Today in News History

On June 30, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1905, Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik. In 1912, The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1934, The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. In 1956, A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners. In 1959, Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic was born. In 1977, The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. In 1985, Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. In 1986, The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. In 1994, During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board. In 2023, A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.