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WHATEVER happened to Danish Modern? Where has all the furnicure gone that was such a tidal wave of good taste and good design in the 1950's? Danish dominated every prestigious design exhibition and profitable furniture promotion; it was in all the best model rooms, ...
Uptown and downtown, along Fifth Avenue and in Central Park, Manhattan is blossoming with outdoor artists. Some are professionals, but many more are amateurs who cart along their easels or carry their sketchpads for the sheer joy of painting or drawing the city's endless parade of images and colors. Like the city's sidewalk musicians and its street-corner mimes, the outdoor artists themselves make a pleasing addition to the summer scene.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20--The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to approve at an open meeting tomorrow a series of rules intended to simplify the agency's corporate disclosure system, which serves as the major channel of information un domestic publicly owned corporations.
Senator Harrison A. Williams Jr. of New Jersey met last summer with an undercover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation posing as an Arab sheik who was willing to bribe American public officials for political favors, the Senator's attorney confirmed yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20--Two of Billy Carter's financial advisers testified today that when they met briefly at the White House with President Carter, the President never asked them about his brother's financial problems.
The Allied Chemical Corporation has outbid more than 10 other leading companies seeking to purchase the extremely valuable oil properties of the Vickers Energy Corporation owned by Esmark Inc., oil industry sources disclosed yesterday.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 20, 1980, covering August 21, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
1980Bryan Allen, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Bryan Nigel Allen is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2001 and 2014.
1980Burney Lamar, American race car driver[†]
Burney Lamar is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has previously driven in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series.
1980Paul Menard, American race car driver[†]
John Paul Christian Menard is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who currently competes full-time in the Trans-Am Series, driving the No. 3 Ford Mustang for 3GT Racing. Menard is the 2024 Trans-Am Series champion in the TA class.
1980Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player[†]
Jasmin Wöhr is a German former tennis player.
Famous People Who Share Your Birthday
10 notable people born on August 21, across different years.
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View source and license detailsWeekly No. 1
The film reported at No. 1 at the United States box office for August 21, 1980.
Reported period gross: $2,140,529
Direct period match: This is the reported box-office period matched to August 21, 1980.
Historical No. 1 listing.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]
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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