Events in Bethesda History
Whitefield's Bethesda Orphanage
1740-03-25 Construction begins on evangelist George Whitefield's Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia
Reagan's Cancer Surgery
1985-07-13 Doctors at Bethesda Naval hospital remove two small benign polyps from US President Ronald Reagan's colon [1]
LPGA Championship
1990-07-29 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones
LPGA Championship
1991-06-30 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Meg Mallon wins her first major title by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto
LPGA Championship
1992-05-17 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Betsy King wins her 5th major title, 11 strokes ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner, Liselotte Neumann and Karen Noble
LPGA Championship
1993-06-13 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Patty Sheehan wins her 4th major title by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Lauri Merten
US Golf Open
1997-06-15 US Open Men's Golf, Congressional CC: Ernie Els wins his second Open title, the second of his 4 major championships, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie
Famous People from Bethesda
- 1905-01-12 James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist, born in Atchison, Kansas (d. 1997)
- 1947-07-24 Robert Hays, American actor (Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous), born in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1951-02-23 Patricia Richardson, American actress (Double Trouble, Home Improvement), born in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1955-05-27 Richard Schiff, American actor (The West Wing), born in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1960-11-06 Michael Cerveris, American actor (Fun Home), born in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1969-01-22 Keith Gordon, American baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds), born in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1976-12-06 Colleen Haskell, American television personality (Survivor: Borneo 2000 contestant), born in Bethesda, Maryland
Famous Americans
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
50 Cent
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr