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September 10, 1979

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Historical Context for September 10, 1979

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

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 5, 1979, covering September 10, 1979.

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    Album cover for Get The Knack by The Knack

    Get The Knack

    The Knack

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    Album cover for Breakfast In America by Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    Supertramp

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    Album cover for Candy-O by The Cars

    Candy-O

    The Cars

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    Album cover for I Am by Earth| Wind & Fire

    I Am

    Earth| Wind & Fire

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    Album cover for Million Mile Reflections by The Charlie Daniels Band

    Million Mile Reflections

    The Charlie Daniels Band

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    Album cover for Discovery by Electric Light Orchestra

    Discovery

    Electric Light Orchestra

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    Album cover for Risque by Chic

    Risque

    Chic

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    Album cover for Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Rust Never Sleeps

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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    Album cover for Midnight Magic by Commodores

    Midnight Magic

    Commodores

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    Album cover for In Through The Out Door by Led Zeppelin

    In Through The Out Door

    Led Zeppelin

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Notable Births

Jacob Young

1979Jacob Young, American actor[†]

Jacob Wayne Young is an American actor and producer. He is a five-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 2002 for his role as Lucky Spencer in the soap opera General Hospital (2000–2003). He is best known for his roles as Rick Forrester in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and JR Chandler in the soap opera All My Children (2003–2011).

Notable Deaths

Agostinho Neto

1979Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (born 1922)[†]

António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan communist politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974). Until his death, he led the MPLA in the civil war (1975–2002). Known also for his literary activities, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.

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Headlines from September 10, 1979

PLAN WOULD SHIFT TRANSIT POLICEMEN INTO CITY COMMAND

By Leslie Maitland

Study by Sturz recommends that Transit Authority police be placed under command of city's Police Department; Mayor Koch says study will be basis for changes he plans to make in city's efforts to cut subway crime; Koch is dissatisfied with current efforts to curtail violence in subways and it is speculated that he will seek removal of Garelik; study recommends that transit police force be kept as separate entity, but with city's Police Department supervising its operations; city's campaign against subway crime, starting 6 months ago, has already cost city $8.6 miliion; Metropolitan Transportation Authority public-affairs director Arthur G Perfall says no one from City Hall has discussed idea with MTA chairman Harold L Fisher and new executive director John D Simpson (M)

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City's Troubled Public Schools Open Today

By Marcia Chambers

Article on some problems facing NYC public school system at beginning of '80 academic year; notes United Federation of Teachers is engaged in public-relations campaign to convince people that public schools, in which enrollment is lowest in 22 years, are a sound edcuational investment for New Yorkers; some problems confronting school system listed (M)

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Who's on Third? Everyone

By Laurie Johnston

“Leslie's and Deedee's Lemonade Stand — cup 40 cents,” read the handlettered sign at a curb at Third Avenue and 24th Street, midway in the 20‐block stretch of yesterday's “County Fair” on the avenue. “Also, with your great lemonade, get five comic books for $1.”

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Ruling Allowing Illegal Searches In Deportation Cases Is Attacked

By Ben A. Franklin; Special to The New York Times

ACLU asks Civiletti to overturn recent Immigration and Naturalization Service ruling approving use of illegally obtained evidence in deportation cases; apparently seeks to avoid Supreme Court review of deportation order against Emma Sandoval, 36-yr-old Mexican living in New Rochelle, NY, which resulted from search without a warrant of her residence on Aug 6 '75; ACLU general counsel David Carliner comments (M)

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Growth of In ven tories Worrying Economists

By Thomas C. Hayes

Economists such as Alan Greenspan, Donald Ratajczak, Jay N Woodworth and Dan M Bechter express concern over growth of inventories, fearful that companies will, as in '74 recession, wait too long before reducing their orders; Greenspan questions Commerce Department's figures on inventory‐sales ratio, which stood at 1.59 in 2d quarter of this year; Ratajczak believes switch by several companies from last‐in, first‐out (LIFO) method of accounting to first‐in, first‐out (FIFO) method may be causing Commerce Department to understate inventory level (M)

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Air Merger Spawns a Shakeout

By Unknown Author

article notes North Central executives predominate in corp structure of new, merged co, probably because North Central was financially healthier than Southern at time of merger

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Parley on Rhodesia Opens Today; Participants in London Unyielding

By R. W. Apple Jr.; Special to The New York Times

Delegates to conference issue uncompromising statements as they arrive in London; key goals are to bring about cease-fire in guerrilla war, new constitution and new election supervised by Britain; US will play no formal role in conference; Lord Carrington, Foreign Sec, will open conference with statement of British intentions; comments by Min Ian D Smith, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo noted; Smith illus (L)

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