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Gov. James R. Thompson today commuted the sentence of a man jailed six years for a rape his accuser now says never happened. But the Governor said that after reviewing an investigation by his staff, examining numerous records, and listening to 24 witnesses at a three-day clemency hearing, he believed the man, Gary E. Dotson, had been properly convicted.
Frank V. Trzaskos held up his right hand and won a nod from the moderator. ''What this town needs,'' Mr. Trzaskos said, addressing the assembled citizenry, ''is not a computer system, but a new police car.''
I think I'm capable of handling any challenge. Coach John Thompson has prepared me well for anything. I wasn't particularly hoping for one particular team. I just wanted to get this over with.'' - Patrick Ewing. [C6:6.]
The House Budget chairman pledged today that his committee would write a spending plan cutting the Federal deficit by more than $50 billion in 1986 without raising taxes. Representative William H. Gray 3d, the Pennsylvania Democrat who heads the panel, did not rule out a reduction in the cost-of-living increase in Social Security payments. But he said the committee would not cut so deeply into programs for the elderly as the Senate did in the budget outline it approved early Friday morning.
About an hour before the beginning of the National Basketball Association's special lottery for the seven top draft picks, Jack Krumpe said he wasn't sure he would remain at the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf Astoria until the nationally televised selections were completed. ''I might get bored and leave early,'' he said.
The Atari Corporation made an unexpected appearance at the Comdex personal computer trade show here to convince a skeptical industry that the company was viable and that its new products would soon come to market. But after two days of statements that seemed contradictory, vague promises about the future of a new computer and sketchy descriptions of future models, there seemed to be more doubters than ever.
Someone told Joseph Famolare Jr., a third-generation Italian maker of shoes from Boston, that sexy advertisements would sell his clunky, wavy-soled shoes. But soon after the leggy photographs appeared in magazines across the Northeast, the shoe executive was besieged with letters from women's groups criticizing the advertisements for what was seen as sexual inequality. Mr. Famolare was stunned. He called his friend, Richard Avedon, a well-known fashion photographer, and quickly replaced the controversial advertisement - a shot of the legs of a female runner in a starting position next to a man's hand holding a gun - with a less assuming photograph, one of himself.
The conservative Christian Democratic Party, led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl, suffered a stinging defeat today in elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the home of the industrial Ruhr valley and the most populous state in West Germany. In the election for the North Rhine-Westphalia legislature, Johannes Rau, the state's Social Democratic premier, led his party to an impressive 52.1 percent share of the popular vote, according to final results.
Officials meeting in an emergency session have decided to appoint a state conservator to manage Maryland's second-largest privately insured thrift institution, which has been jeapordized by a three-day run on deposits. Heidi Hutchinson, a spokesman for the troubled Old Court Savings & Loan Association, announced the move shortly before midnight Sunday after a daylong meeting of state officials and officals from the thrift institution. She provided no other details, but said a statement would be made later today.
They were bruised, they were battered, and they were starting about two months without Darryl Strawberry, who will undergo surgery on his right thumb today. And they even surrendered a run after 29 innings of scoreless pitching. But the Mets were still galloping past their problems yesterday as they patched together a little of this and a little of that, and completed a weekend sweep by beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2, at Shea Stadium. It was their sixth straight victory and their 10th in the last 13 games, extending their record to 19-8, the best in the big leagues.
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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