Today in News History

On July 10, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. In 1918, Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (died 1998) was born. In 1938, Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. In 1962, Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. In 1974, An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes at Cairo International Airport, killing all six people on board. In 1983, Matthew Egan, Australian footballer was born. In 1985, An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster. In 1991, A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board. In 2006, A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board. In 2011, Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.