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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24--A former American intelligence agent, David H. Barnett, was indicted today on a charge of providing the Soviet Union with information about a covert operation conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24--In the last inflation report before Election Day, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said today that consumer prices rose 1 percent last month and were 12.7 percent higher than in September 1979.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 24--Iraq's Defense Minister announced today that Iraqi forces had overrun the last pockets of resistance in the Iranian oil port of Khurramshahr and taken complete control of the city.
WARSAW, Oct. 24--For the first time in any Soviet-bloc country, an independent trade union won legal status today. But a Warsaw court that registered the independent union called Solidarity attached a provision to the union charter ...
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 22, 1980, covering October 25, 1980.
Barbra Streisand
Queen
The Doobie Brothers
Diana Ross
Pat Benatar
1980Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor[â ]
Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his roles as Matthew Applewhite in the second season of ABC's series Desperate Housewives (2005â2006), Jerome in The Game, "Eggs" Benedict Talley in the first and second seasons of HBO's series True Blood, his leading role as Terrance "TK" King in the USA series Necessary Roughness (2011â2013) and James Olsen in the CBS/The CW series Supergirl. Since 2022, he has portrayed the lead role of NYPD Detective Jalen Shaw on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order.
1980FĂ©licien Singbo, Beninois footballer[â ]
FĂ©licien Houenou Singbo is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a defender. Between 2002 and he made 19 appearances for the Benin national team. In 2003, he received French nationality.
1980Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (born 1912)[â ]
Virgil Keel Fox was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach in the 1970s, staged complete with light shows. Many of his recordings on the RCA Victor and Capitol labels, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, have been remastered and re-released on compact disc.
1980VĂctor GalĂndez, Argentine boxer (born 1948)[â ]
VĂctor Emilio GalĂndez Torre was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's JosĂ© Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.
1980Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1921)[â ]
Abdul Hayee, popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. He is regarded as one of the greatest film lyricists and poets of 20th century India.
1980Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.[â ]
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides an expeditious method to return a child who was wrongfully taken by a parent from one country to another country. In order for the Convention to apply, both countries must be Contracting States; i.e. both must have adopted the Convention.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[â ]