Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1810, John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company. In 1913, William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (died 2001) was born. In 1922, Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (died 2010) was born. In 1951, Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy (died 2018) was born. In 1965, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, American government and non-profit executive was born. In 1969, IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. 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 2005, Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (born 1926) passed away. In 2012, Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (born 1915) passed away. In 2014, Nancy Garden, American author (born 1938) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.