Today in News History

On July 1, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 552, Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is mortally wounded. In 1097, Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I. In 1881, General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect. In 1911, Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. In 1915, Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker. In 1919, Malik Dohan al-Hassan, Iraqi politician (died 2021) was born. In 1942, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi field marshal and politician (died 2020) was born. In 1946, Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test. In 1966, The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (The known as the 2nd Artillery Corps) is founded. In 1982, Adrian Ward, American football player was born. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.