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DELAWARE TOWNSHIP THE farms, fields and streams, grazing cattle, sparsely settled land and vast skies remind some visitors to this Hunterdon County area of rural England.
NEW YORK A FEDERAL appeals court has rejected the sex-discrimination charge of a teacher who said the University of Con necticut had refused to give her tenure because she was a woman and an advocate of women's rights.
TEHERAN, Iran, July 26--President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, in an apparent compromise with his fundamentalist Islamic opponents, today nominated the national police chief, Mostafa Mir-Salim, to be Prime Minister.
The New York State Legislature, now in recess, has gone through another session without acting on proposals either to ease the way for communities converting to full-value assessment or to divert the movement. So far almost a third of the state's cities and towns have made the transition, some under court order.
VALHALLA BALLOONS, crepe paper, records, games, ice-cream sandwiches and a lot of cuddling by mothers--it could have been a child's birthday party.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 23, 1980, covering July 27, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton
Billy Joel
London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)
Pete Townshend
1980Allan Davis, Australian cyclist[†]
Allan Howard Davis is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. He is also the brother of fellow cyclist, Scott Davis, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
1980Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player[†]
Wesley Olan Gonzales is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Gonzales last played for the Barako Bull Energy Cola before retiring after a stellar college career and a 10-year stint in the PBA.
1980Dolph Ziggler, American wrestler and comedian[†]
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth, where he is one-half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions in his first reign. He also makes occasional appearances on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2004 to 2023, where he performed under the ring name Dolph Ziggler.
1980Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (born 1919)[†]
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1967, he took the title Shahanshah, and also held several others, including Aryamehr and Bozorg Arteshtaran. He was the second and last ruling monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty. His vision of the "Great Civilization" led to his leadership over rapid industrial and military modernization, as well as economic and social reforms in Iran.
1980Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (born 1926)[†]
Rushdy Saiid Bughdadi Abaza was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous. He died of brain cancer at the age of 53.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]