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In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]
1980William Jackson Harper, American actor[†]
William Fitzgerald Harper, known professionally as William Jackson Harper, is an American actor and playwright. He gained acclaim for his role as Chidi Anagonye in the NBC comedy series The Good Place (2016–2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
1980Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1936)[†]
Nikos Xylouris, also known by the Cretan nickname Psaronikos (Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan Lyra player, and composer, known for performing both rural traditional and urban orchestral music.
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It was called the Money Show, and because money seems to be talking in a confusing language these days, people came hoping to learn the lexicon.
The New York State Transportation Department has announced a $10 million parking-lot construction program designed to encourage car pooling on Long Island and relieve crowding at commuter lots at Long Island Rail Road stations.
DETROIT, Feb. 7--The Chrysler Corporation reported today that it lost $375.8 million in last year's fourth quarter, bringing its loss for 1979 to $1.1 billion, believed to be the largest yearly loss in American corporate history.
THE Eglevsky Ballet Company has been in a state of transition since the death in 1977 of its founder, the New York City Ballet star Andre Eglevsky.
The Treasury sold 30-year bonds yesterday at a yield of 11.84 percent, the highest ever for long-term Government securities.
As the climb in housing prices continues, many people--especially those who bought a home years ago at a fraction of its current value--are selling in order to take their profits.
Fifty-eight persons, described as steerers, sellers or lookouts, were arrested yesterday when a special force of 100 shotgun-carrying detectives smashed into apartments and storefronts in four dilapidated buildings on Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side to break up a drug operation that, the police said, sold marijuana and cocaine to hundreds of customers each hour.
ONCE a dream on a drawing board, the cultural revitalization of Far West 42d and 43d Streets is now approaching realization. On one square city block, between Ninth and 10th Avenues, there is more theatrical activity than on almost any other street in New York.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 7--Look at it from the smuggler's point of view, You have a vast desert with lots of good sand for burying things and nothing more than an occasional army patrol passing by.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AP)--The Government said today that the growth of consumers' installment debt slowed sharply toward the end of 1979.