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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19--In a day filled with signs and symbols, President-elect Ronald Reagan continued his ceremonial tour of the capital today, meeting with old allies and old foes and trying to make some new friends who can help him run the country after his inauguration Jan. 20.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19--The Speaker of Iran's Parliament said today that the United States had accepted "in principle" Iran's four conditions for ending the hostage crisis, but he reaffirmed that until Iran's demands were actually met, the release of the 52 Americans would be delayed.
WHEN it's time to renovate, many clients ask a designer to achieve the impossible: turn their small rooms into the generous spaces they de serve. Multifunctional rooms, well-equipped open kitchens, sybaritic bathrooms and endless closet space are some of the contemporary luxuries that they expect will materialize from warren-like apartments.
WEST TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 19--The four-state commission that regulates the use of drinking water from the Delaware River basin today cut New York City's supplies for the second time in about a month and moved toward possible declaration of a "drought emergency" in the region early next month.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 19, 1980, covering November 20, 1980.
Bruce Springsteen
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Queen
1980Dilnaz Akhmadieva, Kazakhstani singer and actress[†]
Dilnaz Muratkyzy Akhmadieva is a Kazakhstani pop singer and actress of Uyghur origin, born and raised in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
1980James Chambers, English footballer[†]
James Ashley Chambers is an English professional footballer. Chambers played predominantly as a right-back, although he also played at centre-back, left-back and right-wing during his career. He last played for Worcester City.
1980Eiko Koike, Japanese actress[†]
Eiko Koike is a Japanese actress.
1980Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Thai boxer[†]
Chalermwong Udomna, who boxes as Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, is a retired professional boxer from Thailand who fought in the Super bantamweight division. He is a former WBA Regular Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight World Champion, and a former PABA regional Bantamweight and Superbantamweight. His manager is Niwat Laosuwanwat who is the manager of the former WBA Junior bantamweight World Champion and legendary Thai boxer Khaosai Galaxy.
1980Marek Krejčí, Slovak footballer (died 2007)[†]
Marek Krejčí was a Slovak footballer who played as a striker.
1980Ana Caterina Morariu, Romanian-Italian actress[†]
Ana Caterina Morariu is a Romanian-born actress Italian naturalized.
1980Christian Obrist, Italian middle-distance runner[†]
Christian Obrist is an Italian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 m.
1980Eoin Reddan, Irish rugby union player[†]
Eoin Reddan is a retired Irish rugby union player who played at scrum half. He initially attended the Jesuit boarding school, Clongowes Wood, before moving school to Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick.
1980John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1900)[†]
Sir John McEwen was an Australian politician and farmer who served as the 18th prime minister of Australia from 1967 to 1968, in a caretaker capacity following the disappearance of prime minister Harold Holt. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1958 to 1971, serving as the inaugural deputy prime minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971.
1980Lake Peigneur in Louisiana drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.[†]
Lake Peigneur is a brackish lake in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 1.2 miles north of Delcambre and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) west of New Iberia, near the northernmost tip of Vermilion Bay. With a maximum depth of 200 feet, it is the deepest lake in Louisiana. Its name comes from the French word "peigneur", meaning "one who combs."
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]