Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 947, Li Congyi, prince of Later Tang (born 931) passed away. In 1915, Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (died 2016) was born. In 1943, Vint Cerf, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer was born. In 1946, The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. In 1953, Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and President of Armenia was born. In 1973, A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. In 1985, A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. In 1994, NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center. In 2013, Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide. In 2014, The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.