Good morning, and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Monday, July 19, 2021, and we

begin with a 12-year-old skateboarder making history at the X Games. On Friday, Brazilian

born Guy Curry nailed the contest's first-ever 1080, three aerial spins on a non-mega vertical

ramp to become the X Games' youngest-ever gold medalist. And making his win even sweeter,

one of the first people to run over and congratulate him was none other than the skateboarding

legend he had just beaten. 53-year-old Tony Hawk came out of retirement and entered the

match less than an hour before it began. Back in 1999, it was Hawk who had taken the sport

by storm when after 10 failed tries. He was the first to land a 900 or two-and-a-half

spins on a similar ramp. He's never landed the 1080.

Being as one of four sports, making its Olympic debut next weekend, the others, Karate,

Surfing, and Sport Climbing. Just hours from now, the world's youngest-ever astronaut

is set to blast off into space. 18-year-old Oliver Damon will strap in alongside the world's

richest man, Jeff Bezos, on Blue Origins' first crude flight to the stars. Oliver's

family from the Netherlands had purchased him a seat on the company's second trip, but

the lucky teen got bumped up when the winning bidder for the first flight backed out due

to a scheduling conflict. Joining them on tomorrow's launch will be Mr. Bezos' brother,

Mark, an 82-year-old aeronautics pioneer, Wally Funk, who will soon claim the title as

the world's oldest astronaut. If you want to catch the action, you might need to dust

off that alarm clock, lift off schedule for 6 a.m. on the West Coast, 9 a.m. on the

East. We'll put a link on our website.

It's Freedom Day in England, the day when Great Britain finally drops months of COVID restrictions,

but the country's Prime Minister won't be out-celebrating. Boris Johnson and his top

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