Today in History - History - July 1st

195569th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (6-3 7-5 6-1)

1873Henry Ossian Flipper of Georgia one of the first African Americans enters West Point Military Academy

197784th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)

1960Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba

196074th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Rod Laver (6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5)

1798Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt

1997Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield

1948Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher

1867The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister

1973Tom Bradley becomes the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles, the first (and only) African-American to hold that position

1977Liv Tyler, New York City, American actress and daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler (Stealing Beauty)

1961Carl Lewis [Frederick], Birmingham Alabama, sprinter and long jumper (Oly-9 gold-84-96)

1961Diana Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales, (d. 1997)

1906Estée Lauder, New York, NY, CEO (Estée Lauder cosmetics) (d. 2004)

1902British admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (42) weds Gwendoline Cayzer at Holy Trinity in London

1990Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr (41) weds model Mary Jane Thomas at a Congregational church near his ranch in Missoula, Montana

1981NFL quarterback Joe Montana (25) weds second wife Cathleen Castillo

2013Canadian singer Avril Lavigne (28) weds Canadian singer Chad Kroeger (38) at the Château de La Napoule, a reconstructed medieval castle on the Mediterranean Sea in the South of France.

1998Eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer Barbra Streisand (57) weds actor James Brolin (58) in Malibu

1900Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (36) weds countess Sophie Chotek (32) in Reichstadt, Bohemia

2011Actor Ryan Reynolds (34) divorces actress Scarlett Johansson (26) due to irreconcilable differences after two years of marriage

2011Journalist and executive producer Maria Shriver (55) divorces Hollywood action film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger (63) due to irreconcilable differences after 25 years of marriage

1896Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85

2004Marlon Brando, actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front") dies at 80