Today in History: June 24, Sally Ride completes historic space shuttle mission

In the present day is Tuesday June the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On June the space shuttle Challenger carrying America s first woman in space Sally Ride coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California Also on this date In Henry VIII was crowned king of England his wife Catherine of Aragon was crowned queen consort Related Articles Is the U S at war with Iran Who has power of declaration Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands Real estate giant Compass files lawsuit against Zillow over private home listings agenda Women face more injury risks in car crashes So why are test dummies modeled after men What to know about the Supreme Court ruling years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in the US In the Southeast Asian country of Siam changed its name to Thailand It reverted to Siam in then became Thailand once again in In Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin prompting the Western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift In the U S Supreme Court in Roth v United States ruled in a - decision that obscene materials were not protected by the First Amendment In President Richard Nixon concluded a summit with the visiting leader of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev who hailed the talks in an address on American television In the Supreme Court in a - decision strengthened its -year ban on officially sponsored worship in populace schools prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies In in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships American John Isner won the longest professional tennis match in history defeating Nicolas Mahut of France - - - - - the match was played over the subject of three days and lasted a total of hours minutes In a federal judge formally sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the terror attacks A federal appeals court later threw out the sentence the Supreme Court reinstated it In women in Saudi Arabia were allowed behind the wheel for the first time as the world s last remaining ban on female drivers was formally lifted In a -story condominium building collapsed in Surfside Florida killing people In in Dobbs v Jackson Women s Strength Organization the Supreme Court ruled - to remove constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place since s Roe v Wade In the present day s Birthdays Author Anita Desai is Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro is Actor Michele Lee is Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is Musician Mick Fleetwood is Actor Peter Weller is Golf Hall of Famer Juli Inkster is Actor Iain Glen is Musician Curt Smith Tears for Fears is Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum is Singer Hope Sandoval Mazzy Star is Actor Sherry Stringfield ER is Actor-producer Mindy Kaling is Actor Minka Kelly is Singer Solange Knowles is Soccer competitor Lionel Messi is Actor Beanie Feldstein is Actor Harris Dickinson is