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Arab diplomats in Beirut said yesterday that Iraq, by using a strike force of 10,000 troops and canceling a border agreement with Iran, had accomplished the objectives of its current conflict and was preparing to repulse any Iranian counterattack.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--The centerpiece of the Carter Administration's urban policy collapsed in a Congressional conference committee last night because of a dispute over spending for public works projects.
MIAMI BEACH, Sept. 19--There was joy in the synagogue of the Cuban Hebrew congregation here this evening because Yom Kippur prayers were read for the first time in years from a Torah once used by many of the same worshipers in Havana.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 19--The television announcer who conducts Pennsylvania's daily lottery, a lottery official and four other persons conspired to rig a lottery drawing and fraudulently won more than $1 million, a grand jury said today.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--A preliminary Government estimate indicates that the nation's economy is performing notably better in the third quarter of the year than it did in the second quarter, when there was a sharp decline.
DAMASCUS, Ark., Sept. 19--Sam Hutto, up at 3 A.M. today to milk his cows, came closest to the secret that everyone here always knew was in the ground.
DAMASCUS, Ark., Sept.19--A fuel explosion rocked an underground Titan 2 nuclear missile silo near here early this morning, belching flames and debris about 500 feet skyward and injuring 22 Air Force personnel, one of them fatally.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted yesterday not to comply with Federal laws that require all transit systems in the United States to provide special access for the handicapped. The authority said compliance would cost too much--at least $1.5 billion initially-- and be too cumbersome.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--A high-level American scientific delegation is scheduled to leave tomorrow on a tour of four African nations that is expected to produce the first major scientific and technological agreements with black African countries.
ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 19--A military court sentenced a leftist terrorist to death today for the machine-gun slaying of an army captain Sunday.
ABERDEEN, Scotland--Ten years ago this cold and conservative city 400 miles north of London had three travel agencies. Now there are 19, keenly competing by offering package tours to places like Barbados and Bali.
MADRID, Sept. 19-After his comforting victory on his first confidence motion in Parliament last night, Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez must turn to a far more challenging task: governing Spain. Many politicians are convinced that the Cabinet ...
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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