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The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, owner of the country's leading nonnetwork broadcasting company, and the Teleprompter Corporation, the largest owner of cable television franchises, agreed yesterday to a merger.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 15--Iraq tightened its siege of Abadan today and Iran conceded that the defenders of the battered oil-refinery city were increasingly hard pressed.
SECAUCUS, N.J., Oct. 15--With Senator Edward M. Kennedy campaigning at his side, President Carter today ridiculed Ronald Reagan's promise to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court. The President also appealed to voters not to let the independent candidacy of Representative John B. Anderson siphon off votes and thus elect Mr. Reagan.
AFTER 14 years at home, Mary Sullivan had been reluctant to re-enter the job market. She felt stymied by outmoded business skills, lack of experience and a loss of confidence.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 15, 1980, covering October 16, 1980.
Queen
Barbra Streisand
Diana Ross
Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra
The Doobie Brothers
1980Sue Bird, Israeli-American basketball player[†]
Suzanne Brigit Bird is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Bird was drafted first overall pick by the Storm in the 2002 WNBA draft and is considered one of the greatest players in WNBA history. As of 2024, Bird is the only WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. She also held a front office position for the NBA's Denver Nuggets as their Basketball Operations Associate. In addition to her WNBA career, she played for three teams in the Russian league and holds dual citizenship with the U.S.A. and Israel.
1980Jeremy Jackson, American actor and singer[†]
Jeremy Dunn Jackson is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Hobie Buchannon on the television show Baywatch.
1980Caterina Scorsone, Canadian-American actress[†]
Caterina Scorsone is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as neurosurgeon Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2010–present) and its spin-offs Private Practice (2010–2013) and Station 19 (2020–2024). Prior to this, she made her debut as a child actor on the Canadian children's program Mr. Dressup. She also appeared in a number of films, including 2010's Edge of Darkness and 2014's The November Man. Other television credits include Jess Mastriani on Missing, Callie Wilkinson on Crash, and Alice Hamilton on Alice.
1980Timana Tahu, Australian rugby league player[†]
Timana James Aporo Tahu is an Australian former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. He last played for Denver Stampede in the US PRO Rugby competition. A dual-code international representative three-quarter back for Australia's Kangaroos and then the Wallabies, he could also play second-row and played for New South Wales in State of Origin. Tahu started his career in the National Rugby League for the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 2001 NRL Premiership before moving to the Parramatta Eels. He then played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. Tahu returned to the NRL with the Eels and then the Penrith Panthers before finishing his NRL career where it started with the Newcastle Knights.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]