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1980Bryan Clay, American decathlete[†]
Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay is an American decathlete who was the 2008 Summer Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.
1980Eli Crane, U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district[†]
Elijah James Crane is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Navy SEAL serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Crane defeated Democratic incumbent Tom O'Halleran.
1980Telly Leung, American actor, director, singer and songwriter[†]
Telly Leung is an American actor, director, singer and songwriter. He is known for his work in musical theatre on Broadway and for his role as Wes, a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee. In 2011, he starred in the Broadway revival of Godspell at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
1980Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player[†]
Angela Marie Ruggiero is an American former ice hockey defenseman, gold medalist, and four-time Olympian. She was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2010 to 2018 and served as a member of the Executive Board of the IOC after being elected the Chairperson of the IOC Athletes' Commission, the body that represents all Olympic athletes worldwide, a post which she held from 2016 to 2018.
1980David Tyree, American football player[†]
David Mikel Tyree is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, primarily with the New York Giants. He played college football for the Syracuse Orange and was selected by the Giants in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft. Tyree is best known for the Helmet Catch, a late-game reception in Super Bowl XLII that helped New York secure one of the greatest sports upsets of all time.
1980Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Kurt Samuel Vile is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work, music released under the name "Kurt Vile and The Violators," and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during live performances, Vile is accompanied by his backing band, the Violators, which currently includes Jesse Trbovich, Kyle Spence (drums) and Adam Langellotti.
1980Mary Wineberg, American sprinter[†]
Mary Wineberg is an American track and field athlete from Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Walnut Hills High School, she attended the University of Cincinnati on a track scholarship, graduating in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in education.
1980Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist (born 1910)[†]
Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.
1980George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (born 1915)[†]
George Sutherland Fraser was a Scottish poet, literary critic and academic.
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The marquees of Broadway theaters will go dark for one minute on Saturday night in memory of Richard Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers, who was eulogized yesterday at a private funeral service at Temple Emanu-El, died Sunday night ...
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The first trading session of the new year got off to an ominous start yesterday as the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 14.17 points to 824.57 in its heaviest loss since last October.
In what appeared to be the largest single price increase ever for home heating oil, Texaco Inc. announced a 6-cent-a-gallon rise at wholesale yesterday.
CRAFTS boomed in the 1970's, with handmade furniture, jewelry, clothing, glass and pottery returning to galleries, department stores and homes across the land for the first time in decades.
Removal of a New York State Supreme Court justice, James L. Kane of Buffalo, was called for in a report made public yesterday by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct--its first such removal action against a Supreme Court justice.
Platinum, a metal basic to the manufacture of synthetic fibers, jet aircraft engines, eyeglasses, gasoline and many other consumer and industrial products, shot up by a record $113.90 an ounce yesterday to $806.50, the highest price ever paid for it.
TEHERAN, Iran, Jan. 2--Secretary General Kurt Waldheim of the United Nations encountered frustrations today in his effort to find common ground with Iran for a solution to the crisis over the Americans being held hostage.
I was wondering if anything interesting on the news was going on when I was born, and decided to create this website for fun. The purpose is to show people what was going on when they were born. With this website I've found out that it was a pretty slow news day on my birthday, but I bet it would feel cool to know a historical event happened on your birthday.
The data used in this project is provided by the New York Times API. They have by far the best API I was able to find, with articles dating back to the 1950s. There weren't any other major newspapers that had an API with close to as much data. The closest was the Guardian API, but theirs only went back to the 1990s. I decided to only use articles from the New York Times because their API was by far the best. This tool works if you have a birthday after the 1950s or so.
Some important dates in history I'd recommend looking up on this website are:
These historical events are just a few examples of the fascinating moments in history you can explore through this tool. Whether you're interested in your own birthday, significant historical dates, or just curious about what was making headlines on any given day, this website offers a unique window into the past through the lens of contemporary news coverage.
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