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 1940, Wilma Rudolph, American runner (died 1994) was born. In 1946, The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. In 1965, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, American government and non-profit executive was born. In 1973, A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. In 1978, Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster was born. In 1982, Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2011) was born. 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 2013, Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide. In 2017, A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.