...1957, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2. In 1989, the U.S. Army destroyed its last Pershing 1-A missiles at an ammunition plant in Karnack...

...1957, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2. In 1967, the Biafran War erupted. The war, which lasted 2 1/2 years, claimed some 600,000 lives...