Today in News History

On July 1, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1911, Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. In 1916, World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. In 1917, World War I: Russia launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary to capture Galicia, its final offensive of the war. In 1919, Malik Dohan al-Hassan, Iraqi politician (died 2021) was born. In 1942, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi field marshal and politician (died 2020) was born. In 1942, World War II: First Battle of El Alamein. In 1968, The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. In 1984, Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1904) passed away. In 1991, Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. In 2020, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.