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One sun-drenched morning this summer in Athens I led a group of 21 other Americans up the marbled path of the Sacred Way to the Acropolis, where I described in detail its artistic and architectural masterpieces, dating from the fifth century B.C.
The sharp runup in interest rates since June has spread the impression in the business community that the economy, ...
A raging fire aboard a luxury cruise ship bound for the Orient forced 470 passengers and crew members to abandon ship in lifeboats in the stormy Gulf of Alaska early yesterday, leaving 40 crewmen on board to mount a vain fight against the flames. By day's end, however, all 510 had been rescued.
"I WANT to tell you that you have given me complete happiness. No one could have done more than you have done. Please believe that. But I know that I shall never get over this: and I am wasting your life."
HARTFORD THE poor, the unemployed and the sick in Connecticut will be protected once again this winter from having their electricity or gas shut off for nonpayment of bills.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 1, 1980, covering October 5, 1980.
Queen
Diana Ross
George Benson
Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra
The Cars
1980Yuta Tabuse, Japanese basketball player[†]
Yuta Tabuse is a Japanese professional basketball player for Utsunomiya Brex of the B.League. A point guard, Tabuse is 1.75 metres and 75 kilograms (165 lb). He was the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.
1980Paul Thomas, American bass player[†]
Good Charlotte is an American rock band formed in Waldorf, Maryland, in 1995. Since 2005, the band's lineup has consisted of Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Paul Thomas (bass), Billy Martin, and Dean Butterworth.
1980James Toseland, English motorcycle racer[†]
James Michael Toseland is an English former motorcycle racer, commentator and vocalist of his own rock band named Toseland. For 2020, he was team-manager of Wepol Racing with riders in World Supersport and Supersport 300, and is a television motorcycle racing commentator.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]