Today in News History

On July 9, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1746, Philip V of Spain (born 1683) passed away. In 1850, U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore. In 1893, Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia. In 1965, Jason Rhoades, American sculptor (died 2006) was born. In 1977, The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain. In 1979, A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. In 1982, Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground. In 1985, Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-American activist, founded Narcotics Anonymous (born 1911) passed away. In 1997, A Fokker 100 from the Brazilian airline TAM launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into 2,400 meters of free fall after an explosion that depressurized the aircraft. In 2014, Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (born 1926) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.