Anne Frank forced into hiding
Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam on this day in 1942 and lived in a secret annex—an experience documented in her diary, which became a classic of war literature—until their capture on August 4, 1944. 1942.
American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus to win her first Wimbledon singles title. 2002.
John Frankenheimer—who was considered one of the most creatively gifted directors of the 1950s and ’60s, especially noted for such classic movies as The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)—died in Los Angeles. 2002.
Paul McCartney met John Lennon for the first time, at a church event in Liverpool, England, where the latter’s band was performing; the duo would later form the Beatles, perhaps the most influential band in history. 1957.
With her defeat of Darlene Hard, American Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win the Wimbledon singles championship. 1957.
Businessman and politician George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president of the United States, was born. 1946.
Louis Pasteur successfully tested an antirabies vaccine. 1885.
English humanist and statesman Thomas More was beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. 1535.
Czech religious reformer Jan Hus, whose criticisms of the church anticipated the Reformation by more than a century, was burned at the stake for heresy. 1415.
