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TOKYO, April 6 Faced with a pressing need for crude oil and an inability to develop alternative energy sources quickly, Japan is moving cautiously ahead with a $2 billion joint petrochemical project in the Jubail region of Saudi Arabia, its main source of imported oil.
HAVANA, April 6 A crowd of Cubans estimated by diplomatic sources to number more than 10,000 was jammed into the grounds of the Peruvian Embassy here today in the hope of leaving the country.
Two years ago, when a New Jersey judge ordered M.A. Farber, a reporter for The New York Times, sent to jail for refusing to turn over his notes in a murder trial, many journalists warned that news sources around the country would cease talking to reporters for fear that the reporters would not be able to protect the identities of confidential sources.
Governor Carey, who has much to lose and little to gain from the New York City transit strike, is quietly working to get an agreement governed by his own priorities, and there are increasing signs they are different from Mayor Koch's.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 2, 1980, covering April 7, 1980.
Pink Floyd
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Linda Ronstadt
Billy Joel
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
1980Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer[†]
Dragan Bogavac is a retired Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a striker and winger.
1980Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (died 2021)[†]
Bruno Covas Lopes was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician who was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and served as the mayor of São Paulo from 2018 until his death in 2021.
1980Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor[†]
Tetsuji Tamayama is a Japanese TV and film actor. He joined modeling competitions and was active in Checkmate and other fashion magazines. In 2001, Tamayama debuted in Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger as GaoSilver. He continued to star in more movies and TV dramas such as Casshern, Tokyo Love Cinema, and Rockers.
1980During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.[†]
The Iran hostage crisis began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981. The incident occurred after the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line stormed and occupied the building in the months following the Iranian Revolution. With support from Ruhollah Khomeini, who had led the Iranian Revolution and would eventually establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, the hostage-takers demanded that the United States extradite Iranian king Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who had been granted asylum by the Carter administration for cancer treatment. Notable among the assailants were Hossein Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Mohammad Bagheri. The hostage crisis was a pivotal episode in the history of Iran–United States relations, formally sparking the ongoing Iran–United States conflict. After 444 days, it came to an end with the signing of the Algiers Accords between the Iranian and American governments; Iran's king had died in Cairo, Egypt, on July 27, 1980.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]