On this day
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From lavish fund-raising parties to protest parades, from private dinners for elected officials to disco dancing by delegates and dignitaries, New York was a city possessed by politics yesterday.
Preliminary census figures indicate that the population has dropped sharply not only in New York City but also in the other aging industrial cities of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Like their counterparts in New York City, municipal...
New factory orders could begin to surge as early as late this year, as businesses seek to replace badly depleted inventories, according to some leading economic forecasters. This renewed activity could help pull the economy from the current recession.
BONN, Aug. 10--Against the everpresent backdrop of its military history and role in two world wars, West Germany is again debating the proper role of its small but prosperous arms industry in the country's overall economy.
Governor Carey called on New York delegates to the Democratic National Convention yesterday to "follow the will of the people of New York" and reject a proposed convention rule that would requite delegates to abide by primary and caucus results in voting for Presidential nominees.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 6, 1980, covering August 11, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
1980Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster[†]
Daniel Lloyd is an English broadcaster, content creator and retired professional road racing cyclist from Christchurch, Dorset.
1980Lee Suggs, American football player[†]
Lee Ernest Suggs Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft. He also played for the Miami Dolphins.
1980Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (born 1910)[†]
Paul Charles Jules Robert, usually called Paul Robert, was a French lexicographer and publisher, best known for his large Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française (1953), often called simply the Robert, and its abridgement, the Petit Robert ; who founded the dictionary company Dictionnaires Le Robert.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]