Today in News History
On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1775, John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (born 1722) passed away. In 1945, Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London was born. In 1949, John Craven, English economist and academic was born. In 1959, Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic was born. In 1960, The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. In 1966, Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist was born. In 1969, Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner was born. In 1985, John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913) passed away. In 1991, Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player was born. In 1992, A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Jeff Bezos backs UK start-up CuspAI in $400mn funding round
New financing will more than quadruple the two-year-old AI company’s valuation to 2.6bn
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