Today in News History

On July 10, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1460, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton. In 1776, Richard Peters, English lawyer and minister (born 1704) passed away. In 1864, Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1926) was born. In 1925, Scopes trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. In 1935, Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician was born. In 1995, Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest. In 1998, Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claim they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest. In 2002, Reece Walsh, Australian rugby league player was born. In 2011, Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print. In 2018, Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.