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BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov. 18— Urged by Western nations, Thailand has decided to open its borders this week to a huge flow of Cambodians from among as many as 560,000 camped along the frontier.
Treas Sec Miller says Kahn misstated Carter Adm's position when he said UAW pact with Chrysler should be scaled back before Chrysler gets Government loan guarantees (M)
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 — In a final gesture of frustration, Richard Todd grabbed the face mask of Alan Page today when Todd's desperation pass was picked off in the closing seconds by the Chicam Bears.
Iranian militants holding US Embassy in Teheran release Marine Sgts Ladell Maples and William Quarles and secretary Kathy Gross following order that all female and black hostages be released; freed hostages are flown to Copenhagen, Denmark; Khomeini threatens to put some of remaining hostages on trial before Islamic courts for âspyingâ if Shah is not returned to Iran, interviews with ABC and NBC TV newscasters in Qum; state radio says total of 13 hostages, 5 women and 8 blacks, will be released; Ayatollah Mohammed Beheshti, leader of ruling Revolutionary Council, says plans have been made to break diplomatic relations with US; illustrations of Gross and Maples at news conference and of Iranian student spokesman inside embassy (M)
Education Board, attempting to close $55 million budget deficit, orders School Chancellor Frank J Macchiarola to make specific administrative cutbacks rather than lay off 2,300 teachers, as he had proposed (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 1979, covering November 19, 1979.
Eagles
Led Zeppelin
Styx
Fleetwood Mac
Donna Summer
1979Keith Buckley, American singer-songwriter[â ]
Keith Buckley is an American singer, best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Many Eyes, the now defunct metalcore band Every Time I Die and the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things. He is also a published author.
1979MahĂ© Drysdale, New Zealand rower[â ]
Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale is a New Zealand politician and retired rower. Drysdale is a two-time Olympic champion and a five-time world champion in the single sculls. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and five-time recipient of New Zealand Sportsman of the Year. He is the current mayor of Tauranga.
1979John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player[â ]
John-Ford David Griffin is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
1979Ryan Howard, American baseball player[â ]
Ryan James Howard, nicknamed "the Big Piece", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Howard spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, from 2004 to 2016. He is known for being the fastest player in baseball history to reach both 100 home runs and 200 home runs. Howard holds numerous Phillies franchise records.
1979Barry Jenkins, American director, screenwriter, and producer[â ]
Barry Jenkins is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine (2003), he directed his first feature film Medicine for Melancholy (2008) for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. He is also a member of The Chopstars collective as a creative collaborator.
1979Larry Johnson, American football player[â ]
Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, winning the Maxwell Award and earning unanimous All-American honors in 2002. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft, and also played for the Cincinnati Bengals, the Washington Redskins, and the Miami Dolphins.
1979Leam Richardson, English footballer and manager[â ]
Leam Nathan Richardson is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Rotherham United.
1979Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.[â ]
The Iran hostage crisis began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981. The incident occurred after the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line stormed and occupied the building in the months following the Iranian Revolution. With support from Ruhollah Khomeini, who had led the Iranian Revolution and would eventually establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, the hostage-takers demanded that the United States extradite Iranian king Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who had been granted asylum by the Carter administration for cancer treatment. Notable among the assailants were Hossein Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Mohammad Bagheri. The hostage crisis was a pivotal episode in the history of IranâUnited States relations, formally sparking the ongoing IranâUnited States conflict. After 444 days, it came to an end with the signing of the Algiers Accords between the Iranian and American governments; Iran's king had died in Cairo, Egypt, on July 27, 1980.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[â ]