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Dozens of banks across the nation raised their prime lending rates yesterday to 16 percent from 15 percent, and a number of bankers predicted that interest rates would climb higher still.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17--Three Federal agencies announced today that they had agreed to pay the Penn Central Corporation $2.1 billion for the assets of its bankrupt railroad in the largest claims settlement by the Government in the nation's history.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 17--Citing the potential for serious conflicts with its traditional academic role, Harvard University decided today not to participate in creating a potentially lucrative genetic engineering company.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 17--Six present or former members of the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party were each acquitted today on five counts of first-degree murder and one count of felonious rioting after an all-white jury deliberated ...
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 12, 1980, covering November 18, 1980.
Bruce Springsteen
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Queen
1980Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)[†]
Hamza Salah Sa'id al-Ghamdi was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the 11 September attacks.
1980Luke Chadwick, English footballer[†]
Luke Harry Chadwick is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
1980Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer[†]
Minori Chihara is a Japanese voice actress and singer who has had roles in several anime series. She is well known for her voice role as Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Leon in The iDOLM@STER, while in her musical career, she has been signed under King Records and Lantis. She was born in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and was raised in Saitama. She was affiliated with the talent agency HoriPro International.
1980François Duval, Belgian racing driver[†]
François Duval is a Belgian rally driver.
1980Denny Hamlin, American race car driver[†]
James Dennis Alan Hamlin is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also co-owns and operates 23XI Racing with basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.
1980C. J. Wilson, American baseball player[†]
Christopher John Wilson is an American auto racing team owner and former professional baseball pitcher. Wilson pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers from 2005 to 2011 and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2012 to 2015. He is the founder and owner of sports car team CJ Wilson Racing, which competes in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge full-time and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship part-time.
1980Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (born 1895)[†]
Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens. As owner of the Leafs during numerous championship years, his name appears on the Stanley Cup eight times: 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1962.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]