As we speak is Tuesday, June 24, the a hundred and seventy fifth day of 2025. There are 190 days left within the yr.
As we speak in historical past:
On June 24, 1983, the house shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first girl in house, Sally Experience — coasted to a secure touchdown at Edwards Air Power Base in California.
Additionally on this date:
In 1509, Henry VIII was topped king of England; his spouse, Catherine of Aragon, was topped queen consort.
In 1939, the Southeast Asian nation of Siam modified its title to Thailand. (It reverted to Siam in 1945, then grew to become Thailand as soon as once more in 1949.)
In 1948, Communist forces minimize off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the Western allies to arrange the Berlin Airlift.
In 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court docket, in Roth v. United States, dominated in a 6-3 determination that obscene supplies weren’t protected by the First Modification.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon concluded a summit with the visiting chief of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, who hailed the talks in an tackle on American tv.
In 1992, the Supreme Court docket, in a 5-4 determination, strengthened its 30-year ban on formally sponsored worship in public faculties, prohibiting prayer as part of commencement ceremonies.
In 2010, within the first spherical of the Wimbledon Championships, American John Isner gained the longest skilled tennis match in historical past, defeating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68; the match was performed over the course of three days and lasted a complete of 11 hours, 5 minutes.
In 2015, a federal decide formally sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to demise for the 2013 terror assaults. (A federal appeals court docket later threw out the sentence; the Supreme Court docket reinstated it.)
In 2018, girls in Saudi Arabia have been allowed behind the wheel for the primary time because the world’s final remaining ban on feminine drivers was formally lifted.
In 2021, a 12-story condominium constructing collapsed in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 folks.
In 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group, the Supreme Court docket dominated 6-3 to take away constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place since 1973’s Roe v. Wade.
As we speak’s Birthdays:
- Creator Anita Desai is 88.
- Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro is 85.
- Actor Michele Lee is 83.
- Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 82.
- Musician Mick Fleetwood is 78.
- Actor Peter Weller is 78.
- Golf Corridor of Famer Juli Inkster is 65.
- Actor Iain Glen is 64.
- Musician Curt Smith (Tears for Fears) is 64.
- Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum is 63.
- Singer Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) is 59.
- Actor Sherry Stringfield (“ER”) is 58.
- Actor-producer Mindy Kaling is 46.
- Actor Minka Kelly is 45.
- Singer Solange Knowles is 39.
- Soccer participant Lionel Messi is 38.
- Actor Beanie Feldstein is 32.
- Actor Harris Dickinson is 29.