Today in News History

On June 24, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1889, Verena Holmes, English engineer (died 1964) was born. In 1912, Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1954) was born. In 1930, John Elliott, English historian and academic (died 2022) was born. In 1931, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. In 1946, Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach was born. In 1959, Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. In 1980, Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (born 1946) passed away. In 1994, NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center. In 1995, Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (born 1914) passed away. In 2014, The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.