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June 19, 1979

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Headlines from June 19, 1979

BUSINESS Digest

By Unknown Author

Solar power and other renewable sources would provide 20 percent of America's energy needs by the year 2000 under goals to be announced by President Carter, according to. Government sources. At ceremony on Wednesday marking installation of a solar heating system for the White House, the President is expected to unveil details of a Solar Development Bank. Further details of his plan are to contained in a message to Congress. [Page Al.]

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EDUCATION City Weighs More Explicit Sex Education

By Dena Kleiman

NYC Educ Board officials weigh proposal to permit more explicit instruction in sex education in city public schools; plan would authorize teachers for first time to speak about such subjects as birth control, masturbation, homosexuality and abortion; change stems from effort to curb teenage pregnancies and desire to be more responsive to student needs; illus (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 1979, covering June 19, 1979.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Bad Girls by Donna Summer

    Bad Girls

    Donna Summer

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Breakfast In America by Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    Supertramp

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for We Are Family by Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    Sister Sledge

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    17
  4. 4
    Album cover for Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones

    Rickie Lee Jones

    Rickie Lee Jones

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Cheap Trick At Budokan by Cheap Trick

    Cheap Trick At Budokan

    Cheap Trick

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    17

Notable Births

José Kléberson

1979JosĂ© KlĂ©berson, Brazilian footballer[†]

José Kléberson Pereira, commonly known as José Kléberson or simply Kléberson, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who is currently the assistant coach of New York City FC.

Notable Deaths

Paul Popenoe

1979Paul Popenoe, American explorer and scholar, founded Relationship counseling (born 1888)[†]

Paul Bowman Popenoe was an American marriage counselor, eugenicist and agricultural explorer. He was an influential advocate of the compulsory sterilization of mentally ill people and people with mental disabilities, and the father of marriage counseling in the United States.

Historical Context for June 19, 1979

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