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This week in history: Amazon, Althea Gibson and NASA's final shuttle mission

(CNN)- On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos and his then-wife, MacKenzie Scott, founded a company called Cadabra. The business was briefly renamed Relentless before becoming Amazon, which launched as an online bookstore. Today, Amazon is valued at more than $2.5 trillion. On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson made history by becoming the first Black player to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon. She successfully defended her championship the following ye…

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41NBC News | WMGT-DT broke the news on Monday, July 6, 2026.
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