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1980Chris Owen, American actor[†]
Chris Owen is an American actor. He is best known for his supporting role as Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman in the American Pie franchise (1999–2012), appearing in American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and American Reunion. Owen has also appeared in multiple National Lampoon films, including starring as the co-lead in National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2003).
1980T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor[†]
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., known professionally as T.I. or Tip, is an American rapper and singer raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Harris is credited as a pioneer of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Georgia-based rappers Jeezy and Gucci Mane. He first became acquainted with local music executive Kawan "KP" Prather, and joined his company Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment by the late 1990s. He was led to sign a major-label record deal with its parent company LaFace Records, an imprint of Arista Records in 1999. His debut studio album, I'm Serious (2001), was met with lukewarm critical and commercial reception, becoming his only release with the label. He then signed with Atlantic Records, where he soon reached his mainstream breakthrough and co-founded his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records by 2003.
1980John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (born 1948)[†]
John Henry Bonham was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential drummers in history.
1980Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895)[†]
Lewis Milestone was an American film director. Milestone directed Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean's 11 (1960), and received the directing credit for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production.
1980Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (born 1883)[†]
Marie Under was an Estonian poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 14 separate years.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24--The House ethics committee recommended today that Representative Michael J. Myers, Democrat of Pennsylvania, be expelled from Congress for his bribery conviction in the Abscam scandal.
Because of Succoth, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, alternate-side parking regulations will be suspended throughout New York City today and tomorrow. All other parking and standing rules remain in effect.
WEST POINT, N.Y., Sept. 24--On the echoing parade ground of the United States Military Academy at dusk yesterday, a stooped figure pressing a battered brown fedora to the breast of his rumpled suit stood patiently among the guidons to receive the review of 2,000 massed cadets stepping smartly by under arms.
Beset by shortages of skilled personnel, by slippage in the delivery of new ships, submarines and aircraft, and by a shrinking inventory of weapons, ammunition and spare parts, the United States Navy is stretched very thin.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24--The Interstate Commerce Commission today approved the merger of Seaboard Coast Line Industries and the Chessie System, creating the largest rail network in the nation.
Armco Inc., the nation's sixth-largest steel company, has 2,000 steelworkers on layoff, but the 2,200 Armco workers who dig and process coal in parts of West Virginia are working full tilt.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24--Senators investigating Billy Carter's ties to Libya decided today not to question President Carter directly about the matter.
BONN, Sept. 24--West Germany's imports exceeded exports last month for the first time since November 1965, the Federal Statistics Office reported today. Imports in August totaled $13.5 billion, while exports totaled $13.4 billion. This deficit was in contrast to a trade surplus of $546 million in August 1979.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24--Hours before a Titan 2 missile exploded in its silo in Arkansas last Friday, officers of the Strategic Air Command monitoring events from their headquarters in Omaha rejected the recommendation of an emergency team at the site that leaking missile fuel be vented into the atmosphere.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 24--Iraq and Iran struck at each other's oil installations again today and Iraqi troops pushed deeper into Iranian territory.
WHITE PLAINS, Sept. 24--Westchester County officials today made public details of a 20-year master plan for the county airport--described as the largest base for corporate aircraft in the United States--that would virtually require corporations to construct office buildings at the airport before they could build hangars for their aircraft.
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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