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TAIF, Saudi Arabia, May 8 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coutries closed an extraordinary twoday ministerial meeting here today with only a partial agreement on longterm plans.
WASHINGTON, Friday, May 9 The Senate voted yesterday to give $700 million in general revenue-sharing funds to the states in the fiscal year 1981 and to reduce grants for specific programs by that amount.
ALBANY, May 8 Stanley Steingut, former Speaker of the Assembly, today turned down a $15,000-a-year part-time state job as a consultant.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., May 8 The United States abstained today as the 14 other members of the Security Council approved a resolution calling on Israel to undo an "illegal" deportation of three West Bank Arab leaders.
Alan I. Goldman surveys the confluence of dreary economic forecasts and free-falling interest rates and, in a way, gives thanks.
PARIS, May 8 Falling American interest rates and obstinately high European rates have combined to scale back much of the spectacular gain the dollar made earlier this year when the Federal Reserve pushed American rates up, attracting money from all over the world.
The red and white signs on the road barriers at the upper end of Sandy Hook have been up all winter and into the spring, warning that the beaches are closed because of "emergency conditions." Ammunition, some of it dating to before World War I, was found last fall in the sands near the old Army base there.
MANILA, May 8 Former Senator Benigno S. Aquino, the Philippine opposition leader, who has been kept under detention for seven and a half years by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was allowed to fly to the United States today for what he said was a coronary bypass operation necessary to save his life.
DETROIT, May 8 The Ford Motor Company announced today that it would offer customers rebates on every new Ford and Lincoln Mercury car on the market. The rebates will range from $100 on subcompacts to $500 on full-size models.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May 8 Josip Broz Tito, the Croatian peasant's son who created modern Yugoslavia, was buried today in a simple white marble tomb in a garden pavilion overlooking Belgrade. A vast assembly of world leaders was in attendance.
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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