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In a further step in its experimentation with home video services, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has disclosed that it will start a yearlong trial in Austin, Tex., in mid1981 that will be a more elaborate form of an electronic telephone directory trial completed earlier this year in Albany.
An explosive device went off in front of the Turkish Center near the United Na tions yesterday evening, injuring four pedestrians and shattering glass throughout the area around First Avenue and 46th Street.
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Oct. 11-- Brushing aside potential disagreements with Ronald Reagan's tax cut proposals, corporate executives meeting here contended that Mr. Reagan would serve the needs of business better than President Carter would.
The wildcat strike of registered nurses against New York City's municipal hospitals widened yesterday amid reports of deteriorating medical services and warnings by Mayor Koch. He said that the walkout had begun to endanger patients' lives and that some hospitals might be closed.
It was a bold experiment in interstate banking, but it lasted only four days before being squelched by the Federal Reserve Board.
It was lovely autumn afternoon, rich with the resonance of memories and shared passions. The occasion for this "sentimental wing-ding," as the guest of honor described it, was Helen Hayes's 80th birthday, and the setting was not some posh New York restaurant, but the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. Miss Hayes had wanted it that way.
ATLANTA, Oct. 12--Barely, but finally, the Jets won their first football game of the season today, a 14-7 decision over the Atlanta Falcons that halted a five-game losing streak.
New York City's park system, one of the most ambitious and extensive collections of playgrounds, beaches, buildings, lawns, forests and recreational facilities in any city in the world, has become a dirty, unkempt, vandalized shadow of its former self.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12--The Commerce Department is expected shortly to announce that it will review petitions for inclusion of specialty steel products under the so-called trigger-price mechanism, which was restored Sept. 30 for carbon steel.
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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