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March 5, 1980

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Headlines from March 5, 1980

KENNEDY WINS BY 2-1 IN MASSACHUSETTS; G.O.P. IN 3-WAY RACE; ANDERSON ADVANCES He Runs Well in Bay State and in Vermont, Where Carter Is Victorious The Vote Tally Kennedy Wins in Massachusetts; 3-Way G.O.P. Race Reaction by Bush Ford to 'Wait and See' Importance for Kennedy Emergence of Anderson

By John Herbers Special To the New York Times

BOSTON, Wednesday, March 5-- Senator Edward M. Kennedy defeated President Carter by a 2-to-1 margin yesterday in the Massachusetts Democratic Presidential primary. In the Republican contest, Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois and George Bush were locked this morning in a close race for first place.

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Rivalry in Congress Delays Upstate Nuclear Waste Cleanup; Called Billion-Dollar Problem Legislative Snarl Delaying Upstate Nuclear Waste Cleanup Part of Defense Measure

By Irvin Molotsky Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 4--Legislation that would let the Federal Government start cleaning up a major deposit of nuclear wastes in the upstate New York hamlet of West Valley has become bogged down in Congressional rivalries over jurisdiction and philosophic differences over approaches.

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An Issue of U.S. Credibility; Disavowal of Vote on Israel Comes as Questions Are Raised About Policy on Iran and Afghanistan News Analysis An Issue of U.S. Credibility Shift on U.N. Panel Is Seen Israeli Outburst Was Feared

By Bernard Gwertzman Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 9--One day after being praised for political courage by Western leaders, Arab diplomats and State Department officials for having voted in the United Nations Security Council against Israeli ...

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 5, 1980, covering March 5, 1980.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Wall by Pink Floyd

    The Wall

    Pink Floyd

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  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
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for Phoenix by Dan Fogelberg

    Phoenix

    Dan Fogelberg

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for Permanent Waves by Rush

    Permanent Waves

    Rush

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

    Off The Wall

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    28

Notable Births

Shay Carl

1980Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios[†]

Shay Carl Butler is an American YouTuber. He has three YouTube channels, two of which have over three million subscribers. Butler and Corey Vidal developed a documentary called Vlogumentary on a $200,000+ budget that was funded with an Indiegogo campaign and raised by mostly from his viewers. Vlogumentary was released on April 20, 2016. Forbes called Butler one of the "most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube" and in 2011 The New York Times featured Butler's production company Maker Studios.

Notable Deaths

Jay Silverheels

1980Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (born 1912)[†]

Jay Silverheels was a First Nations and Mohawk actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.

Historical Context for March 5, 1980

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