This Week in History: Amazon's Founding, Althea Gibson's Wimbledon Victory and NASA's Final Shuttle Mission

This week in history highlights three milestone moments that shaped business, sports and space exploration.

On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos and his then-wife, MacKenzie Scott, founded a company originally called Cadabra. The name was soon changed to Relentless before eventually becoming Amazon. The company launched as an online bookstore and has since grown into one of the world's largest technology and retail companies, with a market value exceeding $2.5 trillion.

One day later in history, on July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson made history at Wimbledon by becoming the first Black player to win the prestigious women's singles championship at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Gibson successfully defended her title the following year and finished her remarkable career with 11 Grand Slam championships.

Another historic milestone came on July 8, 2011, when NASA launched Space Shuttle Atlantis on the agency's final space shuttle mission. The flight delivered supplies and equipment to the International Space Station before Atlantis returned to Earth on July 21, bringing an end to the Space Shuttle Program that began in 1981 with the launch of Columbia.

These milestones continue to serve as reminders of groundbreaking achievements in innovation, sports and space exploration.

CNN Newsource contributed to this report.

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