Golf Central

On this day in 1976, pioneering black golfer Lee Elder, defeated Forrest Fezler by one stroke to win the Houston Open, his second of what would be three PGA tour victories. Not so lucky, however, 11 years later in 1987 was Jan Stephenson. Tied for the 54-hole lead at the S&H Classic, Stephenson was injured in an automobile accident and could not compete the next day.

Outside of golf, history was made in 1968 when Spain’s General Franco ordered the closing of the frontier between his country and Gibraltar, while a year later, the QE II made her maiden voyage from Southampton over the Atlantic. One cruiser that was making its last journey today, was the Argentinean Belgrano, which was sunk today in the South Atlantic in 1982 during the Falkland War.

And in 1965, the British-owned Early Bird satellite began transmitting TV programmes to more than 300 million viewers. The first programme Out of this World, sounds awesome. Sadly though, we missed it. We also missed any sign of the Loch Ness Monster, unlike the Scottish folk in 1933, when some London newspapers sent correspondents to the lake after reported sightings.