American journalist and author (died 2013)

Michael Hastings

Michael Mahon Hastings was an American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone, and reporter for BuzzFeed. He was raised in New York, Canada, and Vermont, and he attended New York University. Hastings rose to prominence with his coverage of the Iraq War for Newsweek in the 2000s. After his fiancée Andrea Parhamovich was killed in an ambush, Hastings wrote his first book, I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story (2008), a memoir about his relationship with Parhamovich and the insurgency that took her life.

Born

1980

January 28

Died

2013

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1980s

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What else happened on this day, through history

98 On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
814 The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
1069 Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
1077 Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.

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The world in 1980

When Michael arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 28

Charles George Gordon 1833–1885 English general and politician (born 1833) George Hamilton-Gordon 1784–1860 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1784) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli 1608–1679 Italian physiologist and physicist (born 1608) Gregg Popovich 1949– American basketball player and coach Henry VII 1457–1313 Holy Roman Emperor (born 1275) Jackson Pollock 1912–1956 American painter (born 1912) Johan van Hulst 1911–2018 Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (died 2018) José Martí 1853–1895 Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (died 1895) Kathleen Lonsdale 1903–1971 Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (born 1903)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1980

Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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