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1980Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player[†]
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine former basketball player and the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. A three-time All-EuroLeague selection with Tau Ceramica, he signed with the Houston Rockets in 2007 and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He also played for the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, and Brooklyn Nets.
1980Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer[†]
Jeroen Verhoeven is a Dutch former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for ASV De Dijk in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. He also played for RKC Waalwijk, FC Volendam, AFC Ajax and FC Utrecht in the span of his 17-year career as a professional goalkeeper in the Netherlands.
1980Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1898)[†]
José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth."
1980Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.[†]
Beatrix is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
1980The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.[†]
The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in South Kensington, London.
THE question came from Michelle Viert, 11 years old. "What are you doing," she asked, "to improve the role of women in your company?"
WASHINGTON, April 29 (AP)--The nation's trade deficit narrowed to $3.16 billion in March as exports surged by the largest percentage in two years, the Commerce Department reported today.
New York City's attempt to require its uniformed employees--police and correction officers, firefighters and sanitation workers--to live in the city was struck down yesterday by the state's highest court.
WASHINGTON, April 29--The House of Representatives voted today to increase the current budget by $24 billion and the deficit by $13 billion, despite warnings that the action portended difficulties in balancing next year's budget.
WASHINGTON, April 29--American military officials said today that all the paramilitary agents infiltrated into Teheran for the rescue of American hostages had quietly slipped out of Iran the same way they entered early this year, by posing as European businessmen.
STEPHEN BURROWS leads fashion on a merry chase through fall with black satin or velvet bloomers, decorated hand knit sweaters, miniskirts and a lot of frivolities.
SHORTLY before dawn on a recent morning, Dink Hardy, a commercial fisherman in Piermont, N.Y., rose and dressed for work in thermal underwear, dungarees, a thick flannel shirt, heavy wool socks and a hooded sweatshirt.
WASHINGTON, April 29--In his choice of Edmund S. Muskie as his new Secretary of State, President Carter tapped a Senator with national stature and solid middle-of-the-road credentials...
The United States Steel Corporation, the nation's largest steel company, reported yesterday that its first-quarter earnings had declined 8.2 percent, a much smaller drop than was expected.
Yesterday, his first day as chairman of the First Chicago Corporation's executive committee, Ben W. Heineman was in his new office at the bank by 7 A.M., and by all reports, already taking charge of the banking organization's troubled management.
WASHINGTON, April 29--President Carter, strongly defending the wisdom and timing of the ill-fated attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran, said today that the United States would continue to take "whatever steps are necessary and feasible" to win their release.
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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