Milestones

DUMPED

The bodies of 35 murder victims, by masked men in broad daylight, on the street in the Mexican coastal city of Boca del Río

WED

Lieutenant Gary Ross, a Navy surface-warfare officer, to his partner Dan Swezy, in a midnight ceremony in Vermont as the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal took effect.

DIED

Tom Wilson, 80, creator of the cartoon strip Ziggy; Wilson created the unlucky, rotund, trouserless title character in 1969. The strip is syndicated in more than 500 newspapers nationwide.

DIED

Dolores Hope, 102, a singer and for 69 years the wife of Bob Hope; with her husband, she performed for troops in USO shows from World War II to the Gulf War.

WON

The Navistar Classic golf tournament, by Lexi Thompson, 16, the youngest player ever to win an LPGA tour event.

DIED

Charles Percy, 91, a three-term Senator from Illinois; the moderate Republican clashed with Richard Nixon over attempts to contain the Watergate scandal.