Today in News History

On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1832, William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died 1919) was born. In 1923, Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (died 1999) was born. In 1936, Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist (died 2018) was born. In 1952, Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (born 1914) passed away. In 1960, The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. In 1967, Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. In 1992, A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). In 2001, Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) passed away. In 2014, Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938) passed away. In 2017, Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.