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Sally K. Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California.
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On January 1st Sally had a younger sister named Karen.
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Ride had graduated from the Westlake School For Girls in 1968.
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some other painting were "Rainy Weather" and "Lady In Blue"
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Mark Spitz wins record seven gold medals for swimming!!
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In 1972 Nolan Bushnell had invented the video game.
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Sally earned two degrees, a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in english. She also earned a master of science degree (M.S.) in physics.
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One of the top songs in 1974 was "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band.
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In 1974 Arther Fry had created the world's first post-it notes.
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In 1976 Presidant Carter was elected.
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To us teenagers the greatest invention of all time was of course the cell phone. Also, another great invention was the roller baldes in 1979, these were invented by Scott Olson.
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In the 1980's big shoulders and hair were in style, also Princess Diana was the number one fashion icon.
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In 1981 there was the first woman in the supreme court.
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Sally Ride had married her fellow astronaut Steven Hawley. the couple also made history by being the first astronaut couple.
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In 1983 the unemployment rate rises to 12 million, highest since 1941.
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The Cival War broke loose in Zimbabwe.
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Sally got ready to climb on to the launch pad 39-A and in the Challenger.
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In October Sally was back for another mission at KSC.
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In January a small flame in the Challenger became a HUGE explostion. There were seven crew members and Christa McAuliffe was going to be America's first private citizen in space. But instead all seven crew members were killed.
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In 1987 Sally had divorced Hawley, reasons weren not told but i guess she just was not feeling the love like she did.
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Even on her birthday Ride announced that she was leaving NASA due to it being to dangerous considering the thought of her friends that died in the Challenger.
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In 1989 after leaving NASA Sally had accepted a position for being a physics professor at the University of California.
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Ride foung another way to contribute to her friends, she wrote childrens books. The first book she wrote was 'The Third Planet'.
