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Today in History: April 30, Monica Seles attacked during tennis match

Also on this date, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.

Tennis player Monica Seles sits on the ground with two people helping her
Monica Seles sits on the ground as she is aided by two helpers, bottom, while others grab a man, unseen behind Seles, who leaned out of the stands at the Hamburg tennis tournament on April 30, 1993 and stabbed the world?s top-ranked tennis player when she sat taking a break. Seles was taken to hospital but police said her life was not in danger. (AP Photo)
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Top-ranked women’s tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany, by a man who described himself as a fan of second-ranked German player Steffi Graf.

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