North Port is a city in southern Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 57,357 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North PortâBradentonâSarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was originally developed by General Development Corporation as the northern or Sarasota County part of its Port Charlotte development. GDC dubbed it North Port Charlotte, and it was incorporated under that name through a special act of the Florida Legislature in 1959. By referendum in 1974 the city's residents approved a change to simply North Port to proclaim its separate identity.
OTL: Tennis Grunting (1:17)Tennis legend Martina Navratilova and WTA CEO Stacey Allaster discuss the loud grunting on the tour. WIMBLEDON, England -- The grounds here resound with history, tradition and records. But this Wimbledon is the 50th anniversary of an episode about which few people have heard a peep. When 17-year-old Victoria Palmer of Arizona came to play her first Wimbledon in 1962, she was already an accomplished player and distinctive among her peers for her loud grunting.
This Month in Physics History. October 1958: Physicist Invents First Video Game. In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house. Higinbotham was born on October 25, 1910 in Bridgeport, CT and grew up in Caledonia, NY.