Today in News History
On July 2, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1871, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. In 1926, Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007) was born. In 1954, Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was born. In 1961, Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) passed away. In 1986, Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. In 1986, Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people. In 1990, In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. In 2002, Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. In 2013, A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others. In 2024, A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Cities cannot outrun hotter climates with air-con alone
Mechanical cooling should be treated as the last line of defence against climate change, not the first, says an urban heat expert following European heatwaves.
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