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September 19, 1980

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Headlines from September 19, 1980

$100 MILLION OFFERED FOR PARK AVE. CHURCH; Unidentified Concern Seeks to Buy St. Bartholomew's Property Church Is a City Landmark St. Bartholomew's Gets an Offer Of $100 Million for Park Ave. Site Bishop Moore Is Informed 2,000 in Congregation Proposition is Still Open $2,000 a Square Foot Offered

By Carter B. Horsley

An unidentified "very prestigious American corporation" has offered to buy St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and the land on which it stands on Park Avenue for a sum said to be about $100 million, according to a spokesman for the church.

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Jewel Pins Its Hopes on Sav-On; Problem of 'Getting There' Jewel Pinning Its Hopes On Merger With Sav-On New Market Opportunities 'Combo' Stores Considered Key AT A GLANCE Jewel Companies

By Special to The New York Times

CHICAGO, Sept. 18--Twice thwarted in its bid to move into the Sun Belt through acquisition, the Jewel Companies now expects to achieve that goal by mid-November, when it is scheduled to complete its $150 million acquisition of Sav-On-Drugs Inc., the California-based chain.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 17, 1980, covering September 19, 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

1980J. R. Bremer, American-Bosnian basketball player[†]

Ernest Lenell "J. R." Bremer is a retired American former professional basketball player who last played for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. Bremer has also played in the NBA and was an NBA All-Rookie second team member. Standing at 1.88 m, he played the point guard position. He also represented the senior men's Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team and was one of the highest-paid point guards in Europe in 2008. He is the grandson of former Negro Leagues pitcher Eugene Bremer.

James Ellison (motorcyclist)

1980James Ellison, English motorcycle racer[†]

James Desmond Ellison is an English motorcycle racer. After two seasons on a Yamaha R1, Ellison expected to retire at the end of 2018, but in 2019 again competed in the British Superbike Championship series aboard a BMW S1000RR, before parting company with his team half-way through the season in August. He then joined another British Superbike team for the remainder of the 2019 season, starting from the September event at Oulton Park, on the ex-Danny Kent machine, previously an ex-Leon Camier 2016 MV Agusta F4.

Dimitri Yachvili

1980Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player[†]

Dimitri Yachvili Markarian is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scoring 373 points. With them he played in the final of the 2011 World Cup losing to New Zealand and won two Grand Slams in 2004 and 2010. In club rugby, he won a European Cup in 2012 and played in two European Cup finals in 2006 and 2010 with Biarritz. With this club, he also won two French championship titles in 2005 and 2006. With his previous club, Gloucester, he was champion of England in 2002. After the end of his playing career, he became a rugby consultant, a career he began while still a player.

Historical Context for September 19, 1980

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