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In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]
1980Shaun Cooper, American bass player[†]
Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Amityville, New York, formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes and bassist Jesse Lacey in late 1999. The band's current members are Adam Lazzara, John Nolan and Shaun Cooper, accompanied by Nathan Cogan (guitar) for their live performances. The band's former members include Lacey, Reyes, drummer Mark O'Connell, bassist Matthew Rubano, and guitarist-vocalists Fred Mascherino and Matthew Fazzi.
1980Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress[†]
Asiye Nur Fettahoğlu is a Turkish-German actress, model, television presenter and fashion designer known for playing numerous characters in several films and television series, including her role as Mahidevran Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl.
1980Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer[†]
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor. His work includes both independent films and major studio features, and his accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two British Academy Film Awards.
1980Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player[†]
Charles Christopher Hodgson is a retired English rugby union player, having previously been a player for Sale Sharks and Saracens. His position was fly-half and he is the leading Premiership points scorer of all time. Hodgson also played for England, until announcing his international retirement in 2012. Hodgson made 18 consecutive starts at fly half for England between 2004 and 2006.
1980The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.[†]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11--Deputy Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher ended his mission to Algeria today after 30 hours in Algiers and flew back to Washington without waiting for Iran's reaction to the American reply to its conditions for the release of the 52 hostages.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11--The heavily Democratic 96th Congress prepared today for its final session, which begins tomorrow and is expected to be brief, highly partisan and focused on the Federal budget.
WUPPERTAL, West Germany-- West Germany's coal equipment industry, facing a saturated domestic market and seeking growth opportunities outside its borders, is moving into an American market thirsty for technological help.
An unidentified man calmly stabbed five people at random last night, one of them fatally, in a seven-block march of terror near Bellevue Hospital, the police said.
This week, beneath the apparent calm at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, tension is growing.
CALVERTON, L.I., Nov. 11--Harry Eugene Murray Sr. was an aviator in World War I and an American Legionnaire the rest of his life, and today they buried the 83-year-old in Calverton National Cemetery and played taps and reveille from a tape recorder.
Delta Air Lines is expected to announce today a record-setting order for up to 60 Boeing 757's. The plane is a new-generation fuel-efficient jet airliner that will carry many more passengers than the type of craft it will replace.
BREAKFAST counts. Especially for people who eat it at a restaurant, whether for business or pleasure. There is a great variety around New York, from croissants to grits, from the Upper East Side to Chinatown.
LOS ANGELES IN January, Carol Burnett's $10 million libel suit against The National Enquirer will finally go to trial. Her suit, which was filed more than four years ago, is only the tip of a $62 million iceberg of celebrity lawsuits against the weekly tabloid that proudly boasts that no libel suit against it has ever gone to court.
TOKYO, Nov. 11--Mitsui Company, a leading Japanese trading house, is preparing to withdraw from a large Iranian petrochemical project, taking as a loss its $711 million investment, company sources said today.