Today in News History

On June 28, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 202, Yuan Shao, Chinese warlord passed away. In 1902, The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal. In 1938, Leon Panetta, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense was born. In 1940, Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born. In 1947, Laura Tyson, American economist and academic was born. In 1976, The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. In 1981, A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party. In 1987, For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht. In 2001, Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial. 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. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

US Weaponizes Global Finance To Punish Countries — Iranian Economist

Sputnik

June 28, 2026

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The post-World War II framework of financial and investment infrastructure functions as a powerful mechanism of control, Iranian economist Peyman Molavi tells Sputnik.

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