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1980Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor[†]
Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his roles as Matthew Applewhite in the second season of ABC's series Desperate Housewives (2005–2006), Jerome in The Game, "Eggs" Benedict Talley in the first and second seasons of HBO's series True Blood, his leading role as Terrance "TK" King in the USA series Necessary Roughness (2011–2013) and James Olsen in the CBS/The CW series Supergirl. Since 2022, he has portrayed the lead role of NYPD Detective Jalen Shaw on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order.
1980Félicien Singbo, Beninois footballer[†]
Félicien Houenou Singbo is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a defender. Between 2002 and he made 19 appearances for the Benin national team. In 2003, he received French nationality.
1980Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (born 1912)[†]
Virgil Keel Fox was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach in the 1970s, staged complete with light shows. Many of his recordings on the RCA Victor and Capitol labels, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, have been remastered and re-released on compact disc.
1980Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (born 1948)[†]
Víctor Emilio Galíndez Torre was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's José Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.
1980Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1921)[†]
Abdul Hayee, popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. He is regarded as one of the greatest film lyricists and poets of 20th century India.
1980Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.[†]
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides an expeditious method to return a child who was wrongfully taken by a parent from one country to another country. In order for the Convention to apply, both countries must be Contracting States; i.e. both must have adopted the Convention.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24--A former American intelligence agent, David H. Barnett, was indicted today on a charge of providing the Soviet Union with information about a covert operation conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24--In the last inflation report before Election Day, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said today that consumer prices rose 1 percent last month and were 12.7 percent higher than in September 1979.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 24--Iraq's Defense Minister announced today that Iraqi forces had overrun the last pockets of resistance in the Iranian oil port of Khurramshahr and taken complete control of the city.
WARSAW, Oct. 24--For the first time in any Soviet-bloc country, an independent trade union won legal status today. But a Warsaw court that registered the independent union called Solidarity attached a provision to the union charter ...
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 24--Ronald Reagan delivered a broad, harshly worded attack on President Carter's economic polices tonight in an attempt to concentrate public attention on pocketbook issues rather than on the hostage ...
MARYMOUNT, Zimbabwe--The effects of the civil war that ended this year are less than obvious in the cities and towns or in the areas where a small number of whites have their vast farms and ranches. A farm wife's nervous tic, the ...
SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- More than 1,200 guards went on strike in the southeast Australia state of New South Wales today, forcing prisoners in 25 fails and other institutions to be locked into their cells under police guard. The ...
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24--El Salvador's armed forces have opened a strong military offensive against leftist guerrillas who in recent months have roamed freely in a remote mountainous zone near the border with Honduras.
PRETORIA, South Africa, Oct. 24--A United Nations mission ended talks with South African officials here today without having reached an agreement on a date for the cease-fire in South-West Africa that the United Nations has been seeking for two and a half years.
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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