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A Criminal Court judge who released a murder suspect without bail last week and let her stay overnight in his home has asked the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct to look into the matter, according to the administrative judge of the court in Brooklyn.
OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 1--In recent months, the Bunker Ramo Corporation, the feisty little maker of electronic components and bank video display terminals, has steadfastly resisted merger proposals from ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--Senator Ted Stevens, a member of President-elect Ronald Reagan's transition group, said tonight he expected Senator Jacob K. Javits to be appointed to a high position in the Reagan administration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--"Name me the top 25 law firms in the country and we're litigating against them," says Thomas G. Shack Jr., betraying perhaps a hint of pride at his sudden prominence.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 26, 1980, covering December 2, 1980.
Bruce Springsteen
Barbra Streisand
Kenny Rogers
Stevie Wonder
Queen
1980Adam Kreek, Canadian rower[†]
Adam Kreek is an author, executive business coach and Canadian rower. He is a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
1980Darryn Randall, South African cricketer (died 2013)[†]
Darryn Randall was a South African cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Border during the 2009–10 season, making four first-class and four List-A appearances. He was born in East London. Randall made his first-class debut against Northerns on 8 October 2009.
1980Joel Ward, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Joel Randal Ward is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks. He is currently an assistant coach with the Vegas Golden Knights.
1980Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1905)[†]
Chaudhri Muhammad Ali was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the fourth prime minister of Pakistan from 1955 until his resignation in 1956. His government transitioned Pakistan from a British Dominion to an Islamic Republic.
1980Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (born 1914)[†]
Romain Gary, born Roman Kacew and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century. He was married to Lesley Blanch, then Jean Seberg.
1980Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.[†]
The Salvadoran Civil War was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador, backed by the United States, and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of left-wing guerilla groups backed by Cuba under Fidel Castro as well as the Soviet Union. A coup on 15 October 1979 followed by government killings of anti-coup protesters is widely seen as the start of civil war. The war did not formally end until after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when, on 16 January 1992 the Chapultepec Peace Accords were signed in Mexico City.
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]