(Sunday, June 24, 1973, 6 p.m. EDT; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon concluded his summit with the visiting leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, who hailed the talks in an address on American television.
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Shuttle carrying first American woman in space lands safely 30 years ago this hour (1983)
Video: 'Space Shuttle Challenger - STS-7 Landing'
(Friday, June 24, 1983, 6:57 a.m. PDT) — The space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing today at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Yale Professor injured by mail bomb sent from Unabomber 20 years ago this hour (1993)
Video: '1993: Action News 8 coverage of Yale Bombing'
(Thursday, June 24, 1993, about 8:15 a.m. EDT) — David Gelernter, a Yale University computer scientist, was seriously injured today by a mail bomb sent from the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski.
