1906 - First freight delivery tunnel system begins operation underneath Chicago
1944 - Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence
1945 - A riot ensues in San Francisco as the city celebrates the end of WWII
1993 - 75th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Inverness GC: Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia
2016 - Anita Włodarczyk of Poland sets a world record of 82.29 m to win the women's hammer throw gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; Zhang Wenxiu (China) wins silver, and Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) wins bronze

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