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July 8, 1980

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'I Am Really Ready to Go'; Sleep Lab Experiment Draws to a Close She Is Eager To Be Home

By Unknown Author

WHEN I quipped, early on, that I felt like a laboratory animal running around in an exercise wheel, when I called myself an "organism," Dr. Weitzman took offense. My human being-hood, he said, my subjective states and modes of decision-making, were exactly the focus of interest. They were, in fact, what separated this research from the many animal studies that have been done.

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Detroit's Engineers Hunt for Economy In Wind Tunnels; Detroit's Engineers Hunt for Economy in Wind Tunnels High Rents for Tunnels

By Marshall Schuon

AS the American automobile industry struggles to survive in its gloomy new world, it is taking a fresh look at every technology that holds promise of saving fuel. The companies are cutting weight, using electronics and trying everything from diesel engines to electric motors, but one of the brightest hopes involves new understanding of the science of aerodynamics.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 2, 1980, covering July 8, 1980.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Glass Houses by Billy Joel

    Glass Houses

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Just One Night by Eric Clapton

    Just One Night

    Eric Clapton

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for McCartney II by Paul McCartney

    McCartney II

    Paul McCartney

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Against The Wind by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Against The Wind

    Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back by London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)

    Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back

    London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Eric Chouinard

1980Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player[†]

Eric Guy Chouinard is an American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota Wild.

Robbie Keane

1980Robbie Keane, Irish footballer[†]

Robert David Keane is an Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a striker and is currently the head coach of Ferencváros. Keane served as captain of the Republic of Ireland from March 2006 until his international retirement in August 2016. Keane is the most capped player and all-time top goalscorer for his nation.

Historical Events

1980The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.[†]

The 1980 State of Origin game was the first game between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues rugby league teams to be played under "state of origin" selection rules. It was the third match of 1980s annual interstate series between the Blues and the Maroons, and was only allowed to go ahead because the first two matches were already won by New South Wales under established 'state of residency' rules. It was played on 8 July 1980 under the newly configured rules by which a player would represent his "state of origin", i.e. the state in which he was born or in which he started playing registered first grade rugby league football.

Aeroflot Flight 4225

1980Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.[†]

Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport to Simferopol Airport on 8 July 1980. The aircraft had reached an altitude of no more than 500 feet when the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during the climb out. This caused the airplane to stall less than 5 kilometres from the airport, crash and catch fire, killing all 156 passengers and 10 crew on board. To date, it remains the deadliest aviation accident in Kazakhstan. At the time, the crash was the deadliest involving a Tupolev Tu-154 until Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashed in 1984, killing 178 people.

Historical Context for July 8, 1980

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