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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7--Producer prices rose by eight-tenths of 1 percent in October, equal to a 10.6 percent compounded annual rate.
Steve McQueen, whose portrayals of the tough, macho loner made him one of the most celebrated and highest-paid film stars of the 1960's and 70's, died yesterday in a hospital in Juarez, Mexico.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 7--Israel has abandoned its longstanding resistance to a pact barring nuclear weapons in the Middle East and plans to introduce its own plan Tuesday to achieve this goal, Israeli diplomats disclosed today.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7--Presidentelect Ronald Reagan has a plan to give offices to all his Cabinet members in the Executive Office Building next to the White House to emphasize their closeness and allegiance to him as President rather than to the various departments they will run.
Nearly 200 works of modern art valued at more than $4 million have been given to the Yale University Art Gallery, with an unusual additional gift of more than $2 million for its maintenance and housing and for further purchases by the gallery.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 5, 1980, covering November 8, 1980.
Bruce Springsteen
Barbra Streisand
The Doobie Brothers
Queen
Kenny Rogers
1980LuĂs Fabiano, Brazilian footballer[â ]
LuĂs Fabiano Clemente, commonly known as LuĂs Fabiano, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for Sevilla, SĂŁo Paulo, and the Brazil national team. He is a prolific goalscorer and was ranked the second-highest-scoring Brazilian of the 21st century, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
1980Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[â ]
Laura Jane Grace is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. In addition to Against Me!, Grace fronts the band Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, a solo project she started in 2016. Grace is notable for being one of the first highly visible punk rock musicians to publicly come out as transgender, which she did in May 2012. She released her first solo studio album since transitioning, Stay Alive, in 2020, followed by Hole in My Head in 2024.
1980Holly Walsh, English radio and television host[â ]
Holly Dione Walsh is an English comedian and comedy writer.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[â ]