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The GAF Corporation announced yesterday that it intended to sell off almost half of its operations, leaving it as a producer of building materials and specialty chemicals.
WHILE the modern methods of birth control--the pill, IUD and sterilization-- have received most of the publicity about contraception during the last decade, the old-fashioned "barrier" methods have been quietly making a comeback.
Many of the parking garages in Manhattan are planning rate increases during the next few months, and garage managers say that these increases may cause most of the 3,531 garages and lots throughout the city to follow suit.
Nigeria, the second-largest foreign supplier of petroleum to the United States, has increased its oil prices by as much as $3 a barrel, to $40, or $1 less than many analysts had expected. Prices of some lower-quality crudes were raised $2.95 a barrel.
The Kennecott Corporation, in a peace overture that could mean an end to its unwelcome takeover bid for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, offered late yesterday to pay $150 million to get back a large block of its own stock that is owned by the New Jersey aerospace company.
TEHERAN, Iran, Dec. 30--Iran and the United States appear to have reached a general agreement on the conditions for the release of the 52 American hostages ...
STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 30--Like volunteer fire departments in some other suburban communities, the one called Turn of the River--58 volunteers, augmented by 10 paid firefighters--has endured and survived this city's growth from a quiet bedroom community to a thriving corporate center.
IN greengrocers' bins, they create a delightful array of alien forms in earthy colors: orange blimps, red-striped turbaned drums, plump green tops dappled with yellow, giant beige bells, bumpy blue balloons.
The Carter Administration will recommend next week that Congress allow banks to provide full banking services across state lines.
Volunteer fire departments, long a symbol of the idea that a neighbor will rush to his neighbor's aid in times of trouble, outnumber paid professional companies in New York State by 9 to 1.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30--The United States today gave the Algerian intermediaries a "reformulation" of the American proposals for freeing the hostages in Iran that it said gave Iran an opportunity to end the crisis soon.
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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