Today in News History

On June 24, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1778, Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (born 1714) passed away. In 1898, Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (died 1958) was born. In 1918, Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (died 2012) was born. In 1933, Ngina Kenyatta, 1st First Lady of Kenya was born. In 1943, Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (died 2004) was born. In 1980, V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (born 1894) passed away. In 1988, Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (born 1962) passed away. In 2002, The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. In 2021, Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960) passed away. In 2022, In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.