Today in News History

On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1898, The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. In 1925, Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) was born. In 1932, Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. In 1948, Karol Sikora, English physician and academic was born. In 1967, Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. In 1971, U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs. In 1975, James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893) passed away. In 2001, Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) passed away. In 2014, Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (born 1923) passed away. In 2019, Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.