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June 7, 1980

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Clark Is Denounced as Possible Spy In Final Paper of Parley in Teheran; Adopted by Acclamation Clark Is Denounced as Possible Spy In Final Paper of Parley in Teheran Mission Rejected in November Meeting With Bani-Sadr Senator Seeks Prosecution

By Unknown Author

TEHERAN, Iran, June 6 -- Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who defied President Carter's travel ban to attend an Iranian-sponsored conference on "United States intervention in Iran," was denounced in its final document today as a "latter-day Rudolf Hess."

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 4, 1980, covering June 7, 1980.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Against The Wind by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Against The Wind

    Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  2. 2
    Album cover for Glass Houses by Billy Joel

    Glass Houses

    Billy Joel

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    Peak
    2
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    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Wall by Pink Floyd

    The Wall

    Pink Floyd

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    Peak
    1
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    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for Just One Night by Eric Clapton

    Just One Night

    Eric Clapton

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
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    6
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    Album cover for Mouth To Mouth by Lipps Inc.

    Mouth To Mouth

    Lipps Inc.

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    Peak
    5
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    8

Notable Deaths

Elizabeth Craig (writer)

1980Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (born 1883)[†]

Elizabeth Josephine Craig, MBE, FRSA was a Scottish journalist, home economist and a notable author on cookery.

Philip Guston

1980Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter and educator (born 1913)[†]

Philip Guston was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formally accomplished abstraction," and is now regarded as one of the "most important, powerful, and influential American painters of the last 100 years". He frequently depicted racism, antisemitism, fascism and American identity, as well as—especially in his later most cartoonish and mocking work—the banality of evil. In 2013, Guston's painting To Fellini set an auction record at Christie's when it sold for US$25.8 million.

Henry Miller

1980Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (born 1891)[†]

Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.

Historical Context for June 7, 1980

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