Today in News History

On July 1, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1828, Lyncoya Jackson, a Muscogee war orphan adopted by Andrew Jackson passed away. In 1898, Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. In 1911, Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. In 1917, Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (died 2005) was born. In 1942, World War II: First Battle of El Alamein. In 1968, Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO in the United States. In 1968, The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. In 1983, A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board. In 1991, Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. In 2020, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.