July 27
2019: Democratic Presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson shares her message on the campaign trail with approximately 130 people at Beaufort’s United Church of Jesus Christ.
July 28
1883: Hannah Jones Smalls, first wife of Robert Smalls, dies. She was about 58 years old.
2021: Beaufort-born weightlifter C.J. Cummings competes for the United States in the Men’s 73-kilogram weight class at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Cummings made two of his six lifts for a total of 325 kg, finishing ninth.
July 29
2019: Longtime Thomas Heyward Academy softball coach Bob Layman is named the new head coach at Battery Creek.
2020: Longtime City of Beaufort Police Chief Matt Clancy dies at age 56 from complications caused by neuroendocrine cancer.
July 30
2020: City of Beaufort Deputy Police Chief Dale McDorman is named interim Police Chief after the death of longtime Chief Matt Clancy.
August 1
2021: Beaufort-based weightlifter Mahassen Hala Fattouh competes for Lebanon in the Women’s 76-kilogram weight class at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Fattouh completed five of her six lifts for a personal-record total of 217 kg. Fattouh, the first female weightlifter to represent Lebanon in the Olympic Games, finished ninth.
– Compiled by Mike McCombs
