1988 Event Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65) 1987 Event Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec) 1986 Death Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 Event Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 1983 Event Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) 1981 Event Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec 1978 Event Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24 hours of hula-hoop 1978 Birthday Christa Williams, born in Houston, Texas, softball pitcher, 1996 Olympics gold 1977 Event Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5) 1975 Event Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8) 1965 Birthday Christa Miller, New York City, actress, Kate-Drew Carey Show 1962 Birthday Christa Teno, born in Tecumseh, Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi-44th 1948 Birthday Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut, STS-25 1948 Birthday Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut 1929 Birthday Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig 1929 Birthday Christa Wolf, German novelist, Divided Heaven 1928 Birthday Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera
