Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I. In 1917, World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers. In 1940, Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum. In 1942, World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue. In 1945, Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day. In 1948, Cold War: The Tito-Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. In 1956, In Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe. In 1961, Kurt Eichenwald, American journalist was born. In 1982, Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people. In 2016, A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.