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PITTSBURGH, April 17--It is nearly noon, and Mike Wuchenich has sat down at the counter of Cupka's Luncheonette to order the luncheon special, spare ribs.
WASHINGTON, April 17--President Carter's plan to register young men for the military draft moved ahead today when the House Appropriations Committee voted to provide $13.3 million for the Selective Service System.
TEHERAN, Iran, April 17--As the United States and its allies have been urgently consulting this week on the possibility of further economic sanctions against Iran, the Government here has been preparing the people for them, as a welcome test of the national will.
The City Council approved a fuel passalong measure yesterday that will raise the monthly rents of most of the 300,000 rent-controlled apartments in New York City by $3.30 a room and provide further annual increases keyed to the price of heating oil.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 16, 1980, covering April 18, 1980.
Pink Floyd
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Billy Joel
Linda Ronstadt
Michael Jackson
1980The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.[†]
Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
1980The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.[†]
Elmore City is a town in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. This town is 58 miles south of Oklahoma City. The population was 738 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 697 at the 2010 census. It was named after J. O. Elmore.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]