Today in News History

On July 6, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1415, Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake. In 1483, Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned King and Queen of England. In 1573, French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends. In 1686, Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist and academic (died 1758) was born. In 1897, Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (died 1994) was born. In 1944, The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1988, The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life. In 1995, In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. In 2007, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (born 1939) passed away. In 2013, A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.