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.
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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
_____________________________ 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
___________________________ 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
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