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Arab diplomats in Beirut said yesterday that Iraq, by using a strike force of 10,000 troops and canceling a border agreement with Iran, had accomplished the objectives of its current conflict and was preparing to repulse any Iranian counterattack.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--The centerpiece of the Carter Administration's urban policy collapsed in a Congressional conference committee last night because of a dispute over spending for public works projects.
MIAMI BEACH, Sept. 19--There was joy in the synagogue of the Cuban Hebrew congregation here this evening because Yom Kippur prayers were read for the first time in years from a Torah once used by many of the same worshipers in Havana.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 19--The television announcer who conducts Pennsylvania's daily lottery, a lottery official and four other persons conspired to rig a lottery drawing and fraudulently won more than $1 million, a grand jury said today.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--A preliminary Government estimate indicates that the nation's economy is performing notably better in the third quarter of the year than it did in the second quarter, when there was a sharp decline.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 17, 1980, covering September 20, 1980.
Queen
Jackson Browne
Diana Ross
The Rolling Stones
The Cars
1980Yung Joc, American rapper[†]
Jasiel Amon Robinson, better known by his stage name Yung Joc, is an American rapper known for his 2006 single "It's Goin' Down", which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Prior to its release, he signed with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy South, an imprint of Atlantic Records, in a joint venture with Block Entertainment; the song served as lead single for his debut studio album, New Joc City (2006). The album and its sequel, Hustlenomics (2007), both peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 despite mixed critical responses. He is also known for his guest appearance on T-Pain's 2007 single "Buy U a Drank ", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100.
1980Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist[†]
Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team. Karpets is most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France and his victories in the overall classifications of the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Suisse, both in 2007. Karpets is also a two-time Olympian.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]