Today in News History

On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1774, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (born 1715) passed away. In 1798, The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War. In 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C. In 1899, Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy. In 1950, Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. In 1953, Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy was born. In 1968, Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic was born. In 1979, America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. In 1983, Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (born 1915) passed away. In 2021, Richard Branson becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his Virgin Galactic spacecraft. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.