JULY 6, 2026

Here’s what happened on this day in history — the stories that shaped the world.

■  TODAY’S LEAD STORYA Harlem-raised tennis prodigy spent years fighting just to compete — then walked onto Centre Court and won.READ FULL STORY → 

■  ALSO ON THIS DAYA thirteen-year-old girl, a hidden door, and a diary that the world tried to silence and could not.READ MORE → 

■  MORE FROM HISTORYEighty-one women pinned on their ensigns at a 131-year-old institution that had spent every one of those years insisting they didn’t belong.READ MORE → 

■  DID YOU KNOW?

Althea Gibson was so dominant in 1957 and 1958 that she won both Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships back-to-back in both years — yet she earned almost nothing from her victories. Prize money didn’t exist at Wimbledon until 1968, more than a decade after her wins, and Gibson had to turn professional to make a living, which disqualified her from Grand Slam competition entirely.

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