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April 25, 1980

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Headlines from April 25, 1980

U.S. ATTEMPT TO RESCUE IRAN HOSTAGES FAILS; 8 DIE AS PLANES COLLIDE DURING WITHDRAWAL; ACCIDENT ON GROUND No Clashes Occur During Mission in Desert Area, White House Says Many Questions Unanswered Talk of Military Action Attempt to Rescue Hostages Fails; 8 U.S. Crewmen Die Delay Had Been Indicated Move Called a Surprise 'In Every Possible Instance' Adopted Over Nixon's Veto Vance Vowed to Observe Law

By Bernard Gwertzman Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Friday, April 25--The White House announced early this morning that the United States had attempted to rescue the American hostages in Teheran but that the effort failed and eight American crewmen died in Iran after the attempt was called off.

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U.N. Council Assails Israel on Lebanon; U.S. Abstains; U.N. Vote Assails Israel on Lebanon Role of U.S. Politics in Vote Europeans Feared Effect of Veto

By Bernard D. Nossiter Special To the New York Times

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., April 24-- With the United States and the Soviet Union abstaining, the United Nations Security Council sharply rebuked Israel today for its recent armed incursion into southern Lebanon.

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Impasse On F.T.C. Bill Ends; Accord on Veto Expected Impasse On F.T.C. Bill Ends

By A.o. Sulzberger Jr. Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, April 24--A long impasse on legislation altering some of the powers and authority of the Federal Trade Commission appeared broken today when House conferees unanimously agreed on a series of proposals paralleling an earlier Senate package.

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WEEKENDER GUIDE; ANTIQUES IN FAIRFIELD BIZET'S TE DEUM AT CARNEGIE MUSICAL ON 104th STREET MAPPING IN VAN CORTLANDT WEEKENDER GUIDE GREGG SMITH CHANSONS JEWISH PARLEY AT COLUMBIA ITALIAN SONGS IN BROOKLYN DANCERS AT 92D ST. Y

By C. Gerald Fraser

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Anderson Declares as Independent, Vowing to Draw Many New Voters; Anderson Declares as Independent for the Presidency Disclaimer on Divisive Role

By Warren Weaver Jr. Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, April 24--John B. Anderson declared his independent candidacy today in the 1980 race for the Presidency, promising to attract millions of new voters into the political process and to raise issues that he said the major parties' contenders would avoid.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 23, 1980, covering April 25, 1980.

1
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
20
2
Against The Wind
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
7
3
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Last week
3
Peak
3
Weeks
6
4
Mad Love
Linda Ronstadt
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4
Peak
3
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7
5
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Last week
5
Peak
3
Weeks
35

Notable Births

1980Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host^[†]

Daniel MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait in The Bill, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's Strike Back, Whit Carmichael in the Shane Abbess sci-fi film Infini, Arion Elessedil in The Shannara Chronicles and Hugo Crast in the first filmed adaptation of Isaac Asimov's long running Foundation book series, loosely adapted as Foundation. He also co-hosted Dancing with the Stars for six years while simultaneously starring in a number of Australian dramas such as Wild Boys.

1980Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist^[†]

Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad.

Historical Events

1980One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.^[†]

Dan-Air Flight 1008 was a fatal accident involving a Boeing 727-46 jet aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on an unscheduled international passenger service from Manchester to Tenerife. The accident occurred on 25 April 1980 in a forest on Tenerife's Mount La Esperanza when the aircraft's flight deck crew wrongly executed an unpublished holding pattern in an area of very high ground; it resulted in the aircraft's destruction and the deaths of all 146 on board. Flight 1008 was Dan-Air's second major accident in ten years and the worst accident involving the deaths of fare-paying passengers in the airline's entire history, and the sixth deadliest involving a Boeing 727.

Historical Context for April 25, 1980

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

Headlines from April 25, 1980

U.N. Council Assails Israel on Lebanon; U.S. Abstains; U.N. Vote Assails Israel on Lebanon Role of U.S. Politics in Vote Europeans Feared Effect of Veto

Impasse On F.T.C. Bill Ends; Accord on Veto Expected Impasse On F.T.C. Bill Ends

WEEKENDER GUIDE; ANTIQUES IN FAIRFIELD BIZET'S TE DEUM AT CARNEGIE MUSICAL ON 104th STREET MAPPING IN VAN CORTLANDT WEEKENDER GUIDE GREGG SMITH CHANSONS JEWISH PARLEY AT COLUMBIA ITALIAN SONGS IN BROOKLYN DANCERS AT 92D ST. Y

Anderson Declares as Independent, Vowing to Draw Many New Voters; Anderson Declares as Independent for the Presidency Disclaimer on Divisive Role

The Wall

Against The Wind

Glass Houses

Mad Love

Off The Wall

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for April 25, 1980