Today in History – What Happened on This Day
Today is Tuesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2026. There are 191 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Education Amendments of 1972, including Title IX, which barred discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters’ goodwill following a landslide election victory two years ago on a promise of steady leadership and economic growth.
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer conceded Monday that he had lost the support of his rank-and-file Labor Party members in Parliament and that he will step down once his successor as party leader is chosen, possibly as soon as the middle of July.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including a 13-year-old boy and his father, and wounded two other people, a regional official said Monday.
BEIJING (AP) – China on Monday announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies in response to a recent U.S. move that bars some leading Chinese tech companies from defense contracts. The Commerce Ministry said that Chinese companies would be blocked from exporting “dual-use” items to the 10 companies.
Burnham, 56, arrived in London on Monday and was sworn in as a member of Parliament after nearly a decade away, during which he was the popular mayor of Greater Manchester. Shortly after Starmer’s statement, Burnham said he would run for Labour leader.
PARIS (AP) – France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering in a heat wave with daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights. The national weather service, Meteo France, said most of the country was entering conditions that likely won’t ease before Friday.
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her country seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, a move that could provide much-needed relief as the island’s crises deepen given a lack of petroleum.