Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1810, John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company. In 1907, James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) was born. In 1922, Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (died 2010) was born. In 1961, LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager was born. In 1967, Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. 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 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 1995, Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (born 1914) passed away. In 2012, Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (born 1915) passed away. In 2014, Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (born 1931) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.