{"id":1937,"date":"2026-06-24T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:04:38","slug":"today-in-history-june-24-american-wins-longest-pro-tennis-match-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1937","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: June 24, American wins longest pro tennis match in history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Wednesday, June 24, the 175th day of 2026. There are 190 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

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Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On June 24, 2010, in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, American John Isner won the longest professional tennis match in history, defeating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68; the match was played over the course of three days and lasted a total of 11 hours, 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

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In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.<\/p>\n

In 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte\u2019s Grande Armee began crossing the Niemen River, embarking on a campaign to invade Russia. (Napoleon\u2019s forces would enter Moscow in early September, but failing to decisively defeat the Russians, would retreat with staggering losses to disease and desertion as winter set in.)<\/p>\n

In 1939, the Southeast Asian country of Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It reverted to Siam in 1945, then became Thailand once again in 1949.)<\/p>\n

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the Western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift.<\/p>\n

In 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Roth v. United States, ruled 6-3 that obscene materials were not protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

In 1973, 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.<\/p>\n

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In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger \u2014 carrying America\u2019s first woman in space, Sally Ride \u2014 coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n

In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, strengthened its 30-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools, prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies.<\/p>\n

In 2015, a federal judge formally sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 terror attacks. (A federal appeals court later threw out the sentence; the Supreme Court reinstated it.)<\/p>\n

In 2018, women in Saudi Arabia were allowed behind the wheel for the first time as the world\u2019s last remaining ban on female drivers was formally lifted.<\/p>\n

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In 2021, a 12-story condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 people.<\/p>\n

In 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to remove constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place since 1973\u2019s Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n

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