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1980Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player[†]
Denny M. Bautista Germán is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Bautista is 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg). He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants from 2004 to 2010. From 2011 through 2013, he played for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. Bautista throws three pitches: a fastball, a curveball, and a changeup. He has struggled with control throughout his career.
1980Nadine Jolie Courtney, American journalist, reality personality and author[†]
Nadine Jolie Courtney is a Circassian American lifestyle writer, novelist, and former media personality. She is the author of the YA novel All-American Muslim Girl, Romancing the Throne, Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best, and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Her blog "Jolie in NYC" received international press in 2005 after Courtney, a former beauty editor, was outed and dooced for anonymously blogging about the beauty industry. The New York Post subsequently dubbed her "the poster girl for the blogger generation".
1980Joanne Froggatt, English actress[†]
Joanne Froggatt is a British actress. From 2010 to 2015, she portrayed Anna Bates in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey, for which she received three Emmy nominations and won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2017 to 2020, she starred as Laura Nielson in the ITV/Sundance drama series Liar.
1980Rex Grossman, American football player[†]
Rex Daniel Grossman III is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, most notably with the Chicago Bears. Grossman played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was named AP College Football Player of the Year and won the 2002 Orange Bowl as a sophomore. He was selected by the Bears in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft.
1980Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player[†]
Nenad Vučković is a Serbian handball player for Dinamo Pančevo.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--The House voted today to revamp the nation's low-income housing program to include subsidized rental housing for the middle class.
WARSAW, Aug. 22--The strikes in Poland mark a significant turn in Eastern Europe because workers and dissident intellectuals have joined forces in a major conflict with the Government.
WARSAW, Aug. 22--The Roman Catholic Church spoke out on the Polish labor crisis for the first time today, expressing "understanding" for the strikers' demands for economic and political change but implicitly criticizing their methods.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 22--Israeli archeologists have unearthed what they believe was probably the palace-fortress of King David or King Solomon and have found evidence that even in the times of those leaders the Israelites worshiped idols, at least in the privacy of their homes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--Airline officials reached an agreement today that would allow Texas International Airlines to start a shuttle service between New York and Washington as early as October.
An analysis by the Chase Manhattan Bank finds that New York City's economy, in marked contrast to that of the country as a whole, has shown sufficient strength to cushion the city from the harshest effects of the national recession.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--Consumer prices did not rise in July, the first time there has been no monthly increase in 13 years, the Government reported today.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--Senators investigating Billy Carter today sharply attacked his motives for dealing with Libya, and a Republican Senator, Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, suggested that President Carter had altered United States foreign policy to help his brother.
MANILA, Aug. 22--A coordinated bombing attack was carried out today against government offices and businesses around Manila, causing minor damage and injuring only one person but creating much public confusion.
KWANGTAN, South Korea, Aug. 22-- The South Korean Army strongman, Gen. Chon Too Hwan, resigned from the military today, setting the stage for his election as president and his official assumption of power.
LONDON, Aug. 22--Journalists at The Times of London went on strike today, seeking salary increases of 21 percent.
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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