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1980B.G., American rapper and actor[†]
Christopher Noel Dorsey, better known by his stage name B.G., is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his musical career in 1993 upon signing with Birdman's Cash Money Records at the age of 12. Dorsey and label-mates Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group Hot Boys in 1997, with whom he has released three commercially successful albums. As a solo act, Dorsey has released five solo albums for Cash Money—Chopper City (1996), It's All on U, Vol. 1 (1997), It's All on U, Vol. 2 (1997), the platinum-certified Chopper City in the Ghetto (1999) and Checkmate (2000)—to moderate success. He parted ways with the label in 2001 and founded Chopper City Records later that year.
1980Daniel Bilos, Argentine footballer[†]
Daniel Rubén Biloš is an Argentine former professional footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, France and Mexico. He made three appearances scoring one goal for the Argentina national team.
1980Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer[†]
Cindy Burger is a former Dutch international footballer.
1980Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer[†]
Jason "Cone" McCaslin is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the band Sum 41. He and frontman Deryck Whibley are the only two members of the band to appear on every studio album.
1980Barbara O'Neil, American actress (born 1910)[†]
Barbara O'Neil was an American film and stage actress. She appeared in the film Gone with the Wind (1939) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in All This, and Heaven Too (1940).
1980Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)[†]
Renault Renaldo Duncan, better known as Duncan Renaldo, was a Romanian-born American actor best remembered for his portrayal of The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950–1956 American TV series The Cisco Kid.
In experiments with profound implications for genetic research, foreign genes have been transplanted into animal embryos by scientists at Yale University.
Nearly 600 young men and women were sworn in yesterday as New York City police recruits, including what officials believed was the highest percentage of minority-group members ever to form a Polics Academy class.
In a post-Labor Day assessment of the nation's economic outlook, many leading private economists share the view that recession will continue through the fall.
Senator Jacob K. Javits and Alfonse M. D'Amato, the two contenders for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate, displayed, often rancorously, their many differences on political philosophy, issues and personality in a 90minute discussion at The New York Times yesterday.
I STARTED eating when I was 23: that was also the age at which I started going to cocktail parties.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2--President Carter has proposed to European leaders that they consider ways the West could respond sympathetically to expected requests from Poland for large-scale economic help once the current crisis is ended, Administration officials confirmed today.
Pullman Inc. yesterday brought suit in Federal court in Chicago in a further effort to escape being taken over by McDermott Inc., which last week topped a friendly bid by WheelabratorFrye Inc. to acquire control of Pullman.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2--The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Super 80 will belatedly roll off assembly lines in Long Beach, Calif., this month, its appearance delayed by production problems, inexperienced workers and a tardy safety certification by the Federal Aviation Administration.
AMHERST, Mass. IT was not the sort of event that would attract a huge crowd. At Amherst College here recently, the macrobiotics community met in conference and proclaimed itself not only alive but, it says, flourishing.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2--The Environmental Protection Agency today set in motion the machinery to withhold more than $850 million in Federal transportation and sewage-treatment funds from California because the state had failed to enact a law requiring inspection of automobile emission-control systems.
AFTER 75 years of independent living, Norma, a widow, fell on an icy road last winter and broke her hip. She was depressed by the prospect of spending months as an invalid in a nursing home while her hip mended.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2--After more than half a century in which the law was unable to block his career as a rising leader of the Mafia, Joseph C. Bonanno Sr., 75 years old, was found guilty today of conspiracy to interfere with a Federal grand jury's investigation of his two sons' business operations.
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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