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"ALL night long, as you sleep on a too-soft or a toohard bed, your muscles are working to straighten your spine," said Dr. Robert Addison, director of the Low Back and Pain Clinic at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and an author of books on coping with back pain. "Even though people
The International Longshoremen's Association, characterizing the Russians as "international bully boys" and citing the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, directed its members yesterday to stop handling Soviet ships and cargoes in ports from Maine to Texas and in Puerto Rico.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9--Grain prices quickly plunged as far as regulations permitted today as grain markets reopened for the first time since President Carter curtailed exports to the Soviet Union.
TORONTO, Jan. 9--The Consumers Gas Company of Toronto has agreed to take over Hiram Walker-Gooderham Worts Ltd., the Canadian distiller, for about $1.3 billion worth of Consumers stock (in Canadian funds).
Mayor Koch's fiscal planners have asked the Board of Education to make $114 million in cuts in its 1980-81 budget. The reductions Proposed by the Planners would drastically increase the size of classes, close 40 schools and require the layoff of 3,000 teachers and 1,600 paraprofessionals.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 9, 1980, covering January 10, 1980.
Bee Gees
Donna Summer
Pink Floyd
Eagles
Stevie Wonder
1980Sarah Shahi, American actress[†]
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest (2012–2016), Billie on the Netflix series Sex/Life (2021–2023), and Dr. Gabriela Torabi in Hulu thriller series Paradise (2025). She has also appeared in the main role Det. Dani Reese in Life, and in a supporting role in Alias. In 2018, she starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a recurring role in City on a Hill on Showtime, and appeared in seven episodes of the series The Rookie as romantic interest Jessica Russo. In 2023, she received praise for her role as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Zahra Bankston in Red, White & Royal Blue.
1980Rastislav Staňa, Slovak ice hockey player[†]
Rastislav Staňa is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2000 to 2015, was mainly spent in Europe. Internationally Stana played for the Slovak national team at 6 Ice Hockey World Championships, winning the gold medal in 2002, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
1980The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids.[†]
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Founded in 1812, the journal is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals. Its 2023 impact factor was 96.2, ranking it 2nd out of 168 journals in the category "Medicine, General & Internal".
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]