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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--The House voted today to revamp the nation's low-income housing program to include subsidized rental housing for the middle class.
WARSAW, Aug. 22--The strikes in Poland mark a significant turn in Eastern Europe because workers and dissident intellectuals have joined forces in a major conflict with the Government.
WARSAW, Aug. 22--The Roman Catholic Church spoke out on the Polish labor crisis for the first time today, expressing "understanding" for the strikers' demands for economic and political change but implicitly criticizing their methods.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 22--Israeli archeologists have unearthed what they believe was probably the palace-fortress of King David or King Solomon and have found evidence that even in the times of those leaders the Israelites worshiped idols, at least in the privacy of their homes.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 20, 1980, covering August 23, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
1980Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player[†]
Denny M. Bautista Germán is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Bautista is 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg). He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants from 2004 to 2010. From 2011 through 2013, he played for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. Bautista throws three pitches: a fastball, a curveball, and a changeup. He has struggled with control throughout his career.
1980Nadine Jolie Courtney, American journalist, reality personality and author[†]
Nadine Jolie Courtney is a Circassian American lifestyle writer, novelist, and former media personality. She is the author of the YA novel All-American Muslim Girl, Romancing the Throne, Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best, and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Her blog "Jolie in NYC" received international press in 2005 after Courtney, a former beauty editor, was outed and dooced for anonymously blogging about the beauty industry. The New York Post subsequently dubbed her "the poster girl for the blogger generation".
1980Joanne Froggatt, English actress[†]
Joanne Froggatt is a British actress. From 2010 to 2015, she portrayed Anna Bates in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey, for which she received three Emmy nominations and won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2017 to 2020, she starred as Laura Nielson in the ITV/Sundance drama series Liar.
1980Rex Grossman, American football player[†]
Rex Daniel Grossman III is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, most notably with the Chicago Bears. Grossman played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was named AP College Football Player of the Year and won the 2002 Orange Bowl as a sophomore. He was selected by the Bears in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft.
1980Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player[†]
Nenad Vučković is a Serbian handball player for Dinamo Pančevo.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]