Today in News History

On June 24, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1894, Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot by Sante Caserio during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). In 1940, Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (died 2014) was born. In 1955, Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic was born. In 1957, In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. 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 1976, Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (born 1908) passed away. In 1994, A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four. In 2002, The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. In 2004, In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. In 2022, In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.