2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2015 Event Golfer Zach Johnson wins the British Open, becoming one of only six golfers in history to win at both the St. Andrews Old Course and the Augusta National course 2015 Event Jordan Spieth, age 21, wins the Masters golf tournament, tying Tiger Woods' record-setting 72-hole score of 18 under par at the course in 1997 2014 Event A ship carrying 900 Syrians is intercepted and safely brought to shore by the Italian coast guard; the ship had been manned by human traffickers who abandoned the vessel after setting the navigation system on a collision course with the Italian coast 2013 Event Ibragim Todashev, a suspect under FBI questioning in Orlando, Florida, for his connections to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is shot dead after attacking an agent during the course of questioning 2011 Event The London Marathon is won by Emmanuel Matai, who set a new course record 2011 Event North Korea plans to host its first ever golf tournament on a course frequented by leader Kim Jong-il 2000 Death Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93 1991 Event 29th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 14 -13 at Ocean Course (SC) 1986 Event Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California 1985 Event 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course 1982 Death Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 1980 Event 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course 1965 Birthday Mark Moore, rocker, S'Express-Winter Course 1964 Birthday Alex Solis, born in Panama City, Panama, jockey, in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame, over 4,500 career wins 1952 Birthday Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey 1951 Birthday Mark McCumber, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Mark Randall McCumber, golfer, won PGA tour ten times, won World Cup of Golf for the United states with Ben Crenshaw, golf analyst for Fox Sports, golf course architect 1938 Event 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City 1937 Birthday Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, born in UK, sci-fi author, Collision Course 1935 Birthday Tommy Jacobs, born in America, professional golfer, golf course owner and operator, played on Champions Tour, PGA Tour 1935 Event Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course) 1934 Event 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1931 Birthday Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, William Earl Billy Casper, Jr., professional golfer, golf course designer, won the PGA Tour 27 times, named 15th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest in 2000, considered best putter of his era 1930 Event New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1924 Event 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City) 1913 Event 1st U.S. dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct 1889 Event John T. Reid opens 1st U.S. golf course in Yonkers, New York 1870 Event Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore 1817 Event Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course 1492 Event Columbus misses Florida when he changed course
