Today in News History

On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1833, Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed. In 1875, H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator (died 1960) was born. In 1906, Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. In 1943, Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan was born. In 1943, Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. In 1946, Martin Wong, American painter (died 1999) was born. In 1953, Leon Spinks, American boxer (died 2021) was born. In 1957, Patsy O'Hara, Irish Republican hunger striker (died 1981) was born. In 1978, Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. In 2011, Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.