Today in News History

On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1906, Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. In 1921, A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. In 1937, Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author was born. In 1950, J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic was born. In 1957, Patsy O'Hara, Irish Republican hunger striker (died 1981) was born. In 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. In 1973, Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories. In 1990, Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins. In 2006, Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. In 2017, Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.