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In experiments with profound implications for genetic research, foreign genes have been transplanted into animal embryos by scientists at Yale University.
Nearly 600 young men and women were sworn in yesterday as New York City police recruits, including what officials believed was the highest percentage of minority-group members ever to form a Polics Academy class.
In a post-Labor Day assessment of the nation's economic outlook, many leading private economists share the view that recession will continue through the fall.
Senator Jacob K. Javits and Alfonse M. D'Amato, the two contenders for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate, displayed, often rancorously, their many differences on political philosophy, issues and personality in a 90minute discussion at The New York Times yesterday.
I STARTED eating when I was 23: that was also the age at which I started going to cocktail parties.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 3, 1980, covering September 3, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Soundtrack
Queen
Diana Ross
1980B.G., American rapper and actor[†]
Christopher Noel Dorsey, better known by his stage name B.G., is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his musical career in 1993 upon signing with Birdman's Cash Money Records at the age of 12. Dorsey and label-mates Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group Hot Boys in 1997, with whom he has released three commercially successful albums. As a solo act, Dorsey has released five solo albums for Cash Money—Chopper City (1996), It's All on U, Vol. 1 (1997), It's All on U, Vol. 2 (1997), the platinum-certified Chopper City in the Ghetto (1999) and Checkmate (2000)—to moderate success. He parted ways with the label in 2001 and founded Chopper City Records later that year.
1980Daniel Bilos, Argentine footballer[†]
Daniel Rubén Biloš is an Argentine former professional footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, France and Mexico. He made three appearances scoring one goal for the Argentina national team.
1980Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer[†]
Cindy Burger is a former Dutch international footballer.
1980Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer[†]
Jason "Cone" McCaslin is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the band Sum 41. He and frontman Deryck Whibley are the only two members of the band to appear on every studio album.
1980Barbara O'Neil, American actress (born 1910)[†]
Barbara O'Neil was an American film and stage actress. She appeared in the film Gone with the Wind (1939) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in All This, and Heaven Too (1940).
1980Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)[†]
Renault Renaldo Duncan, better known as Duncan Renaldo, was a Romanian-born American actor best remembered for his portrayal of The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950–1956 American TV series The Cisco Kid.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]