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1980Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist[†]
Tom Boonen is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the U.S. Postal Service and Quick-Step Floors teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Boonen won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships, and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix four times and the Tour of Flanders three times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing five times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning six stages of the Tour de France and winning the Overall title of the Tour of Qatar four times.
1980Brandon Jay McLaren, Canadian actor[†]
Brandon Jay McLaren is a Canadian actor. He made his first screen appearance in the television series Just Cause (2002). He has been known for his main and supporting roles in shows such as Graceland, Power Rangers S.P.D., Ransom, Harper's Island, The Rookie, and Slasher. He has also had roles in the feature films She's the Man, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, and Dead Before Dawn.
1980Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1900)[†]
Mikhail Alekseyevich Lavrentyev was a Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist.
1980Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (born 1896)[†]
Apostolos Nikolaidis was a Greek athlete, football manager and businessman. He was a leading board member and president of Panathinaikos A.O.
WALLKILL, N.Y. RAY TURNER--hot pilot, lover of chocolate mousse, the man who created the Flying Gourmet--banked the Piper Warrior in a 180-degree turn and swooped down toward supper.
RESTAURANTS, like all of us who buy food, are beset these days by inflation, an inflation that for them often means re duced profits even as business volume increases. What we do, with food prices ...
The Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, 7 to 6, last night in Philadelphia in the first game of the 77th World Series. It was the Phillies' first victory in a Series game since 1915. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14--For the first time in 28 years, a rookie pitched and won the opening game of a World Series as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied tonight to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 7-6.
The following article was based on reporting by Michael Goodwin and Anna Quindlen, and was written by Mr. Goodwin:
At J. Gerber Company, a mediumsized steel importing company in midtown Manhattan, the sales force doggedly continues to call customers and answer incoming calls, but most of the time they just go through the motions.
Goldman, Sachs Company, the investment banking firm, said yesterday that it would construct a 29story building on Broad Street in the financial district, the first major office building announced by a Wall Street firm in more than a decade.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 14--Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences today awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to two Americans and an Englishman for the development of methods that make it possible to map in considerable detail the structure and function of DNA, the substance that governs the machinery of the living cell.
LOS ANGELES, Oct.14--Ronald Reagan today strongly defended his position on equal opportunities for women and said that if elected he would name a woman to fill "among the first Supreme Court vacancies in my administration."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14--President Carter charged today that Ronald Reagan's proposals to cut taxes and increase spending would add $130 billion to the Federal deficit for the fiscal year 1983 and force the dismantling of most Government programs other than the military and Social Security.
Genentech Inc., the hottest new issue to come to market in 10 years, sold out yesterday almost as quickly as it was offered.
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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