By Tennille Ayers
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jordan Alexander Spieth (/ˈspiːθ/; born July 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion.
Spieth’s first major win came in the 2015 Masters Tournament, when he shot a 270 (−18). He tied the then 72-hole record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 and became the second youngest golfer (behind Woods) to win the Masters. He then won the 2015 U.S. Open with a score of 5-under-par. He was the youngest U.S. Open champion since amateur Bobby Jones in 1923. He followed up with a win in the 2015 Tour Championship, which clinched the 2015 FedEx Cup. Two years later, Spieth won his third major at the 2017 Open Championship, by three shots at 12 under par.
Spieth won the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year in 2016.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- James I of Aragon –
- Robert Dinwiddie (British statesman, lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia) –
- Reggie Lewis (basketball player) –
- Bob Hope (comedian & actor) –
- Morrie R. Yohai (creator of Cheez Doodles) –
- Nabire (northern white rhino) –
- Sam Shepard (actor & playwright) –
Born
- Alexandre Dumas, fils (dramatist, son of Alexandre Dumas) –
- Cyrus Eidlitz (architect) –
- Gérard Côté (Canadian marathon runner) –
- Elizabeth Hardwick (author) –
- Norman Lear (television screenwriter and producer) –
- Jerry Van Dyke (actor) –
- Peggy Fleming (ice skater) –
- Alex Rodriguez (baseball player) –
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (actor) –
Events
- Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs (later renamed Department of State) –
- The Atlantic Cable was completed, establishing communication by telegraph between England and the U.S. –
- Researchers led by biochemist Frederick Banting announced the discovery of the hormone insulin –
- Bugs Bunny made his cartoon debut –
- Colonel Joseph Duckworth piloted the first plane that purposely flew into the center of a hurricane –
- The United States, China, North Korea, and South Korea signed an armistice agreement, ending the Korean War –
- An earthquake in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, measured 5.2 on the Richter scale –
- Big traffic jam in Boston –
- The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated, Washington, D.C. –
- In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics –
- At the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Canadian Donovan Bailey won the men’s 100-meter dash in 9.84 seconds, setting a world record –
Weather
- Severe thunderstorms in Yuma, Arizona, created zero visibility due to dust blowing in the 90 mph winds –
- Several inches of snow fell on Glacier National Park, Big Sky ski area (both in Montana), and a Jackson Hole, Wyoming ski area –
- EF-1 tornado touched down in southwestern New Hampshire, causing significant damage in Dublin, home of The Old Farmer’s Almanac –
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