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WALLKILL, N.Y. RAY TURNER--hot pilot, lover of chocolate mousse, the man who created the Flying Gourmet--banked the Piper Warrior in a 180-degree turn and swooped down toward supper.
RESTAURANTS, like all of us who buy food, are beset these days by inflation, an inflation that for them often means re duced profits even as business volume increases. What we do, with food prices ...
The Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, 7 to 6, last night in Philadelphia in the first game of the 77th World Series. It was the Phillies' first victory in a Series game since 1915. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14--For the first time in 28 years, a rookie pitched and won the opening game of a World Series as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied tonight to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 7-6.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 15, 1980, covering October 15, 1980.
Queen
Barbra Streisand
Diana Ross
Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra
The Doobie Brothers
1980Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist[†]
Tom Boonen is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the U.S. Postal Service and Quick-Step Floors teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Boonen won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships, and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix four times and the Tour of Flanders three times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing five times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning six stages of the Tour de France and winning the Overall title of the Tour of Qatar four times.
1980Brandon Jay McLaren, Canadian actor[†]
Brandon Jay McLaren is a Canadian actor. He made his first screen appearance in the television series Just Cause (2002). He has been known for his main and supporting roles in shows such as Graceland, Power Rangers S.P.D., Ransom, Harper's Island, The Rookie, and Slasher. He has also had roles in the feature films She's the Man, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, and Dead Before Dawn.
1980Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1900)[†]
Mikhail Alekseyevich Lavrentyev was a Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist.
1980Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (born 1896)[†]
Apostolos Nikolaidis was a Greek athlete, football manager and businessman. He was a leading board member and president of Panathinaikos A.O.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]