Today in History Today is Monday, July 6, the 187th day of 2026. There are 178 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
BUNIA, Congo (AP) – At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to go on strike on Monday over unpaid benefits and poor working conditions.
BEIJING (AP) – China’s military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific.
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CAIRO (AP) – More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the U.N. children’s agency said Monday. The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023.
PARIS (AP) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political fate is at stake Tuesday when a Paris appeals court is to rule on whether she may be barred to run in the 2027 presidential election.
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