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In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 1980, covering August 29, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Billy Joel
Soundtrack
Queen
Diana Ross
Christopher Cross
Soundtrack
George Benson
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
1980Chris Simms, American football player[†]
Christopher David Simms is an American sports analyst and former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2003 NFL draft after playing college football for the Texas Longhorns.
1980David West, American basketball player[†]
David Moorer West is an American former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors. He played college basketball for the Xavier Musketeers, earning national college player of the year honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) as a senior in 2003. West was a two-time NBA All-Star and a two-time NBA champion.
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DETROIT, Aug. 28--The General Motors Corporation announced today that it will recall in October 18,700 auto workers who have been laid off in the past year--the first major worker recall in the auto industry since largescale layoffs began last year with the slump in sales.
Stock prices fell sharply yesterday as investors, worried about rising short-term interest rates, decided to take profits.
Social Security tax credit--An 8 percent credit against income taxes for both workers and their employers that would roughly offset higher Social Security taxes taking effect Jan. 1.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28--President Carter acted today to withhold a $12.6 million synthetic-fuel contract between the Department of Energy and W.R. Grace Company because the company had been found out of compliance with the President's anti-inflation guidelines.
MIDDLEBURG, Va., Aug. 28--Ronald Reagan, who borrowed the rhetoric of one Democratic President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last month, today borrowed a house here built for another, John F. Kennedy.
Following are excerpts from the transcript of a debate at The New York Times yesterday among the four candidates for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator from New York--Elizabeth Holtzman, John V. Lindsay, Bess Myerson and John J. Santucci. The debate was moderated by William E. Farrell, The Times's deputy metropolitan editor.
GDANSK, Poland, Aug. 28--It was about 4 o'clock, the sun was sinking behind the roof of the brick buildings of the Lenin Shipyard and a man with a beard and a beret, a Baltic Che Guevara type, had turned his portable ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28--President Carter outlined today an election year "revitalization" plan for the American economy that postponed individual income tax cuts beyond 1981 and emphasized Federal financial aid for business investment, especially in the old industrial cities that have been losing jobs.
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 28--When John J. Nevin signed on as president of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, he found a company in trouble. Building tires it could not sell, Firestone seemed unable to control its bulging inventory, was losing money at a dangerous rate and was still trying to clear a name besmirched by the largest tire recall ever.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28--Although President Carter's re-election campaign is not scheduled to open officially until Monday, Mr. Carter sounded what is expected to be a major campaign theme ...