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Scientists have reported developing a new biochemical test that in its first use has conclusively traced the elephant's genealogy back to the woolly mammoth, the great creature that roamed Europe, Asia and North America thousands of years ago.
Albert Shanker has always been an interesting man--a socialist undergraduate at the University of Illinois, a philosophy student at Columbia University, a person attacked as a racist during the bitter Ocean Hill-Brownsville teacher strikes in Brooklyn in 1968 and the man who Woody Allen said in the movie "Sleeper" would obtain a thermonuclear device and destroy civilization.
WASHINGTON, July 10--The makers of Valium, Librium and other so-called minor tranquilizers, which have become the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, have agreed to warn physicians that the drugs are not meant to relieve the stress of "everyday life."
FORTALEZA, Brazil, July 10--Pope John Paul II told a gathering of the bishops of Brazil today that in their zeal for promoting social progress they were neglecting the need to spread the Gospel.
The executive suite departures that have rocked the RCA Corporation have put a spotlight on Edgar H. Griffiths, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. Although Mr. Griffiths's accomplishments at RCA are widely acknowledged, the turmoil at the top has put in doubt the scope of his leadership.
WANTAGH, L.I., July 10--A 20-yearold man, upset over the loss of his job, apparently tried to commit suicide and then ran amok in two stolen cars today, crashing one and then the other as he careered through a county park. Two children and a man were killed, and at least 20 people were injured.
More than $90 million, which could be the largest legal fee ever, may be paid by the MCI Communications Corporation to the law firm that successfully represented it in its antitrust case against the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
DETROIT, July 10--The RepublicanNational Convention's platform committee set the stage for the party's 1980 Presidential campaign today with a stinging indictment of President Carter and the domestic and foreign record of his Administration.
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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