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THE question came from Michelle Viert, 11 years old. "What are you doing," she asked, "to improve the role of women in your company?"
WASHINGTON, April 29 (AP)--The nation's trade deficit narrowed to $3.16 billion in March as exports surged by the largest percentage in two years, the Commerce Department reported today.
New York City's attempt to require its uniformed employees--police and correction officers, firefighters and sanitation workers--to live in the city was struck down yesterday by the state's highest court.
WASHINGTON, April 29--The House of Representatives voted today to increase the current budget by $24 billion and the deficit by $13 billion, despite warnings that the action portended difficulties in balancing next year's budget.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 30, 1980, covering April 30, 1980.
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Pink Floyd
Billy Joel
Linda Ronstadt
The Brothers Johnson
1980Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player[â ]
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine former basketball player and the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. A three-time All-EuroLeague selection with Tau Ceramica, he signed with the Houston Rockets in 2007 and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He also played for the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, and Brooklyn Nets.
1980Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer[â ]
Jeroen Verhoeven is a Dutch former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for ASV De Dijk in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. He also played for RKC Waalwijk, FC Volendam, AFC Ajax and FC Utrecht in the span of his 17-year career as a professional goalkeeper in the Netherlands.
1980Luis Muñoz MarĂn, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1898)[â ]
JosĂ© Luis Alberto Muñoz MarĂn was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth."
1980Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.[â ]
Beatrix is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
1980The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.[â ]
The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in South Kensington, London.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[â ]