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In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]
1980Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist and wrestler[†]
Shayna Andrea Baszler is an American professional wrestler and a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she became a former two-time and longest combined-reigning NXT Women's Champion and a former three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.
1980Craig Breslow, American baseball pitcher and executive[†]
Craig Andrew Breslow is an American baseball executive and former professional baseball pitcher. He is currently the Chief Baseball Officer of the Boston Red Sox. Breslow pitched for 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Miami Marlins. He also pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
1980Jack Cassel, American baseball player[†]
Joseph "Jack" Buren Cassel II is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros. He retired from professional baseball in 2010 after suffering a career-ending shoulder injury.
1980Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter[†]
Denisse Guerrero Flores is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the electropop band Belanova.
1980Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player[†]
Sabine Klaschka is a retired German tennis player.
1980Diego Markwell, Dutch baseball player[†]
Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He has previously played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Macoto Cobras.
1980Pat Noonan, American soccer player[†]
Patrick John Noonan is an American soccer coach and former player. He is the head coach of FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer.
1980Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer[†]
Michael Lorenzo Urie is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC comedy drama television series Ugly Betty and Brian on the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, a role for which he won a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He can be heard as Bobby Kerns in As the Curtain Rises, an original podcast soap opera from the Broadway Podcast Network.
1980Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1910)[†]
Brigadier-General Paul Triquet was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the presence of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Triquet held the rank of captain at the time of his VC award and went on to achieve the rank of brigadier-general.
AMONG the delegates to the 1980 Democratic National Convention, and among the thousands of people who are coming into town to be somewhere near the action, there must be many for whom a visit to New York is an adventure.
A leaking valve on a tank truck carrying explosive propane gas forced the closing of the George Washington Bridge yesterday and spawned one of the largest traffic jams in New York City's history-- a 30-mile clot of arterial chaos that stretched from Staten Island to the Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester County.
The Federal judge who was to have presided at bribery-and-conspiracy trials of four members of Congress and other defendants withdrew from the cases yesterday, saying that the "defendants have challenged my ability to decide the motions fairly and impartially."
GARDINERS ISLAND, N.Y.--The 11th-generation descendants of Lion Gardiner and his Dutch wife still have the family Bible, the family silver, the family jewels, the family portraits and the family furniture. But the family island is no longer an undisputed source of happiness, partriarchal or otherwise.
The stock market, fueled by heavy buying by institutions, rose sharply yesterday in one of the heaviest trading sessions in its history.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7--Asserting that he was "the first political Secretary of State in a long time," Edmund S. Muskie began a series of speeches around the country today by accusing the Republicans of advocating "a foreign policy of reaction" and of practicing "partisan doubletalk."
Joseph A. Ris abruptly resigned yesterday as chairman and chief executive officer of Korvettes Inc. as a result of the disapproval by the Agache-Willot Group of France, its parent company, of a financial rearrangement of debt Mr. Ris recently worked out with the principal lenders of Korvettes.
SOUTH POINT, Ohio, Aug. 7--This tiny community wedged along a narrow strip of land between the Ohio River and Interstate 52 is a town of few distinctions, marked only by rows of clapboard houses, cinder-block schools and brick churches.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (AP)--Consumer installment debt dropped by a record $3.46 billion in June as Americans apparently remained uncertain about the course of the economy.
THE bootblack stand where George Washington Plunkitt pronounced such tenets of the New York City political creed as the distinction between "honest graft and dishonest graft" stands no more.
Beset by fiscal problems and low productivity, the New York City Department of Sanitation is losing the war against the paper, refuse and rotting fruit that litter the streets of the city.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 7--The Outlet Company, barely a puff of smoke on the broadcasting horizon a decade ago, has shifted its attention from its retailing roots toward the more lucrative broadcasting field.
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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