Today in News History
On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 927, King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north. In 1191, Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. In 1335, Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order. In 1441, Kyōgoku Takakazu, Japanese nobleman passed away. In 1789, In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later. In 1917, The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. In 1955, Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author was born. In 1980, John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (born 1888) passed away. In 1995, Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar-China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11. In 2014, Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
You cannot threaten people into silence about their own history
Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
There is a particular kind of audacity that only a former colonial power can manufacture with a straight face. Reform UK, the British political party that has been steadily converting English anxiety into electoral victories, has now proposed introducing visa restrictions on nationals of countries that are seeking reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. Read that again slowly. A British political party, in a country that ran the most profitable slave trading enterprise in Atlantic history, has proposed punishing African and Caribbean nations for having the temerity to ask for justice.
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Toronto Sun
· Jul 9, 2026
MP Roman Baber pushes back against Liberal plan to sue Canadians for ‘misinformation’
'It's typically the people that push censorship that are on the wrong side of history,' Tory Civil Liberties Critic Roman Baber told the Toronto Sun
Nepal News
· Jul 8, 2026
पोखरीमा कसरी बेपत्ता भए १४ वर्षीय मन्जित?
विराटनगर। मोरङको जहदा गाउँपालिका १ बुधनगरका १४ वर्षीय मन्जित यादवले २३ असार (मंगलबार) राति हतार-हतार खाना खाए। उनले आमा रन्जुदेवीलाई भनेका थिए- ‘म एकैछिनमा आइहाल्छु नि!’ आमाका लागि त्यो शब्द सामान्य थियो। छोरा बाहिर निस्कनु र केहीबेरमा फर्किनु उनको दैनिकी नै थियो। तर, मन्जितले बोलेको त्यो ‘एकैछिन’ यतिबेला उनको परिवारका लागि प्रतीक्षाको घडी बनेको छ। []
Russia Today
· Jul 5, 2026
How Germany blew the EU’s chance for information freedom
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