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This Week in History: June 19-25, 2017
for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.”
Machiavelli
June 19
1586 – English colonists sail away from Roanoke Island, North Carolina, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America.
1846 – The New York Knickerbocker Club plays the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. It is the first organized baseball game.
1867 – Ruthless wins the first Belmont Stakes horse race.
1910 – Father’s Day is celebrated for the first time in Spokane, Washington.
1912 – The U.S. government establishes the 8-hour workday.
1934 – Congress establishes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate radio and (later) TV broadcasting.
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D’Tigress’ forward Ezinne Kalu is eager to play in the Women’s National Basketball Association, The PUNCH reports.
The 28-year-old point guard also believes a sterling performance against USA in the women’s event at the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will boost her chances.
Reigning Afobasket champions D’Tigress have been drawn against world champions USA in Group B alongside hosts Japan and France.
“I think that it is important that I do play really well against the United States, because I have been playing overseas for the last six years now,” The Landerneau BB Point Guard, said during an Instagram live interview session monitored by our correspondent on Thursday.
The sequel to the iconic 1996 Space Jam film will debut a "reworked" look to the character Lola Bunny to reflect a "strong, capable female," compared to her "very sexualized" style from the first movie, the director said.
The review of nearly 800 athletes from among North America's professional leagues who tested positive for the coronavirus found just five cases of inflammatory heart disease.