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An article on Saturday about the Guild Hall awards to Alan Alda, Willem de Kooning and Kurt Vonnegut for participation in the arts misstated the telephone number for information on the reception and dinner Dec. 3 at the St. Regis. It is (516) 324-0807.
A picture caption in some copies yesterday with articles about the United Nations misidentified the wife of Jaime de Pinies, President of the General Assembly. Her name is Julia.
A strong aftershock of the predawn earthquake of two days ago, again centered in Westchester County, rumbled through parts of the metropolitan area this morning, prompting a new wave of phone calls but causing no injuries or damage. The tremor, at 6:37 A.M., was registered at 3.0 on the Richter scale at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., just across the Hudson River from the quake's epicenter south of the Village of Ardsley.
Italy's President today asked the caretaker Prime Minister, Bettino Craxi, to form a new government. Mr. Craxi, a Socialist, was head of the five-party coalition Government that fell four days ago over its handling of the Achille Lauro hijacking. The request that he form a new Government came amid indications that he had emerged politically strengthened from the episode.
A United States Senator asserted today that China was still exporting nuclear technology to five countries with ''the most dangerous nuclear programs'' despite Peking's pledge to not help others develop atomic weapons. The Senator, Alan Cranston of California, the Democratic whip, said that because intelligence information showed China was aiding the five nations he opposed congressional approval of a 1984 nuclear cooperation accord between Peking and the Reagan Adminstration.
Representatives of small and medium-size banks gave a chilly reception today to a speech by Paul A. Volcker, the Federal Reserve chairman, asking that they provide fresh loans to troubled debtor countries. Even some larger banks expressed reservations. That unwillingness could make it more difficult for for the Reagan Administration to get Western banks to make $20 billion in new loans to debtor countries in the next three years.
EVIDENCE appears to be mounting of specific links between people's emotions, the body's immune defenses and the course of serious diseases. Some researchers are concluding that breast cancer patients, for example, who are openly upset and show a fighting spirit - ''I'm going to conquer this thing!'' - marshal stronger immune defenses against the spread of the disease and are more likely to survive than those who suffer with quiet stoicism.
The Union Carbide Corporation yesterday reported a third-quarter loss of $543 million as the result of its previously announced restructuring plan. Without the special charges, Carbide said, its net income of $77 million, or $1.09 a share, would have equaled results in the 1984 quarter. Sales fell 4 percent, to $2.25 billion. The latest results included an extraordinary gain of $19 million from the purchase below par value of the company's sinking fund debentures.
International Shimon Peres offered to go to Jordan before the end of the year to take part in a Middle East peace conference. Mr. Peres, the Israeli Prime Minister, made the offer in an address before the United Nations General Assembly as it began the second week of the organization's 40th anniversary commemoration. [Page A1, Col. 6.]
A dollar has meaning for a lot of people and it could well be an economic barrier for a lot of people. But I'm not in the psychology business. I'm in the train business, so I'm the last person to ask about that.'' - Robert R. Kiley, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on a possible fare increase. [B4:2.]
Top executives of R.H. Macy & Company said yesterday that they would offer to buy the department store concern from its shareholders for almost $3.6 billion. The deal, which would turn the nation's 23d-largest retailing chain into a privately owned company, would be the largest takeover ever of a retailer.
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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