Don Budge

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Changing the points on the scoreboard at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 2009. (England, sports)

How Is Tennis Scored?

The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered

young man playing tennis

Olympics: Racket Sports

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

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Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Don Budge: References & Edit History

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tennis history
- In tennis: The early 20th century
Wimbledon Championships
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 09, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 19, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 22, 2024
	Modified title of Web site: ESPN - Sports Century - In big matches, he wouldn't budge.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 04, 2019
	Add new Web site: ESPN - Sports Century - In big matches, he wouldn't budge.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 19, 2019
	Add new Web site: The New York Times - Don Budge, First to Win Tennis's Grand Slam, Dies at 84.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jan 05, 2017
	Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Don Budge.	Grace Young	Nov 21, 2013
	Add new Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - Biography of Don Budge.	Grace Young	Nov 21, 2013
	Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Don Budge.	Grace Young	Nov 21, 2013
	Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of Don Budge.	Vivek Abhinav	Mar 06, 2013
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 07, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 10, 2000
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998