Today in News History

On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1936, The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. In 1962, Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. In 1978, Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. In 1999, Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945) passed away. In 2003, Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948) passed away. In 2006, Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. In 2013, Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (born 1923) passed away. In 2014, Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958) passed away. In 2014, Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934) passed away. In 2015, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.