Today in News History

On June 24, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1860, The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. In 1931, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. In 1951, Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy (died 2018) was born. In 1951, The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. In 1956, The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. 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 2013, Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1933) passed away. In 2014, The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. In 2015, Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (born 1924) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.