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Governor Carey has issued a directive prohibiting New York State officials from conducting state business, such as luncheon meetings, ae private clubs that exclude women from full membership.
The nude and bound body of a violinist who disappeared during an intermission of a performance by the Berlin Ballet Wednesday night was found yesterday morning in a ventilation shaft of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
DETROIT, July 24 The General Motors Corporation, caught in one of the most trying periods in American automobile history, reported today that it had a record $412 million loss for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a record profit of $1.18 billion in the corresponding period of 1979.
WASHINGTON, July 24 President Carter's wife, Rosalynn, was the first to suggest that Billy Carter use his ties with Libya to help try to free the American hostages in Iran, and she personally ...
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 23, 1980, covering July 25, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton
Billy Joel
London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)
Pete Townshend
1980Shawn Riggans, American baseball player[†]
Shawn Willis Riggans is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2006 to 2009 for the Tampa Bay Rays.
1980Toni Vilander, Finnish race car driver[†]
Toni Markus Vilander is a Finnish professional racing driver who currently drives for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in various categories of sports car racing.
1980David Wachs, American actor and producer[†]
David Wachs is an American actor and musician. He was born and raised in Palm Desert, California to parents who were both musicians. He has appeared in several TV shows, including ER, Living with Fran, and Still Standing, as well as in films such as Hotel California (2008), and The Last Hurrah (2009), among others.
1980Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player[†]
Scott Waldrom is a New Zealand former rugby union player. When Waldroms playing career finished in 2012 due to injury he was playing for the Waikato Chiefs in Super Rugby and Taranaki in the ITM Cup. He played in the openside flanker position.
1980Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)[†]
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which featured social and political commentary in often-humorous street jargon. He was also a prominent stage- and screen-actor. Though the official Soviet cultural establishment largely ignored his work, he was remarkably popular during his lifetime and has exerted significant influence on many of Russia's musicians and actors.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]