Today in News History

On June 16, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1811, Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100 attackers. In 1815, Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo. In 1941, Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (died 2011) was born. In 1954, Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (died 2014) was born. In 1959, The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (died 2014) was born. In 1995, The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched. In 1997, Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria. In 2003, Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1934) passed away. In 2012, The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. In 2013, Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (born 1921) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.