Today in News History
On July 9, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 491, Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna. In 1753, William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died 1825) was born. In 1766, Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (born 1720) passed away. In 1825, A. C. Gibbs, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Oregon (died 1886) was born. In 1940, David B. Frohnmayer, American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General (died 2015) was born. In 1955, Lindsey Graham, American lawyer and politician was born. In 1961, Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(born 1901) passed away. In 1993, The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite. In 2004, The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence is released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, casting doubt on the rationale for the Iraq War. In 2024, Jim Inhofe, American politician (born 1934) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall. We're suspending campaign operations, Platner told his supporters in a lengthy video posted on social media Wednesday...
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