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WASHINGTON THE Ronald Reagan of 1980 is a particularly instructive candidate, replete with lessons in politics and economics. He has provided a vivid demonstration of the conflicts within Republican circles...
SCHOOL districts on the Island, about to present next year's budgets, will be doing so with an unexpected increase in state education funds.
MONTREAL IT hovers over their heads and obliterates the 22 Stanley Cup banners that hang from the roof of the Forum. It is the specter of their vulnerability.
BEER drinking may not be the pleasure that springs most readily to mind when someone mentions Brussels. For most people, the Belgian capital's crowning glory is probably its Grand' Place, surrounded by gilt-encrusted old Guild Houses--or its seemingly innumerable restaurants, serving the best of French cuisine in German-sized helpings.
After 11 days of traffic jams, car pooling and just plain walking, New Yorkers took to the buses and subways yesterday. But bitter disagreements continued in the transit strike's aftermath over the cast of the settlement and the outlook for the 50cent fare.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 9, 1980, covering April 13, 1980.
Pink Floyd
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Linda Ronstadt
Billy Joel
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
1980Kelli Giddish, American actress[†]
Kelli Giddish is an American television, stage, and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of NYPD Detective/Sergeant Amanda Rollins in the NBC crime-drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–present). Giddish previously played Di Henry on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2005–2007), Dr. Kate McGinn in the Fox crime-drama series Past Life (2010), and Annie Nolan Frost in the NBC crime-drama series Chase (2010–2011).
1980Quentin Richardson, American basketball player[†]
Quentin Lamar Richardson is an American former professional basketball player who was formerly the director of player development for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Q-Ball", he played professionally for 13 seasons for the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Orlando Magic. He won the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2005.
1980Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (born 1956)[†]
Markus Höttinger was an Austrian racing driver who died after an accident at Germany's Hockenheimring during the third lap of the second round of the 1980 European Formula Two Championship, on 13 April 1980. He was 23 years old at the time.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]