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In a further step in its experimentation with home video services, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has disclosed that it will start a yearlong trial in Austin, Tex., in mid1981 that will be a more elaborate form of an electronic telephone directory trial completed earlier this year in Albany.
An explosive device went off in front of the Turkish Center near the United Na tions yesterday evening, injuring four pedestrians and shattering glass throughout the area around First Avenue and 46th Street.
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Oct. 11-- Brushing aside potential disagreements with Ronald Reagan's tax cut proposals, corporate executives meeting here contended that Mr. Reagan would serve the needs of business better than President Carter would.
The wildcat strike of registered nurses against New York City's municipal hospitals widened yesterday amid reports of deteriorating medical services and warnings by Mayor Koch. He said that the walkout had begun to endanger patients' lives and that some hospitals might be closed.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 8, 1980, covering October 13, 1980.
Queen
Diana Ross
George Benson
Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra
The Cars
1980Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[†]
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She was discovered as a teenager by record producer Irv Gotti, and signed with his label Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings in 2002. That same year, Ashanti guest appeared on the singles "What's Luv?" by Fat Joe, and "Always on Time" by Ja Rule, which peaked at numbers two and one on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively; the latter, with her 2002 debut single "Foolish", made her the first female artist to occupy the top two positions the chart simultaneously.
1980David Haye, English boxer[†]
David Deron Haye is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won a silver medal in 2001.
1980Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer[†]
Magne Hoseth is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player.
1980Scott Parker, English footballer[†]
Scott Matthew Parker is an English professional football manager and former player who currently manages Premier League club Burnley.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]