Historical Events1954 - Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Czech Jaroslav Drobn beats Ken Rosewall of Australia 13-11, 4-6, 6-2, 9-7 for his only Wimbledon singles title1990 - TV cooking competition show "MasterChef" presented by Loyd Grossman, and created by Franc Roddam, first airs in the UK1995 - LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All-Star Game when he is named in the NL squad2019 - Virginie Viard presents her first haute couture collection as designer at Chanel after the death of Karl Lagerfeld at the Grand Palais2020 - Funeral for slain Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa in Ambo amid nationwide unrest at his death that has killed over 80 peopleMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1363 - Maria, Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens and Neopatria, born in Catania, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1401)1589 - Guillaume Messaus, Flemish composer, born in Antwerp, Dutch Republic (d. 1640)1903 - Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1963-64), born in London (d. 1995)1949 - Hanno Pschl, Austrian actor ("Exit...But No Panic"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"), born in Vienna, Austria1958 - Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop, born in Glen Dale, West VirginiaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, political theorist, and writer (Confessions) whose works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics, dies of cerebral bleeding from a stroke at 661917 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 641963 - Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer who discovered four satellites of Jupiter, dies at 712013 - Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, dies at 912020 - Betsy Ancker-Johnson, American physicist (plasmas), inventor (high-frequency signal generator), first woman Presidential appointee to the Department of Commerce and first woman VP in the automotive industry, dies at 93More Famous Deaths