COMMANDS THE BRITANNIC.; Captain Summers of the Albertic Is Assigned to New White Star Ship.
Date: 29 April 1930
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
James Baker Birthday, Date of Birth
James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, and former Marine Corps officer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. secretary of state before returning as the 16th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Born in Houston, Texas, Baker attended the Hill School and Princeton University before serving in the United States Marine Corps. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law, he pursued a legal career. He became a close friend of George H. W. Bush and worked for Bush's unsuccessful 1970 campaign for the United States Senate. After serving briefly as Under Secretary of Commerce, Baker ran President Gerald Ford's failed 1976 campaign following the ouster of campaign chairman Rogers Morton. Baker considered running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Houston and did run a failed 1978 campaign for Texas Attorney General, but he otherwise remained in appointed positions for his career.
Baker ran Bush's unsuccessful campaign for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination, but after Bush joined the Republican ticket under Ronald Reagan, Baker became an asset to the incoming president. Reagan appointed Baker as his White House chief of staff, and Baker remained in that position until 1985, when he became Secretary of the Treasury. As treasury secretary, he arranged the Plaza Accord and the Baker Plan. He resigned as treasury secretary with some trepidation to manage Bush's successful 1988 campaign for president. After the election, Bush appointed Baker to the position of secretary of state. As Secretary of State, he helped oversee U.S. foreign policy during the end of the Cold War and dissolution of the Soviet Union, as well as during the Gulf War. After the Gulf War, Baker served another stint as White House chief of staff from 1992 to 1993 to help orchestrate Bush's re-election bid.
Baker remained active in business and public affairs after Bush's defeat in the 1992 presidential election. He served as a United Nations envoy to Western Sahara and as a consultant to Enron. During the Florida recount following the 2000 presidential election, he managed George W. Bush's legal team in the state. He served as the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, which Congress formed in 2006 to study Iraq and the ongoing Iraq War. Baker has served on the World Justice Project and the Climate Leadership Council. He is the namesake of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Since the death of Henry Kissinger in 2023, he is currently the oldest living former United States secretary of state, as well as the earliest serving and only living to serve in the 20th century.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Monday, April 28, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Houston
- Age
- 95
- Star Sign
- ♉
The April 28, 1930 was a Monday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 117 day of the year. President of the United States was Herbert Hoover.
If you were born on this day, you are 95 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, April 28, 2025, 189 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in 175 days. You have lived for 34,888 days, or about 837,317 hours, or about 50,239,079 minutes, or about 3,014,344,740 seconds.
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28th of April 1930 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 28, 1930
VIEWS ORIENT AS MARKET.; Dr. Klein, on Radio, Pictures Vast Trade in New Era.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
J Klein on commercial possibilities; radio s
TO DROP MEXICAN BUSINESS; Two Canadian Insurance Firms Will Not Contract New Obligations.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
To quit business in Mex
Adds to New England Holdings.
Date: 28 April 1930
Acquires gas generating and distributing facilities in St Albans, Barre, Springfield and St Johnsbury, Vt, and North Attleboro, Mass
'RATIONALIZING' SLOW IN BRITISH INDUSTRY; New 'Industrial Development Company' Designed to SpeedUp the Process.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Rationalization" process seems slow
WALKS BACK TO PRINCETON.; Freshman Takes 13 Hours From New York, Longer Than Record.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
T M Lasater, on wager, walks from N Y C to Princeton, N J, in 13 hrs
TRADE IN ENGLAND HURT BY NEW TAXES; Easy Money an Offsetting Influence--Continent's PositionConsidered the Stronger.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMMANDS THE BRITANNIC.; Captain Summers of the Albertic Is Assigned to New White Star Ship.
Date: 29 April 1930
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
VIEWS ORIENT AS MARKET.; Dr. Klein, on Radio, Pictures Vast Trade in New Era.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
J Klein on commercial possibilities; radio s
WALKS BACK TO PRINCETON.; Freshman Takes 13 Hours From New York, Longer Than Record.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
T M Lasater, on wager, walks from N Y C to Princeton, N J, in 13 hrs
COMMANDS THE BRITANNIC.; Captain Summers of the Albertic Is Assigned to New White Star Ship.
Date: 29 April 1930
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
VIEWS ORIENT AS MARKET.; Dr. Klein, on Radio, Pictures Vast Trade in New Era.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
J Klein on commercial possibilities; radio s
TO DROP MEXICAN BUSINESS; Two Canadian Insurance Firms Will Not Contract New Obligations.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
To quit business in Mex
Adds to New England Holdings.
Date: 28 April 1930
Acquires gas generating and distributing facilities in St Albans, Barre, Springfield and St Johnsbury, Vt, and North Attleboro, Mass
'RATIONALIZING' SLOW IN BRITISH INDUSTRY; New 'Industrial Development Company' Designed to SpeedUp the Process.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Rationalization" process seems slow
TRADE IN ENGLAND HURT BY NEW TAXES; Easy Money an Offsetting Influence--Continent's PositionConsidered the Stronger.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMMANDS THE BRITANNIC.; Captain Summers of the Albertic Is Assigned to New White Star Ship.
Date: 29 April 1930
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
VIEWS ORIENT AS MARKET.; Dr. Klein, on Radio, Pictures Vast Trade in New Era.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
J Klein on commercial possibilities; radio s
TO DROP MEXICAN BUSINESS; Two Canadian Insurance Firms Will Not Contract New Obligations.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
To quit business in Mex
Adds to New England Holdings.
Date: 28 April 1930
Acquires gas generating and distributing facilities in St Albans, Barre, Springfield and St Johnsbury, Vt, and North Attleboro, Mass
'RATIONALIZING' SLOW IN BRITISH INDUSTRY; New 'Industrial Development Company' Designed to SpeedUp the Process.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Rationalization" process seems slow
WALKS BACK TO PRINCETON.; Freshman Takes 13 Hours From New York, Longer Than Record.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
T M Lasater, on wager, walks from N Y C to Princeton, N J, in 13 hrs
TRADE IN ENGLAND HURT BY NEW TAXES; Easy Money an Offsetting Influence--Continent's PositionConsidered the Stronger.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMMANDS THE BRITANNIC.; Captain Summers of the Albertic Is Assigned to New White Star Ship.
Date: 29 April 1930
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
VIEWS ORIENT AS MARKET.; Dr. Klein, on Radio, Pictures Vast Trade in New Era.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
J Klein on commercial possibilities; radio s
TO DROP MEXICAN BUSINESS; Two Canadian Insurance Firms Will Not Contract New Obligations.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
To quit business in Mex
Adds to New England Holdings.
Date: 28 April 1930
Acquires gas generating and distributing facilities in St Albans, Barre, Springfield and St Johnsbury, Vt, and North Attleboro, Mass
'RATIONALIZING' SLOW IN BRITISH INDUSTRY; New 'Industrial Development Company' Designed to SpeedUp the Process.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Rationalization" process seems slow
WALKS BACK TO PRINCETON.; Freshman Takes 13 Hours From New York, Longer Than Record.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special to The New York Times
T M Lasater, on wager, walks from N Y C to Princeton, N J, in 13 hrs
TRADE IN ENGLAND HURT BY NEW TAXES; Easy Money an Offsetting Influence--Continent's PositionConsidered the Stronger.
Date: 28 April 1930
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES