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September 18, 1980

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Headlines from September 18, 1980

Dixy Lee Ray Loses Governorship Of Washington in Primary Battle; Will Face Republican Challenger DIXY LEE RAY LOSES IN GOVERNOR'S RACE Called 'Madame Nuke' Magnuson Easily Wins

By Wayne King Special To the New York Times

SEATTLE, Sept. 17--Dixy Lee Ray, the blunt-spoken iconoclast who almost single-handedly wrested the governorship from entrenched political powers of both parties four years ago to become the first woman to hold the office in Washington, lost the job yesterday as she had won it--her way.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 17, 1980, covering September 18, 1980.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Game by Queen

    The Game

    Queen

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hold Out by Jackson Browne

    Hold Out

    Jackson Browne

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Diana by Diana Ross

    Diana

    Diana Ross

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    30
  4. 4
    Album cover for Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones

    Emotional Rescue

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Panorama by The Cars

    Panorama

    The Cars

    Last week
    12
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    3

Notable Births

Mickey Higham

1980Mickey Higham, English rugby league player[†]

Mickey Higham is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.

1980Avi Strool, Israeli footballer[†]

Avraham "Avi" Strul is a retired Israeli footballer who currently works as the CEO of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.

1980Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player[†]

Petri Virtanen is a Finnish basketball coach and a former basketball player who played as a point guard. He stands 1.83 m tall and is currently working as a head coach of Joensuun Kataja in Korisliiga.

Notable Deaths

Katherine Anne Porter

1980Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (born 1890)[†]

Katherine Anne Porter was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet, and political activist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in the United States that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. In 1966, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.

Historical Events

Soyuz 38

1980Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.[†]

Soyuz 38 was a human spaceflight mission conducted by the Soviet Union during September 1980. The Soyuz spacecraft brought two visiting crew members to the Salyut 6 space station, one of whom was an Intercosmos cosmonaut from Cuba.

Historical Context for September 18, 1980

In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]