Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1884, Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician (died 1964) was born. In 1921, Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution. In 1940, Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born. In 1945, Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (born 1879) passed away. In 1954, Alice Krige, South African actress was born. In 1964, Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In 1966, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Turkish historian and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1890) passed away. In 1973, Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. In 1976, The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda 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. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.