July 20, 2012

75 years ago
1937

Tennis
Down 2-0 in sets and 4-1 in games in the third set, Don Budge of the United States defeated Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 8-6 on the sixth match point in the fifth set of the Davis Cup semi-finals at Wimbledon , England, enabling the U.S.A. to defeat England the following week in the finals.

60 years ago
1952

Olympics
Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia won the men's 10,000-metre run in Helsinki.

50 years ago
1962

Boxing
Cassius Clay (15-0) knocked out Alejandro Lavorante (19-4) at 1:48 of the 5th round of a heavyweight bout at Los Angeles Sports Arena.

30 years ago
1982

Terrorism
8 British soldiers were among 11 people killed and 51 wounded in a series of Irish Republican Army bombings in London.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Respectable--Mel and Kim

Died on this date
Richard Egan, 65. U.S. actor. Mr. Egan appeared in such movies as The Damned Don't Cry (1950); Bright Victory (1951); One Minute to Zero (1952); Underwater! (1955); Love Me Tender (1956); Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957); A Summer Place (1959); and Moonfire (1970). He died of prostate cancer, nine days before his 66th birthday.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Lithium--Nirvana

Politics and government
Vaclav Havel resigned as President of Czechoslovakia, three days after the Slovak National Council had voted overwhelmingly in favour of sovereignty for Slovakia.