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THE operation is relatively simple: A doctor using microsur gery techniques makes spokelike slits in the eye of a near sighted patient. The procedure takes 15 minutes, costs $1,500 or more for each ...
WASHINGTON, July 28 (AP)-- President Carter today ordered a billion-dollar increase in Federal price support loan rates to help grain farmers ...
NEW HAVEN WHEN a second grader named Lisa punched the child seated next to her at school here last year, she was not scolded.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 23, 1980, covering July 29, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton
Billy Joel
London Symphony Orchestra (Williams)
Pete Townshend
1980Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player[†]
Ryan Zachary Braun is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 215 pounds (98 kg) as a player, he threw and batted right-handed.
1980Fernando González, Chilean tennis player[†]
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four major tournaments. He contested his only major final at the 2007 Australian Open, losing to top-seeded Roger Federer. González is the fourth man in history to have won an Olympic tennis medal in every color, with gold in doubles and bronze in singles at Athens 2004, and silver in singles at Beijing 2008. The gold medal that González won partnering Nicolás Massú at the 2004 Olympics in men's doubles was Chile's first-ever Olympic gold medal. During his career, González defeated many top players, including Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyá, Gustavo Kuerten, Marat Safin, Pete Sampras, and Andy Murray. González qualified twice for the year-end Masters Cup event and was runner-up at two Masters Series tournaments. González was known for having one of the strongest forehands on the tour. In Spanish he is nicknamed El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra.
1980Ben Koller, American drummer[†]
Ben Koller is an American drummer who has played with Converge, Mutoid Man, Killer Be Killed and All Pigs Must Die. He started playing a full drum kit at age 14.
1980John Morris, Australian rugby league player[†]
John Morris, is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the Assistant Coach and defence coach for Wests Tigers and a former professional rugby league footballer.
1980Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.[†]
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as the Tricolour Flag of Iran, is a tricolour featuring the Pan-Iranian colors comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national emblem (Allah) in red centred on the white band and the takbir written 11 times each in the Kufic script in white, at the bottom of the green and the top of the red band. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the present-day flag was adopted on 29 July 1980.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]