Today in News History

On July 2, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1840, A Ms 7.4 earthquake strikes present-day Turkey and Armenia; combined with the effects of an eruption on Mount Ararat, kills 10,000 people. In 1933, Peter Desbarats, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 2014) was born. In 1950, Jon Trickett, English politician was born. In 1954, Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was born. In 1961, Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) passed away. In 1986, Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. In 1990, In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. In 1992, Madison Chock, American ice dancer was born. In 1994, Derrick White, American basketball player was born. In 1997, The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Trump’s Melting State Fair Hit With Fresh Humiliation

The Daily Beast

July 2, 2026

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Trump’s Melting State Fair Hit With Fresh Humiliation

Evan Vucci / REUTERSAn East Coast heat wave is wreaking havoc on Donald Trump’s already troubled Great American State Fair in the capital. The country’s 250th anniversary celebrations in Washington have so far seen lackluster attendance, a flimsy, plywood lookalike of Trump’s arch project, and a Confederate flag controversy that turned into a MAGA boycott of a pickle company. The fireworks celebration on July 4th has also been pushed back even later, on account of Trump’s planned speech that night.“On July 4th, it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out,” Trump said Wednesday in North Dakota, “and I’m going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything. It’s gonna be 107!”Read more at The Daily Beast.

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