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PITTSBURGH, April 17--It is nearly noon, and Mike Wuchenich has sat down at the counter of Cupka's Luncheonette to order the luncheon special, spare ribs.
WASHINGTON, April 17--President Carter's plan to register young men for the military draft moved ahead today when the House Appropriations Committee voted to provide $13.3 million for the Selective Service System.
TEHERAN, Iran, April 17--As the United States and its allies have been urgently consulting this week on the possibility of further economic sanctions against Iran, the Government here has been preparing the people for them, as a welcome test of the national will.
The City Council approved a fuel passalong measure yesterday that will raise the monthly rents of most of the 300,000 rent-controlled apartments in New York City by $3.30 a room and provide further annual increases keyed to the price of heating oil.
Governor Carey and the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed yesterday that there would be dollar gains from increased productivity as a result of the proposed settlement that ended New York City's 11-day transit strike. They also agreed that most of the dollar gains would not come this year, but in the future.
To half the American public, President Carter and Ronald Reagan, who is rapidly gaining ground on Mr. Carter, represent an unsatisfactory choice for President, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows.
WASHINGTON, April 17--President Carter declared today that the American economy "has slowed down and has probably entered a period of recession."
WASHINGTON, April 17 (AP)--The income of Americans rose eight-tenths of 1 percent last month, less than the rate of inflation but enough to support a slight increase in consumer spending during the month, the Commerce Department reported today.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (AP)--The Interstate Commerce Commission today approved the merger of the Burlington Northern and St. Louis-San Francisco railroads into the longest railroad in the nation's history.
LONDON, April 17--When Grand Metropolitan Ltd., the giant British hotel, restaurant, dairy, liquor and gambling outfit, made its bid to acquire the Liggett Group Inc. last month, the move was welcomed by the investment community here as a logical step toward the company's expansion into the United States.
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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