Today in News History

On July 7, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1846, US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California. In 1880, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (died 1960) was born. In 1898, US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. In 1918, Jing Shuping, Chinese businessman (died 2009) was born. In 1937, The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). In 1944, World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan. In 1980, John Buck, American baseball player was born. In 2003, NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover-B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket. In 2015, Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (born 1927) passed away. In 2017, The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.