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Striking a defiant note, Canada's Energy Minister came to New York yesterday to defend his country's new energy program.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18--In a partyline vote but with some Democratic defections, the House of Representatives today adopted a supposedly final budget for the current fiscal year that provides for a spending ceiling of $631.7 billion and a $25 billion deficit.
SEOUL, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 19--A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 passenger jet from Los Angeles crashed in flames while landing at the international airport here early this morning, killing approximately 8 of the 226 people aboard, South Korean authorities said.
WHEN I was a teen-ager, a boastful young man anxious to impress described a skill he had learned in Paris. Blindfolded, he could tell a belon from a portugaise, an ostend from a marenne verte. His fashionable friends would set before him a plate of many different kinds of oysters. A napkin was tied about his eyes and bets exchanged.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18--At first, no one could believe the telegrams, and the Reagan transition office's switchboard lit up with angry calls.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 19, 1980, covering November 19, 1980.
Bruce Springsteen
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Queen
1980Courtney Anderson, American football player[†]
Courtney Jerome Anderson Sr. is a former American football tight end. Born in Greenville, Texas, Anderson attended high school in Richmond, California, and played college football at Contra Costa College and San Jose State University. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL draft and spent three seasons with that team. Later, he was a member of the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans. He is currently a firefighter for the community of Milpitas, CA.
1980Otis Grigsby, American football player[†]
Otis Wayne Grigsby Jr. is an American former professional football defensive end. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Kentucky.
1980Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player[†]
Vladimir Radmanović is a Serbian former professional basketball player.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]