In the autumn of that year, McAuliffe and Morgan each took a year-long leave of absence from teaching in order to train for a space shuttle mission in early 1986.

McAuliffe obtained her first teaching position in 1970, as an American history teacher at Benjamin Foulois Junior High School in Morningside, Maryland.

Jackson unsuccessfully sought the post as the Democratic National Committee chairman in 2001, losing to the fund-raiser Terry McAuliffe, who had the backing of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, with Jackson receiving the backing of the Presidential candidate Bill Bradley, among others.

* 1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge – German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: " Nuts!

", a quote attributed to General Anthony McAuliffe at the Battle of Bastogne

* The Voyager, the first simulator constructed at the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center

The year that McAuliffe was born, her father was completing his sophomore year at Boston College.

A few weeks later, she married her longtime boyfriend Steven J. McAuliffe, whom she had met at Marian High, and they moved closer to Washington, D. C., so that Steven could attend the Georgetown University Law Center.

McAuliffe was a teacher at Concord High School ( New Hampshire ) | Concord High School in New Hampshire

On January 28, 1986, McAuliffe boarded Space Shuttle Challenger with the other six crew members of STS-51-L. Just 72 seconds into its flight at an altitude of 48, 000 feet, Challenger broke apart, leading to the deaths of all seven crew members.

The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium / McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, the Christa Corrigan Hennessy Center for Education and Teaching Excellence at Framingham State College, and the Christa McAuliffe Residential Community building at Bowie State University are named in her memory, as are the asteroid 3352 McAuliffe, the crater McAuliffe on the Moon, and a crater on the planet Venus, which was named McAuliffe by the Soviet Union.

The nurse's cabin at Camp Wabasso in New Hampshire is named after McAuliffe because she attended the camp as a Girl Scout.

The McAuliffe Exhibit in the Henry Whittemore Library at Framingham State University

* The Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Collection at the Henry Whittemore Library in Framingham State College

McAuliffe was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon Social Fraternity while at West Virginia University.

For his actions at Bastogne, McAuliffe was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Patton on Dec. 30, 1944, followed later by the Distinguished Service Medal.

The new headquarters building for the 101st Airborne Division which opened in 2009 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is named McAuliffe Hall.

Christa McAuliffe ( September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986 ) was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Her husband Steven J. McAuliffe remarried and in 1992 became a federal judge, serving with the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire in Concord.

The boys ' varsity soccer team has won five New York State Public High School Athletic Association State Championships ( 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 ) all under coach Rob McAuliffe, a Chazy Central Rural School graduate.

There are four middle / junior high schools: Inglewood Junior High, Beaver Lake Middle School, Pine Lake Middle School, and Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning, as well as nearly a dozen elementary schools such as Discovery, Sunny Hills, Cascade Ridge, Challenger, Creekside, Margaret Mead, Samantha Smith, Rachel Carson, Christa McAuliffe, and Elizabeth Blackwell.

McAuliffe Elementary School in Lenexa, Kansas was one of the first schools in the nation to open named in honor of Christa McAuliffe. The district converted from 7-8-9 Junior High model to the 7-8 Middle School model in 1986.

* Christa McAuliffe School-A progressive K-8 school in the Cupertino Union School District in California

At Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in New Jersey, the science building is named after McAuliffe in honor of her heroic actions.

** McAuliffe Elementary School ( Oxnard )

Christa McAuliffe Middle School ( 1, 022 ) for grades 6-8, along with

Three district buildings are within the village's limits: The District Office Building on Talcott Street, the Owego Elementary School on Christa McAuliffe Lane, and the combined Owego-Apalachin Middle School and Owego Free Academy building on Sheldon Guile Boulevard.

149 Christa McAuliffe School, P. S.

* Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Palm Bay

** Christa McAuliffe Elementary School ( Partial )

** Christa McAuliffe Elementary School ( Partial )

* Christa McAuliffe School

* Christa McAuliffe School

Dick McAuliffe cracked the first of his two doubles against Lefty Don Rudolph to open the Bear's attack.

After Al Paschal gruonded out, Jay Cooke walked and Jim McDaniel singled home McAuliffe.

The Bears added two more in the fifth when McAuliffe dropped a double into the leftfield corner, Paschal doubled down the rightfield line and Cooke singled off Phil Shartzer's glove.

The writers' Gold Tee Award will go to John McAuliffe of Plainfield, N. J., and Palm Beach, Fla., for his sponsorship of charity tournaments.

The band played regularly on a Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station, and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound.

The addition of steel guitar whiz Leon McAuliffe in March, 1935 added not only a formidable instrumentalist but a second engaging vocalist.

* 1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut ( d. 1986 )

Morgan was the backup for Christa McAuliffe on the ill-fated STS-51-L mission.

The first clickable web ad ( which later came to be known by the term " banner ad ") was sold by Global Network Navigator ( GNN ) in 1993 to Heller, Ehrman, White and McAuliffe, a now defunct law firm with a Silicon Valley office.

* Jane Dammen McAuliffe ed.

** Christa McAuliffe, American astronaut and teacher ( b. 1948 )

Bush announces that New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Winnick helped Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe turn a $ 100, 000 stock investment into $ 18, 000, 000.

Christa McAuliffe was chosen as the first Teacher in Space in July 1985 from 11, 400 applicants.

After McAuliffe was killed in the Challenger disaster in January 1986 the programs were canceled.

Gen. McAuliffe terms for surrender ; McAuliffe gives the puzzled Germans his famous answer, " Nuts!

Gen. Anthony McAuliffe.

A private showing for President Harry S. Truman was arranged even before the premiere in Washington D. C. on November 9, 1949, which was attended by McAuliffe, who commanded the 101st during the siege.

In 1985, McAuliffe was selected from more than 11, 000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher in space.