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Felix Rohatyn of Lazard Freres, J. Ira Harris of Salomon Brothers, Robert Greenhill of Morgan Stanley and Stephen Friedman of Goldman Sachs may still be the reputed kings of the merger and acquisition world, but a new generation of younger investment bankers is coming up behind them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12--Many states are taking advantage of a new student-aid law and the prevailing high interest rates to reap millions of dollars this year in unintended revenue from the Federal Treasury.
Sometime in the early 1970's, a teenager named Joe Seung Chui jumped ship in New York Harbor, took a job as a cook in a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan and, like countless thousands of illegal aliens living in this country, began to wonder how long it would be before "the immigration" caught up with him.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 9, 1980, covering January 13, 1980.
Bee Gees
Donna Summer
Pink Floyd
Eagles
Stevie Wonder
1980Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor[†]
Krzysztof Czerwinski is a Polish conductor, organist and voice teacher.
1980Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer[†]
Nils-Eric Claes Johansson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Stockholm, Johansson signed with FC Bayern Munich in 1997. He then went on to represent 1. FC Nürnberg, Blackburn Rovers, and Leicester City before returning to his native Sweden and the club AIK in 2007. He made 371 appearances for AIK until his retirement from football in 2018 due to a heart condition. He won three caps for the Sweden national team in 2002.
1980Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer[†]
Akira Kaji is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He last played for Japan national team until 2008.
1980Wolfgang Loitzl, Austrian ski jumper[†]
Wolfgang Loitzl is an Austrian former ski jumper. He was the winner of the 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament and the 2009 Normal Hill World Champion.
1980Mirko Soltau, German footballer[†]
Mirko Soltau is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played nine matches for Dynamo Dresden in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German professional football, and had a lengthy career in the lower leagues.
1980Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (born 1901)[†]
Andre Kostelanetz was a Russian-American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]