Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1865, The Army of the Potomac is disbanded. In 1921, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (died 2004) was born. In 1941, David Johnston, Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor General of Canada was born. In 1945, Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day. In 1950, Korean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers in the Seoul National University Hospital massacre. In 1976, The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. In 1982, Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people. In 1999, Vere Bird, first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1910) passed away. In 2004, Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. In 2009, Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.