Today in News History

On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 154, Bardaisan, Syrian astrologer, scholar, and philosopher (died 222) was born. In 1916, Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002) was born. In 1923, Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (died 2018) was born. In 1937, Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author was born. In 1950, J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic was born. In 1966, Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author was born. In 1974, Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) passed away. In 1987, Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (born 1901) passed away. In 1998, Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943) passed away. In 1999, Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.