Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1653, Muhammad Azam Shah, Mughal emperor (died 1707) was born. In 1917, World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers. In 1919, The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. In 1934, Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015) was born. In 1948, Cold War: The Tito-Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. In 1981, A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party. In 1987, For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht. In 2001, Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial. In 2004, Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. In 2009, Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.