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1980Anquan Boldin, American football player[†]
Anquan Kenmile Boldin Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2003 NFL draft. He also played for the Baltimore Ravens, the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions.
1980Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Sheldon W. Brookbank is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) under Jeremy Colliton.
1980Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author[†]
Lindsey Kelk is an English author, journalist and former children's book editor. She initially signed a up-to three-book deal with HarperCollins following the submission of a manuscript for her first novel. To date, she has published 19 adult books and is also the author of the children's series Cinders and Sparks.
1980Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue is an Irish singer-songwriter best known for being the frontman of the Irish rock band The Script and as a coach on the first two series of the television singing talent show The Voice UK. He was earlier a member of the Irish boy band Mytown.
1980Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer[†]
Héctor Reynoso López is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
1980Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (died 2013)[†]
Ivan Turina was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made one appearance for the Croatia national team.
1980Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (born 1907)[†]
Friedrich Karm was an Estonian international footballer who scored 9 goals in 13 games for the Estonian national side. He was also a bandy player.
SERRA PELADA, Brazil, Sept. 29--The pilot lifted himself out of a bamboo chair in the hotel lobby of the steamy Amazon town of Maraba to answer the telephone. "Commandante," the caller asked, "do you fly people in and out of Serra Pelada?"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2--Saudi Arabia has decided to raise its oil production substantially to offset in part the supply shortage caused by the war between Iraq and Iran, according to authoritative reports in this country and overseas.
WHEN Nadir arrives in the land of the pearl fishers in Bizet's opera, he is, unlike his hosts, not a diver in the deep. He is a wandering hunter who seems haunted by something just as far off, something from another land or time, something from the internal...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 The Carter Administration warned today that the latest increase in interest rates could choke off the present economic recovery. It was the first note of official concern over the rise in rates.
Braniff International, which is financially hard-pressed, has taken steps to raise $159 million, a Braniff executive said yesterday, and has agreed to provide its long-term debt holders with "security interests" in its fleet of owned aircraft, whose total market value is more than $500 million.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 A special Senate subcommittee concluded unanimously in a voluminous report published today that President Carter and high officials...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 President Carter, who has already appointed more Federal judges than any other President has named in a single term, is citing his appointments record in efforts to win political support this year from liberals, members of minority groups and women.
Citibank, the nation's second-largest bank after the Bank of America, raised its prime interest rate yesterday a full percentage point, to 14 percent.
Deregulatory fever is all the rage at the Federal Communications Commission these days. With the recommendation by its staff that curbs be removed on another form of program delivery direct broadcast from satellites the...
The Transit Authority cannot impose two-thirds of the productivity improvements it announced after the transit strike last April to save $30 million a year, a labor arbitrator ruled yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 For the first time since the Civil War, the House of Representatives today expelled a member, Representative Michael J. Myers. The Pennsylvania Democrat was convicted of bribery a month ago in the Abscam investigation.
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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