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1980Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer[†]
Hugo Armando Campagnaro is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
1980Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player[†]
Jennifer Goodridge Cruz is an American film and television producer, writer, director, and musician. She has produced notable works for Netflix, The Disney Channel, and YouTube Red as well as many commercials and music videos. Her films have premiered at The Sundance Film Festival, L'Étrange Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival among others. She was a guest panel speaker at Slamdance Film Festival in 2018 for the polytechnic series, Life As A Truly Independent Filmmaker: Survival guide and is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
1980Alexander Peya, Austrian tennis player[†]
Alexander Peya is an Austrian tennis coach and a former professional player. His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. He also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 92 in April 2007. Peya won the 2018 Wimbledon mixed doubles title alongside Nicole Melichar-Martinez, defeating Jamie Murray and Victoria Azarenka in the final.
1980Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer[†]
Kevin Peter Pietersen is a former England international cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest England batsmen to have played the game, and renowned for his competitive, and often controversial nature. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who played in all three formats for England between 2004 and 2014, which included a brief tenure as captain. He won the Player of the Series award for his performances in 2010 ICC World Twenty20 which helped England to win their maiden ICC trophy.
1980Craig Terrill, American football player[†]
Craig Adam Terrill is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). In 88 career games, Terrill had 103 combined tackles, with eight sacks, three fumble recoveries, and one touchdown. He played college football at Purdue. He was selected by the Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL draft. He blocked eight field goals in his career, tied for the Seahawks team record.
1980The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.[†]
On 27 June 1980, Itavia Flight 870, a Douglas DC-9 passenger jet en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea between the islands of Ponza and Ustica at 20:59 CEST, killing all 81 occupants on board.
WASHINGTON, June 26--Congress completed and sent to the White House today the huge synthetic fuels bill that would create a Federal corporation to speed distillation of crude oil from tar sands, oil shale and coal.
"It's a very sad subject," John Wenzel said of the series of layoffs he has overseen in recent months. "I'd just as soon not discuss it." He paused, reconsidered, and told the telephone caller, "Well, all right, come out tomorrow."
Douglas LaChance, president of the newspaper deliverers union, was sentenced to 12 years and fined $100,000 yesterday on charges that he had obtained $330,000 in illegal payoffs from several companies that deliver newspapers in the New York area.
The principal of Stuyvesant High School has denied diplomas to two graduating seniors accused of cheating on the Regents examinations and invalidated the test scores of five juniors at the elite high school.
WASHINGTON, June 26--Seven out of 10 Americans believe that, given a choice between higher unemployment or cheaper foreign goods, it is more important to protect jobs, according to a New York Times/CBS News Poll.
Esmark Inc., the conglomerate that developed out of Swift Company, the nation's third-largest and one of its oldest meatpackers, said yesterday that it planned to discontinue or sell twothirds of Swift's operations.
A black teacher walked into a Brooklyn classroom on the first day of his career six years ago, confident that he could breathe educational excitement into the lives of the black and Hispanic children who stared back at him.
WASHINGTON, June 26--Senate Democrats, fearful that yesterday's Republican call for immediate action on a tax cut could hurt them politically, said today that they would produce their own tax-reduction proposal by Sept. 3.
LONDON, June 26--Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, released a study today that called for a major overhaul of the exchange's self-regulatory system, greater scrutiny of the financial dealings of its members and the elimination of a measure that has blocked American brokers from participating significantly in the market here.
WIMBLEDON, England, June 26-- Jimmy Connors was confident, and Billie Jean King was calmer than she ever had been at Wimbledon, but Pam Shriver was so nervous she could barely hold her oversized tennis racquet today.
LONDON, June 26--The political turmoil that has gripped Libya since January is also creating a major upheaval in the economy of the country, a major producer of oil.
France's test of a neutron bomb and a possibility that the weapon might be produced and deployed could have significant impact on the balance of military power in Europe.
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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