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Sharon Christa Corrigan was born on September 2, 1948, in Boston as the oldest of the five children of accountant Edward Christopher Corrigan (1922–1990), who was of English and Irish descent; [5] and Grace Mary Corrigan (1924–2018; née George), a substitute teacher, [6] [7] [8] whose father was of Lebanese Maronite descent. [5]
Steven James McAuliffe (born March 3, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He is the widower of Christa McAuliffe , one of the victims of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster .
McAuliffe was 37 when she was killed, one of the seven crew members aboard the Challenger when the space shuttle broke apart on live TV on Jan. 28, 1986. She didn't have the chance to give the ...
Christa and Steven McAuliffe's son and daughter were very young at the time she died and was buried in a local cemetery. Steven McAuliffe wanted the children to grow up in the community normally. But there are other memorials, dozens of schools and a library named for McAuliffe, as well as scholarships and a commemorative coin.
The relaunched Court TV features live court coverage with former Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan as lead anchor. The network began broadcasting on May 8, 2019. The first live courtroom coverage was the Covington, Georgia, trial of parents who, after reporting their newborn baby missing in 2017, were later charged with murder.
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Sep. 2—CONCORD — Hundreds gathered in front of the State House Monday morning for the unveiling of a statue of Christa McAuliffe, who was destined to be the first teacher in space aboard the ...
Christa McAuliffe, secondary school teacher and first American civilian selected to be an astronaut; perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Great-niece of historian Philip Khuri Hitti . Peter Medawar , British 1960 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine.