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In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]
1980Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Estelle Fanta Swaray, also known mononymously as Estelle, is a British singer, rapper and actress. She is known for her eclectic blending of musical genres including R&B, soul, reggae, grime, hip hop and dance. She has collaborated with prominent American artists including Chris Brown, Kanye West, will.i.am, Nas, Akon, Tyler, the Creator, Robin Thicke and Rick Ross, among others.
1980Robert Green, English footballer[†]
Robert Paul Green is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Premier League and Football League and for the England national team.
1980Kert Haavistu, Estonian footballer and manager[†]
Kert Haavistu is a former Estonian professional footballer, who used to play in the Meistriliiga for FC Flora Tallinn and FC TVMK Tallinn. He played the position of midfielder and is 1.78 m tall and weighs 72 kg. He is also the former member of the Estonia national football team with 44 caps to his name.
1980Julius Peppers, American football player[†]
Julius Frazier Peppers is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he was recognized as a unanimous All-American, and was selected by the Carolina Panthers second overall in the 2002 NFL draft, and also played for the Chicago Bears from 2010 through 2013 and the Green Bay Packers from 2014 to 2016. After rejoining the Panthers for the 2017 season, he retired after the 2018 NFL season.
1980Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter[†]
Jason Jordan Segel is an American actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014. He began his career with director and producer Judd Apatow on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and Undeclared (2001–2002) before gaining prominence for his leading roles in various successful comedy films in which he has starred, written, and produced.
1980Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (born 1904)[†]
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as costume designer and set designer for stage and screen. His accolades include three Academy Awards and four Tony Awards.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17--The United States will announce a formal ban on all commerce with Iran, except sales of food and medicine, in the next several days, a senior State Department official said today. But no allies are prepared to take similar action at this time, he said.
WHITE PLAINS, Jan. 17--A minor earthquake just north of Peekskill shook that city and the nearby Indian Point nuclear facility before dawn today, but apparently caused no damage. Seismologists said it was the most severe earthquake in the vicinity of the atomic plant since it opened in 1962.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (AP)-- Housing starts unexpectedly edged up last month although they fell 14 percent for all of 1979, the Commerce Department said today.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Jan. 17-- President Tito's doctors said today that the condition of his left leg, which was unsuccessfully operated on four days ago, had worsened.
SONG recitals are one thing, and song recitals by prima donnas are quite another. A woman who has triumphed on the operatic stage takes on a larger-than-life aura, and the juxtaposition of that aura ...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 17--The Soviet-backed Government of Afghanistan today ordered all American correspondents to leave the country, accusing them of biased reporting and "interference in the country's internal affairs."
Gold bullion buyers paid as much as $820 in cash for an ounce of gold in New York yesterday in a day of violent market moves. Earlier in the day, prices plunged as low as $715.
NEW modern sculptures are as instantly appealing as Jean Arp's, and there have been few exhibitions of them more enchanting than the one to be seen at the Sidney Janis Gallery, 6 West 57th Street (through Feb. 16).
BONN, Jan. 17--A West German bank and oil company are holding exploratory talks on a new $11.6 billion natural gas pipeline from Siberia to Western Europe, despite Western efforts to impose sanctions on the Soviet Union for its intervention in Afghanistan.
PRIMARILY because both Count Basie and Art D'Lugoff are determined, persistent survivors, Mr. Basie's band will give two rare cabaret performances tonight, at 10:30 and 12:30, at Mr. D'Lugoff's Village Gate, Thompson and Bleecker Streets.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 17-- President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq today dismissed the $400 million that the United States has offered to Pakistan, in response to the threat from Afghanistan, as "peanuts."