Today in News History

On June 16, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1468, Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (born 1395) passed away. In 1811, Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100 attackers. In 1819, A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6-metre-high (20 ft), 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi), ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi), that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God"). In 1863, Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat (died 1939) was born. In 1883, The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children. In 1902, George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author (died 1984) was born. In 1952, Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (born 1861) passed away. In 2005, Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (born 1906) passed away. In 2013, A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. In 2019, Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.