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The attorney for Representative John M. Murphy of Staten Island charged yesterday that two months after the Congressman allegedly joined in taking a $50,000 bribe from an Abscam undercover agent, the agent knew he "didn't have a case against Murphy."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19--The United States has banned the import of certain steel products made by a French company that recently agreed to build a $350 ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14--The Carter Administration plans to propose a military budget for the fiscal year 1982 that could authorize up to $200 billion, a much larger increase than planned only eight months ago, Administration officials said today.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14--The first appointments of Ronald Reagan's administration were announced today, and key transition officials said work would begin Monday to select no fewer than three names to be considered for each Cabinet post.
The bicycle-lane barriers installed over the summer on avenues between Washington Square and Central Park began to disappear yesterday.
Governor Carey called yesterday for an end of retail and wholesale price controls on liquor.
WARSAW, Nov. 14--In an effort to counteract shortages that have grown visibly worse in recent weeks, the Government announced today that it had virtually halted exports of food.
GENEVA, Nov. 19--Swiss attorneys for the Iranian Government have obtained a court order freezing the proceeds of an auction sale here last night of 15 jewels they say belonged to Empress ...
In a move that may presage still higher interest rates, the Federal Reserve Board announced yesterday that it would raise the interest charge on its loans to financial institutions to 12 percent from 11 percent.
TOKYO, Nov. 14 (Reuters)--Salvage operations on a czarist cruiser sunk in the Sea of Japan in 1905 have been suspended as an increasing number of foreign ships approach the presumed treasure ship, the sponsor of the Japanese operation said today.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 9--The house is 1930's Hollywood, but the barbed wire around it is strictly 1980's Pakistan. "No one is quite sure whether the wire is to keep intruders out or the Bhuttos in," a prominent Karachi businessman remarked.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 14 (AP)--Three unemployed young men who said they wanted to dramatize social inequities in Belgium hijacked a school bus today and took 18 people, including 16 children, hostage.
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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