>>161678 1975 Live @50YearsAgo - Senator Joseph R. Biden (D-DE) says that most of the U.S. Senate “doesn’t believe that [desegregation] busing is a good idea.” Biden has been unusually fervent in his opposition to busing, and he is convincing his peers to vote with him. Biden nevertheless asserts that he can still “walk down the street in the black part of town,” and then talks about his friends at black pool halls. https://x.com/50YearsAgoLive/status/1972332033549709547
2000 Live @25YearsAgoLive - Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (r. 1968-1979 and 1980-84), dies of prostate cancer in Montreal. He was 80. His son Justin and his wife Margaret are by his side. Flags across Canada are ordered flown at half-staff for a week, and all Canadian flags at the Sydney Olympics are also flown at half-staff. https://x.com/25YearsAgoLive/status/1972307779017687325