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illus of Pope John Paul at Orthodox mass with Patriarch Dimitrios I at St George's Cathedral, Istanbul
British Prime Min Thatcher fails to persuade EEC to approve huge reduction in British net contribution to community in '80‐81; at root of British problem is fact that Britain, alone among EEC members, has few peasant farmers, meaning it must import large quantities of foodstuffs from countries outside community; GB pays levy on such imports to market, while benefiting little from community spending, 70% of which goes to farm subsidies (M)
New Iranian Foreign Min Sadegh Ghotbzadeh says Iran will not attend special Council meeting (M)
US Court of Appeals upholds Pres Carter's abrogation, without consent of Congress, of US's mutual defense treaty with Taiwan (M)
US airlines receive growing number of complaints against crowded seating as result of adding more seats because of rising fuel prices, Airline Passengers Association repts recent survey found adequate seating room was one of most important passenger considerations; carriers and Federal air safety officials say denser seating arrangements have not decreased safety standards (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 28, 1979, covering December 1, 1979.
Eagles
Donna Summer
Led Zeppelin
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Wonder
1979Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower[†]
Stephanie Brown Trafton is an American track and field athlete who won the discus throwing gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is thus one of only three American women to have ever won the event.
1979Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player[†]
Ryan Gregory Malone, nicknamed "Bugsy", is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers. In 2003, he became the first Pittsburgh-born and trained player to suit up for the Penguins in an NHL game.
1979Richard James, Jamaican sprinter[†]
Richard James is a Jamaican former sprinter specializing in the 400 metres and the 8th World Athletics Indoor Championships gold medallist in the 4 × 400 m relay. He was an All-American track and field runner for the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and the NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]