Today in News History
On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1910, Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (died 2000) was born. In 1929, June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2003) was born. In 1969, IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. In 1970, Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist was born. In 1974, Joel Edgerton, Australian actor was born. In 1975, KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician was born. In 1988, Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter 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 2018, Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Singapore hotel rates skyrocket ahead of sold-out BTS concerts
Hotel bookings in Singapore are surging ahead of K-pop boy band BTS’ highly anticipated concerts in December, with some reporting demand jumping by as much as 50 times. The spike mirrors a broader trend across Asia, where cities on BTS’ tour schedule have recorded significant increases in accommodation searches. Some booking platforms reported search volumes rising by up to 10 times in certain concert destinations like Kaohsiung in Taiwan. All tickets for the Singapore leg of BTS’ Arirang tour...
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