Today in News History
On June 24, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1927, James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (died 2014) was born. In 1939, Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister. In 1940, World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company. In 1946, Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor was born. In 1947, Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. In 1954, First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. In 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft. In 1994, A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four. In 2012, Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. In 2021, Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (born 1925) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Another top general set to depart Pentagon
Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, submitted his paperwork to retire after a little over a year in his position, a Pentagon official told The Hill. The Pentagon official spoke on condition on anonymity to discuss internal military deliberations. The shift follows months of exits from top military leaders since the...
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