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A Swedish opera singer who was known as the Swedish Nightingale.
An American entrepreneur, engineer and a pioneer inventor who invented the railway air brake.
A Swiss-French architect, designer, painter and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture.
A Norwegian explorer and ethnographer.
An American tennis champion, considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history.
New York "The Jazz Singer," starring Al Jolson, debuts with the first "talkie," or full-length featuring film.
British driver Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and John Surtees come first, second and third in the U.S Grand Prix.
One of the holiest days in Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur has turned into one of the bloodiest day, when Syria and Egypt attack on Israel.
President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt became the victim of his effort to improve relations between Israel and his own nation and is assassinated by Muslim extremists.
An American tennis champion, considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history who known as Little Miss Poker Face, was won a total of 19 singles titles at the French championships, Wimbledon, and the United States championships. She was born on October 6, 1905, in Fremont, California, United States. She was educated at the University of California, where she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1922, when she was 16 years old, she reached the finals of the United States championships.. Wills greatest playing strength was her powerful forehand, which she used to dominate women's tennis in the 1920s. She won a gold medal in both singles and doubles at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. She also won the U.S. women's singles championship from 1923 through 1925 and again from 1927 through 1929. She did not enter the U.S. championships that year, but she returned in 1931 to claim her final U.S. title. She was a member of the United States championships the winning women's doubles team during the 1922, 1924, and 1925. She amassed eight Wimbledon women's singles championships (1927-1930, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1938) and four French singles titles (1928-1930, 1932) before retiring from competition in 1938. In 1959 she was elected to the U.S. Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame.
She died on January 1, 1998, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States.
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