Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1877, Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (died 1929) was born. In 1919, Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia. In 1947, The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. In 1948, Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was born. In 1964, Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter was born. In 1969, IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. In 1975, Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach was born. 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 2012, Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (born 1915) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.