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By his own account, and according to many of his peers, Paul Sarnoff is all of the following: a leading figure in the world of commodities research, a master of rhetoric, a prolific author, a gold ...
IN a remarkable switch from last year's sentiments, the players in the big leagues disagree with more than half the people's choices for the starting lineups in the 51st All-Star Game, which will be played tomorrow night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
There is a ghostly presence in the house of American letters--a whole extended family of big and little, committed and part-time ghosts.
TOKYO, July 6--After a striking victory by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the recent elections, the business community here expects the strengthened conservative party to reduce Japan's overwhelming dependence on deficit financing in the 1981 national budget.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 2, 1980, covering July 7, 1980.
Billy Joel
Eric Clapton
Paul McCartney
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)
1980John Buck, American baseball player[†]
Johnathan Richard Buck is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida/Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He went to high school in Taylorsville, Utah.
1980Serdar Kulbilge, Turkish footballer[†]
Serdar Kulbilge is a Turkish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1980Michelle Kwan, American figure skater[†]
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is a retired American competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time world champion and a nine-time U.S. champion. She is tied with Maribel Vinson for the all-time National Championship record.
1980Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)[†]
Isadore "Dore" Schary was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, Act One, the film biography of his friend, playwright and theatre director Moss Hart. He became head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and replaced Louis B. Mayer as president of the studio in 1951.
1980Institution of sharia law in Iran.[†]
Sharia, Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith. In Islamic terminology sharīʿah refers to immutable, intangible divine law; contrary to fiqh, which refers to its interpretations by Islamic scholars. Sharia, or fiqh as traditionally known, has always been used alongside customary law from the very beginning in Islamic history; it has been elaborated and developed over the centuries by legal opinions issued by qualified jurists – reflecting the tendencies of different schools – and integrated and with various economic, penal and administrative laws issued by Muslim rulers; and implemented for centuries by judges in the courts until recent times, when secularism was widely adopted in Islamic societies.
1980During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.[†]
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]