Today in News History

On July 10, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1212, The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground. In 1460, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1402) passed away. In 1752, David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur. was born. In 1778, American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. 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 1992, In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations. In 2000, Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (born 1909) passed away. In 2008, Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal. 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 2017, Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.