This Day In History
- 1794 The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
- Arts
- 1954 The two-day inaugural Newport Jazz Festival, billed as “The First American Jazz Festival,” opened in Rhode Island, established by Elaine Lorillard, who also financed it for many years. Among the performers that year were Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
- 2021 Titane wins Palme d'Or at the 73rd Cannes Film Festival; director Frenchwoman Julie Ducournau was the second woman to win and the first woman to win solo. Jane Campion had been the first woman to win for her 1993 film The Piano, though she shared the prize in a tie with Chen Kaige and his Farewell My Concubine.
- Sports
- 2018 Australian basketball center Liz Cambage scores 53 points as the Dallas Wings beat the NY Liberty 104-87 to set new WNBA single game scoring record.
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