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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 8 (UPI)-- Arriving in Libya to the cheers of hundreds of thousands, President Hafez alAssad of Syria began talks today with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, on how to merge their two countries into a united front against Israel.
RIO CLARO, Brazil--Though Joao Conrado do Amaral Gurgel's name is a long one, it scarcely measures up to those of his competitors. They are called Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.
WASHINGTON IN a striking trend that is a source of growing comfort to many public health experts, American doctors are sharply cutting down their prescriptions for a broad array of sedatives, tran quilizers, painkillers and other psychoactive drugs.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 3, 1980, covering September 9, 1980.
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Soundtrack
Queen
Diana Ross
1980Todd Coffey, American baseball player[†]
Justin Todd Coffey is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was born in Forest City, North Carolina.
1980Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (died 2012)[†]
Václav Drobný was a Czech footballer who notably played for Sparta Prague having spent time in their youth team as well as spells at Czech, Slovak, French and German sides. Drobný played twice for the Czech Republic and was most known in England for his short stint on loan at Aston Villa.
1980David Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
David Fa'alogo is a former professional rugby league footballer played as a prop, second-row and lock in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle Knights in the NRL, the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League and the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup. He represented both New Zealand and Samoa at international level.
1980Michelle Williams, American actress[†]
Michelle Ingrid Williams is an American actress. Known primarily for starring in small-scale independent films with dark or tragic themes, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
1980John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (born 1920)[†]
John Howard Griffin was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep South in order to see life and segregation from the other side of the color line first-hand. He first published a series of articles on his experience in Sepia magazine, which had underwritten the project, then later published an expanded account in book form, under the title Black Like Me (1961). This was later adapted into a 1964 film of the same name. A 50th anniversary edition of the book was published in 2011 by Wings Press.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]