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TEL AVIV, Nov. 23--Former Defense Minister Ezer Weizman was ousted from Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Herut Party tonight because of his vote against the Government in a no-confidence test last week. His expulsion left the Government without a parliamentary majority.
Dennis Gallen, Joseph Martinelli and scores of other mechanics in six other subway yards around the city examined the 21,096 subway-car wheels of the IRT over the weekend in an inspection ordered after Thursday's derailment of a train near City Hall.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23--On LaSalle Street, this city's financial and political center, he has become known as "Fast Eddie." But Edwin H. Yeo 3d, a plump, serious-looking man who in half a dozen years has held top posts at the United States Treasury, two large banks and Chicago's City Hall, has decided to take a breather.
NAPLES, Monday, Nov. 24--A series of strong earthquakes centered in southern Italy last night and early today killed at least 400 people and injured at least 800 others, officials reported.
ALBANY, Nov. 23--The members of the New York State Legislature left here early this morning after completing action on aiding troubled Mitchell-Lama housing projects, a move that one Bronx legislator hailed as "the beginning of the rebirth of Co-op City."
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23--Caspar W. Weinberger, a senior economic adviser to President-elect Ronald Reagan, called today for prompt and "severe" reductions in Federal spending as new indications emerged that there was disagreement within Mr. Reagan's economic team over how large the cuts should be and how fast they should be made.
As a result of higher tax revenues than had been anticipated only a few months ago, New York City and state officials said yesterday that the city was almost certain to end its current fiscal year with the first true budget surplus since the early 1960's.
A former part owner of a toxic-waste disposal company has told New York State investigators that an organized crime group took control of his company, and then illegally stored toxic wastes in his warehouse in Elizabeth, N.J., for a $7 million profit.
MGM Grand Hotels Inc. appears to face an uncertain financial outlook following the fire at its Las Vegas hotelcasino, one of its two large gambling operations.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23--A football team took a Giant step backward today. The Giants did not take that step by themselves--they were pushed, forcefully and often, by the San Francisco...
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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