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February 9, 1979

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Headlines from February 9, 1979

Art Sale by Museum at Harvard Opposed

By Boyce Rensberger

Number of paintings regarded by many anthropologists as valuable documents on vanished Amer Indian cultures are being considered for sale by Harvard Univ's Peabody Museum; plan has touched off controversy; museum dir Prof C C Lamberg-Karlovsky says sale is financially necessary (M)

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Knapp Publishes the Good Life

By N. R. Kle Infield

Cleon Knapp, owner of Knapp Communications, which publishes Architectural Digest and Bon Appetit magazines, and magazines' editor in chief Paige Rense int; illus (M)

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U.S., TO GUARD DATA, DROPS AN I.T.T. CASEAide in Chile Dispute Freed to Bar. Loss of Intelligence SecretsU.S., to Protect Secret Data, Concludes I.T.T. Case

By Charles Mohr Special to The New York Times

Justice Dept drops perjury charges against ITT former exec Robert Berrellez to avoid disclosure of information about Amer intelligence activity in Latin Amer; prosecutor John Kotelly moves to dismiss charge in interests of natl security; Judge Aubrey Robinson Jr grants motion; Govt must decide whether to proceed with case of ITT sr vp Edward J Gerrity Jr, who is also charged with commiting perjury in Sen hearings on Chile; Sen Frank Church denounces decision; Berrellez's atty Patrick Wald comments; Berrellez por (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 7, 1979, covering February 9, 1979.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Blondes Have More Fun by Rod Stewart

    Blondes Have More Fun

    Rod Stewart

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Briefcase Full of Blues (Soundtrack) by Blues Brothers

    Briefcase Full of Blues (Soundtrack)

    Blues Brothers

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for 52nd Street by Billy Joel

    52nd Street

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  4. 4
    Album cover for You Don't Bring Me Flowers by Neil Diamond

    You Don't Bring Me Flowers

    Neil Diamond

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2 by Barbra Streisand

    Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Akinori Iwamura

1979Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player[†]

Akinori Iwamura is a former Japanese baseball infielder, who currently is a manager for the Fukushima Red Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. He made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007.

Irina Slutskaya

1979Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater[†]

Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya is a Russian former figure skater. She is a two-time World champion, two-time Olympic medalist, seven-time European champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time Russian national champion. She won a record total of 17 titles on the Grand Prix circuit.

Zhang Ziyi

1979Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model[†]

Zhang Ziyi, sometimes credited Ziyi Zhang, is a Chinese actress, known for playing independent and strong-willed characters. Born and raised in Beijing, Zhang was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in 1996. That year, she made her acting debut in the television film Touching Starlight (1996). After her breakout role in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home (1999), which won her Best Actress at the 2000 Hundred Flowers Awards, she gained international fame for her performance in Ang Lee's wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

Notable Deaths

Allen Tate

1979Allen Tate, American poet and academic (born 1899)[†]

John Orley Allen Tate, known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and poet laureate from 1943 to 1944. Among his best known works are the poems "Ode to the Confederate Dead" (1928) and "The Mediterranean" (1933), and his only novel The Fathers (1938). He is associated with New Criticism, the Fugitives and the Southern Agrarians.

Historical Context for February 9, 1979

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