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LOS ANGELES--"It's amazing how much power you can have with a single share of stock and a 15-cent stamp," said Carl Olson, flashing a smile.
RAY BROOK, N.Y., Feb. 21--At the Olympic Village's movie theater, the Chinese athletes, who do not understand a word of English, were watching "West Side Story."
THE New York City Opera opened its spring season at the New York State Theater last night, and like a Pied Piper it seems to have lured into assorted halls and theaters in the metropolitan area a
LONG, long before the current photography boom, there was the Royal Photographic Society in London-- founded in 1853 and now boasting a collection of some 20,000 prints and negatives. And from this great collection there has now come a superb exhibition--
Based on a staff analysis that praised New York City's approach as "ambitious and well-developed," the Financial Control Board unanimously approved yesterday the city's plan to eliminate gaps in the next two municipal budgets.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21--Threatened with expulsion from the House Republican Conference, Representative Richard Kelly of Florida tearfully resigned from the group today and became the first person ...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y., Feb. 21--Eric Heiden, the 21-year-old speed skating star from Madison, Wis., surprised even himself today, recovering from a slip on the ice to capture a record-equaling fourth gold medal at the XIII Olympic Winter Games.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Feb. 21-- Ranking diplomats and United Nations aides were divided today over prospects of the stalled inquiry commission's chances of serving as the mechanism for freeing the American hostages in Teheran.
After one day of fragile stability, the credit markets cracked again yesterday, raising interest rates to new heights and causing millions of dollars of losses. The market's setback yesterday equaled Tuesday's severe break, making the two days very possibly the biggest declines for the credit markets on record.
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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