Historical Events 1776 - In a bar decorated with bird tail in Elmsford, New York, a customer requests a glassful of “those cock tails” from bartender Betsy Flanagan 1878 - Anti-socialist laws are ratified in Germany 1919 - Belvin Maynard wins the first transcontinental air race in round trip of nine days, four hours, 25 minutes and 12 seconds, race costs nine lives with 54 crashes or forced landings 1924 - Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) 1968 - Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's apartment, they are fined £150 for marijuana possession 1974 - 1st ABA regular season game at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana - Pacers lose to San Antonio Spurs 129-121 in double overtime before 7,473 fans More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist who reformed the constructed language Volapük, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1957) 1890 - Agathe Henriette Trip-de Beaufort, Dutch writer (Rembrandt. Olympics 1928), born in Baarn, Netherlands (d. 1982) 1925 - Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels - "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"), born in the Netherlands (d. 2012) 1939 - Flavio Cotti, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss Federal Council (1991) advocate to join the EU, born in Muralto, Switzerland (d. 2020) 1975 - Alex Cora, Puerto Rican MLB baseball infielder, 1998-2011 (Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and 4 other teams), and manager, 2018-19 and 2021- (Boston Red Sox), born in Caguas, Puerto Rico 1985 - Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2014, 16; Gold Glove Award 2015 Detroit Tigers; Silver Slugger Award 2016; Boston Red Sox, NY Mets), born in Campechuela, Cuba More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria 1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1987 - Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1995 - Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, American lawyer and civil rights activist (challenged University of Oklahoma segregation laws in Supreme Court and won), dies at 67 2002 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950) 2020 - Sid Hartman, American sports journalist (Minneapolis Star Tribune; WCCO 830 AM), dies at 100 More Famous Deaths »

Bill Gates has quietly funneled a whopping $50 million into a nonprofit organization that is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential run. His donation to Future Forward USA Action, a “dark money” group that does [...] The post Bill Gates Backs Kamala Harris With Donation Of $50 Million appeared first on The People's Voice.

Boeing recently announced a third-quarter loss of $6 billion following some 33,000 employees going on strike, as well as quality control issues which have crippled the struggling aviation corporation.