Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1575, Sengoku period of Japan: The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are victorious in the Battle of Nagashino. In 1807, Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals. In 1880, John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1971) was born. In 1896, An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners. In 1917, World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers. In 1931, Junior Johnson, American race car driver (died 2019) was born. In 1950, Korean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers in the Seoul National University Hospital massacre. In 1982, Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people. In 1996, Larissa Werbicki, Canadian rower was born. In 2016, A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.