Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1925, Anna Chennault, Chinese widow of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault (died 2018) was born. In 1930, Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1987) was born. In 1940, George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (died 2009) was born. In 1940, Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city. In 1941, The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. In 1947, The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. In 1964, Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter was born. In 1972, Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. 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 2009, Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (born 1952) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.