Today in News History

On July 1, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1622, William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, English politician (born 1575) passed away. In 1731, Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish-English admiral (died 1804) was born. In 1907, Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist (died 1997) was born. In 1915, Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme, British peer (died 2000) was born. In 1919, Gerald E. Miller, American vice admiral (died 2014) was born. In 1924, The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland was inaugurated by Field Marshall Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in St. John's, Newfoundland. The date commemorates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, where at Beaumont-Hamel, 86 percent of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was wiped out. In 1931, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft. In 1941, Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015) was born. In 1965, Garry Schofield, English rugby player and coach was born. In 2008, Mel Galley, English guitarist (born 1948) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.