Today in News History

On July 7, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1834, In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began. In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. In 1930, Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). In 1943, Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (died 2007) was born. In 1946, Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. In 1962, Alitalia Flight 771 crashes in Junnar, Maharashtra, India, killing 94 people. In 1973, Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (born 1895) passed away. In 1992, The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public. In 2005, A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others. In 2016, Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.