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Senator Edward M. Kennedy quit the Presidential race last night in the style of a man who wanted to unite the Democratic Party against Ronald Reagan.
THE combination of soaring costs and new technology has produced new tensions for the giant libraries that are the academic core of the country's major research universities.
Mayor Koch announced his new financial plan for New York City yesterday, using the occasion to accuse the Carter Administration of "broken promises" on Federal aid to the nation's cities.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 6, 1980, covering August 12, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
1980Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer[†]
Ernesto Javier Chevantón Espinosa is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward.
1980Maggie Lawson, American actress[†]
Maggie Lawson is an American actress who is best known for her role as Detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara in the television series Psych, and its subsequent film series. From 2018 to 2019, she held the recurring role of Natalie Flynn in the third and final season of Fox's Lethal Weapon.
1980Dominique Swain, American actress[†]
Dominique Swain is an American actress. She first came to attention as the title character in Adrian Lyne's 1997 adaptation of Lolita, alongside a supporting role in John Woo's Face/Off that same year. She worked predominantly in independent cinema throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, with credits including Girl (1998), Intern (2000), Tart (2001), and Pumpkin (2002). Subsequent credits include Alpha Dog (2006), Road to Nowhere (2010), and a succession of films in the action, thriller, and horror genres.
1980Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Matthew Arnold Thiessen is a Canadian-born American musician known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released eight full-length albums, including three that were certified Gold, and three that peaked in the top twenty on the Billboard 200. Outside of his work with Relient K, Thiessen leads a side project called Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes, which released its debut album Wind Up Bird in 2018. In 2009, he co-produced and collaborated on Owl City's album Ocean Eyes.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]