Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1889, Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (died 1966) was born. In 1923, Doris Johnson, American politician (died 2021) was born. In 1931, Ola Ullsten, Swedish politician and diplomat (died 2018) was born. In 1937, Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) was born. In 1941, The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. In 1945, Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (born 1923) passed away. In 1967, Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. In 1972, Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. In 1985, A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. In 2015, Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (born 1934) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.