Today in News History

On June 23, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1881, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (born 1804) passed away. In 1912, Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1954) was born. In 1914, Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (born 1838) passed away. In 1927, John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop (died 2019) was born. In 1951, The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. In 1960, The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. In 1961, The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force. In 1967, Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. 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 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. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.