Today in News History
On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1242, Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. In 1631, Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. In 1665, Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War. In 1885, The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. In 1929, The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster. In 1933, Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. In 1939, Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. In 1942, Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician was born. In 2009, Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (born 1929) passed away. In 2012, Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
‘What’s Left After the Prison Is Gone?’: A Town Worries About Its Future
Sitting outside his antique shop on Route 66 in Lincoln, Ill., last week, Kevin Ritchhart recounted a list of institutions in his town that have closed up for good. There was the bottle factory, a big employer that shut down in 2019. A Christian university. The plant that made glass windows over on Kickapoo Street. []
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