Kim Clijsters (born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian tennis player who competed professionally from 1997 to 2012. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, she won four Grand Slam singles titles, including three US Open championships. Together with Justine Henin, she established Belgium as a force in women's tennis, leading their country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. Clijsters won forty-one Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles titles, including three WTA Tour Championships. After retiring at the age of 23, Clijsters returned to tennis and won a record-tying three Grand Slam singles titles as a mother on the way to becoming the only mother to be ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA. She was known for her athleticism, in particular her ability to perform splits on court in the middle of points. Clijsters won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award eight times. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1776:

American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last battle of the American invasion of Quebec. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res

1929:

Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bondfield

1967:

The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 and wounding 173. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

2009:

Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_imprisonment_of_American_journalists_by_North_Korea

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polynya: (hydrology, oceanography) A naturally formed area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially in the Arctic. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polynya

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