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DEARBORN, Mich., March 13-- Henry Ford 2d resigned today as board chairman of the Ford Motor Company, leaving the automotive giant without a Ford at the top of the company for the first time since...
ALBANY, March 13--Three state auditors broke into the headquarters of the Division of Criminal Justice Services here in the fall of 1978 to demonstrate weaknesses in the security of the office, the State Comptroller disclosed today.
Swirling clouds of snow, enveloping Manhattan and outlying areas last night, deposited an official 3.6-inch accumulation in the city before turning to sleet followed by freezing rain soon after midnight. There was a possibility of flurries over inland areas between 5 and 8 A.M., according to the National Weather Service.
WASHINGTON, March 13--The Administration announced today that it had accepted a higher guideline for restraining wage increases, but the announcement came as organized labor's support for the President's anti-inflation policies appeared to be eroding because of proposed budget cuts in domestic programs.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 12, 1980, covering March 14, 1980.
Pink Floyd
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Dan Fogelberg
Rush
Linda Ronstadt
1980Aaron Brown, English footballer and coach[â ]
Aaron Wesley Brown is an English professional footballer who is player-coach at Paulton Rovers. His younger brother Marvin also played professionally and both were with Bristol City at the same time.
1980Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby player and coach[â ]
Ben Herring is a professional rugby coach who is currently the head of rugby at Sydney AAGPS school, Newington College, located in the inner west suburb of Stanmore. Previously Head coach of Otago and Toyota Verblitz. Herring has coached with two national sides, Canada and Japan, and with two super franchises.
1980Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (born 1902)[â ]
Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first vice president as well as the third prime minister. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno, fought for the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands. Hatta was an important figure during the Indonesian national awakening and during the national revolution. As a youth he was politically active in both the Netherlands and the Indies, which led him to be imprisoned in the Boven Digoel concentration camp for his activism. He also played a crucial role in the proclamation of Indonesian independence, being the second person to sign the declaration besides Sukarno, thus making him one of the founders of Indonesia.
1980FĂ©lix RodrĂguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (born 1928)[â ]
FĂ©lix Samuel RodrĂguez de la Fuente was a Spanish naturalist and broadcaster. He is best known for the highly successful and influential TV series, El Hombre y la Tierra (1974â1980). A graduate in medicine and self-taught in biology, he was a multifaceted charismatic figure whose influence has endured despite the passing years.
1980LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.[â ]
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 was an Ilyushin Il-62 that crashed near Warsaw-Okecie Airport in Poland, on 14 March 1980, as the crew aborted a landing and attempted to go-around, killing all 77 passengers and 10 crew members on board. It was caused by the disintegration of a turbine disc in one of the plane's engines, leading to uncontained engine failure. The turbine shaft was later found to have manufacturing faults.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[â ]