Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1906, Tribhuvan of Nepal (died 1955) was born. In 1913, William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (died 2001) was born. 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 1969, Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. 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 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 2012, James Durbin, English economist and statistician (born 1923) passed away. In 2014, The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. In 2017, A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others. In 2018, Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.