
--Shinzō Abe
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe>