Today in News History

On July 7, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1928, Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. In 1930, The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities. In 1930, Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020) was born. In 1937, The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). In 1963, Buddhist crisis: Police commanded by Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest. In 1980, John Buck, American baseball player was born. In 1982, Asia O'Hara, American drag performer was born. In 1990, Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer was born. In 1992, The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public. In 2006, John Money, New Zealand-American psychologist and author (born 1921) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.