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1985San E, South Korean rapper[†]
Jung San, more commonly known by his stage name San E (산이), is a South Korean rapper. He debuted in 2010 under JYP Entertainment, where he was the label's first solo rapper. He left the company in 2013 to sign with hip hop label Brand New Music. He left the company in 2018 and established hip hop label FameUs Entertainment in 2019.
1985Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer[†]
Dong Fangzhuo is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
1985Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress[†]
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 until 2014, making her the second Dutch to earn the coveted title after Karen Mulder. She has been a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris since 2006. Kroes has been one of the highest-paid models, with an estimated income of more than $5 million per year, since 2008. In 2014, she came in second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8 million in one year. In 2013, she became the first model to land four different solo international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year.
1985Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter[†]
Yevgeny Yuryevich Lukyanenko is a Russian pole vaulter.
1985Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner[†]
Aselefech Mergia Medessa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. She was a bronze medallist in the event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She is a two-time winner of the Dubai Marathon and has finished in the top three at the Paris and London Marathons. She was retrospectively confirmed as the winner of the 2010 London Marathon after the top two were disqualified. Her personal best of 2:19:31 hours is a former Ethiopian record for the distance and places her within the top ten of all-time.
1985Jeff Samardzija, American baseball and football player[†]
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija, nicknamed "Shark", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played college baseball and football for the University of Notre Dame, and was recognized as a two-time football All-American playing wide receiver. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, and made his major-league (MLB) debut in 2008. He played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs from 2008 to 2014, the Oakland Athletics in 2014, the Chicago White Sox in 2015, and the San Francisco Giants from 2016 to 2020. He was an all-star in 2014.
1985James Beard, American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (born 1905)[†]
James Andrews Beard was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in New York City and Seaside, Oregon, and lectured widely. He emphasized American cooking, prepared with fresh and wholesome American ingredients, to a country just becoming aware of its own culinary heritage. Beard taught and mentored generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. He published more than twenty books, and his memory is honored by his foundation's annual James Beard Awards.
An article in the sports section Jan. 13 gave an incorrect translation of the name Palo Alto, which means ''tall tree.'' The article also incorrectly spelled the name of a San Francisco Supervisor, Quentin Kopp, and increctly stated the derivation of the name of Menlo Park, Calif. It received its name from two settlers from Menlough, Ireland.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985 International The President said he views arms - control negotiating commitments made with the Soviet Union in Geneva ''with the utmost seriousness.'' Mr. Reagan said he had ''no more important goal'' in his second term than to reduce and ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons. (Page A1, Column 5.) Kim Dae Jung would be imprisoned if he returns to South Korea from the United States as planned in early February, according to a senior adviser to President Chun Doo Hwan. The adviser, Choi Chang Yoon, said the exiled opposition leader could not be treated ''as a politician - he is a revolutionary.'' (A1:3-5.)
Closing with an autumn rebound, the American economy expanded at a 3.9 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, giving it a 6.8 percent gain for the year, its best performance since 1951, the Commerce Department reported today. The vigorous expansion was accompanied by a steadily declining inflation rate. At 3.7 percent, the rate for the year was the lowest since 1967. A buoyant President Reagan promptly seized on today's figures to assert that his economic policies had been entirely vindicated.
''The purpose of this budget isn't just to satisfy our accountants and raters.
The temperature climbed to just below freezing yesterday, bringing some respite from the record chill that has enveloped the New York metropolitan area. But public and private agencies continued to struggle with problems brought on by the weather. New York City's Human Resources Administration reported another record influx at shelters for the homeless, with 19,269 people seeking refuge on Monday night following a day that earlier recorded a low of 2 degrees below zero. About 11,800 of those people were from families displaced from their homes by heating failures or other cold-related difficulties. Deputy Administrator Jack Deacy said everyone would be accommodated.
A chart in Business Day Monday showing the growth of Individual Retirement Accounts misidentified the latest figures. They were for the first nine months of 1984.
His card says: ''Have Bloodhounds - Will Search. Day or night. Free.'' The card belongs to David Onderdonk, a 63- year-old retired utility worker. Late in life he became a sleuth, a scourge of fugitives, a guardian angel to lost children and generally a celebrity here in rural Rensselaer County - after he decided that the Albany area needed the services of a top-notch bloodhound.
Two days of record-breaking cold damaged nine-tenths of Florida's orange and grapefruit crop, state officials reported today. They said it was one of the most widespread blows against the industry in its history. Doyle Conner, the Florida Secretary of Agriculture, said that when the losses are totaled, this week's freeze ''may cause as much or more damage to Florida's citrus and vegetable industries'' as the billion-dollar freeze 13 months ago. The 1983 freeze, however, did not do much harm below the 11 counties at the northern border of the citrus belt. This week's freeze numbed even the southern edge of the belt, on a line from Palm Beach to Naples.
A list accompanying an article about Arab banks operating in New York, printed in Business Day on J10, omitted Arab Bank Ltd. It had assets of $405 million on June 30.
President Reagan said today that he viewed the United States arms-control negotiating commitments made with the Soviet Union in Geneva ''with the utmost seriousness.'' In a statement issued after his first meeting with his new arms-control negotiating team, Mr. Reagan said he had ''no more important goal'' in his second term than in reducing and ultimately eliminating nuclear weapons. ''I also want to emphasize that we are determined to achieve a good agreement - an agreement which meets the interests of both countries, which increases the security of our allies and which enhances international stability,'' Mr. Reagan said in the written statement. Pledges 'Concrete Ideas' He pledged that once the three-part negotiations begin, ''the United States will have concrete ideas to put on the negotiating table.'' He added that ''we hope the Soviet Union will follow a similar constructive approach.''
President Reagan today lent his support to one of the largest anti-abortion marches ever in the capital, telling tens of thousands of demonstrators that the tide of history was with them. The crowd, which the police estimated at 71,500 people, filled Pennsylvania Avenue for 15 blocks on a windy and bitterly cold day. ''I feel a great sense of solidarity with all of you,'' Mr. Reagan said. ''The momentum is with us.''
Governor Cuomo today proposed a $38.8 billion state budget that calls for an 8 percent increase in spending combined with a broad range of personal income-tax cuts. ''The purpose of this budget isn't just to satisfy our accountants and raters,'' Mr. Cuomo said in the formal presentation of his budget to legislators in the Capitol. ''Its purpose must be to improve the condition of people's lives.'' At the centerpiece of the Governor's budget for the fiscal year starting on April 1, according to his aides, is a call for $2.1 billion in personal income-tax cuts and a balanced budget. 'Honestly Balanced' ''It is a budget that is carefully and honestly balanced,'' Mr. Cuomo told the members of the 208th State Legislature, who gathered in the elaborately paneled chamber once used by the State Court of Appeals. ''It is balanced arithmetically. But it is balanced geographically, politically and socially as well.''
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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