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February 19, 1980

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Headlines from February 19, 1980

INFORMER FOR F.B.I. SUSPECTED OF USING ABSCAM IN SWINDLES; Businessmen Say That He Posed as Agent of Fictitious Sheik, Bilked Them of $150,000 Executive of Fictitious Company No Comment From Justice F.B.I. Investigating Reported Swindles by an Ex-Informer Indignation From Businessmen Chase Declines to Comment To Begin Serving Sentence Other Legal Problems

By Leslie Maitland

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether a man it had employed as an informer used inside information about the Government's Abscam operation to work private swindles for his own financial gain.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 13, 1980, covering February 19, 1980.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Wall by Pink Floyd

    The Wall

    Pink Floyd

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

    Damn The Torpedoes

    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

    Off The Wall

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    25
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Long Run by Eagles

    The Long Run

    Eagles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  5. 5
    Album cover for Phoenix by Dan Fogelberg

    Phoenix

    Dan Fogelberg

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Dwight Freeney

1980Dwight Freeney, American football player[†]

Dwight Jason Freeney is an American former professional football player who played as a defensive end and linebacker for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), most notably as a member of the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for the Syracuse Orange, earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected by the Colts in the first round of the 2002 NFL draft. With the Colts, Freeney won Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears, and made seven Pro Bowls. He also played for the San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions.

Ma Lin (table tennis)

1980Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player[†]

Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player, Olympic champion, and the current Chinese Women's Team Head Coach.

Mike Miller (basketball, born 1980)

1980Mike Miller, American basketball player[†]

Michael Lloyd Miller is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2000 NBA draft with the fifth overall pick. Miller was named the NBA Rookie of the Year with the Magic in 2001 and was voted NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2006. He won two consecutive NBA championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.

Notable Deaths

Bon Scott

1980Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (born 1946)[†]

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian singer who was the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was ranked number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time". Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time.

Historical Context for February 19, 1980

In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]