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January 15, 1979

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Bosworth Widening Monitoring

By Edward Cowan;Special to The New York Times

Barry P Bosworth, chief monitor of compliance with Carter Adm's voluntary price-pay standards, intends to carry his compliance campaign to more than 500 giant corps than he originally planned; he is also weighing request for further expansion of his staff; he comments (M)

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Steelers

By Unknown Author

PITTSBURGH'S is a big‐play team, and the man who makes the big plays happen is the quarterback, Terry Bradshaw, who has had a better season than his counterpart, Roger Staubach.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 10, 1979, covering January 15, 1979.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2 by Barbra Streisand

    Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2

    Barbra Streisand

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    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for A Wild And Crazy Guy by Steve Martin

    A Wild And Crazy Guy

    Steve Martin

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    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for 52nd Street by Billy Joel

    52nd Street

    Billy Joel

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    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  4. 4
    Album cover for C'est Chic by Chic

    C'est Chic

    Chic

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    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Briefcase Full of Blues (Soundtrack) by Blues Brothers

    Briefcase Full of Blues (Soundtrack)

    Blues Brothers

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

Drew Brees

1979Drew Brees, American football player[†]

Drew Christopher Brees is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. A member of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career, Brees is second all-time in career passing yards, career touchdown passes, and career pass completions, and third in career completion percentage. Brees also holds the record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass, with 54 games, breaking the record held by Johnny Unitas for 52 years. He is regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

1979Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer[†]

Michalis Morfis is a former Cypriot former football goalkeeper who last played for Doxa Katokopias in Cypriot First Division.

Martin Petrov

1979Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer[†]

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for VFL Wolfsburg, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Bolton Wanderers. He also played 90 times for Bulgaria.

Historical Context for January 15, 1979

In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]