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December 12, 1980

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Headlines from December 12, 1980

REAGAN DESIGNATES EIGHT TO FILL POSTS AT CABINET LEVEL; SEES A NEW START FOR NATION Regan, Weinberger, Smith, Lewis, Baldrige, Schweiker, Casey and Stockman Selected Designees for Top Posts Reagan Announces First 8 Cabinet-Level Appointments Delay on Haig Announcement Departure From Tradition Regan Stresses Inflation Peril Smith a Long Friend of Reagan

By Steven R. Weisman Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11--Presidentelect Ronald Reagan announced his first eight Cabinet-level appointments today, declaring that together they constituted "the exact combination to create the new beginning the American people expect and deserve."

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Art Shows Evoke Childhood in America; Dual Art Show Recalls Childhood in America

By Hilton Kramer

IN terms of the attention they are paid, the care they are given, the rights they are assumed to have and the social visibility they are accorded in modern societies, children have come a long, long way. The history of childhood is itself a modern discipline, unknown to the ancient world, ...

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Justice Dept. Narrows A.T.&T. Case; Justice Dept. Narrows A.T.&T. Antitrust Case Stipulations Suspended Product Announcements

By Edward Cowan Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11--A final round of pretrial briefs in the Government's antitrust suit against the American Telephone and Telegraph Company showed today that the Justice Department had narrowed its ...

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 10, 1980, covering December 12, 1980.

1
Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
Last week
2
Peak
1
Weeks
9
2
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
10
3
Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder
Last week
3
Peak
3
Weeks
5
4
The River
Bruce Springsteen
Last week
4
Peak
1
Weeks
7
5
Back In Black
AC/DC
Last week
5
Peak
5
Weeks
17

Notable Births

1980Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner (died 2010)^[†]

Dejene Berhanu was a male Ethiopian runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres.

1980Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer^[†]

Dorin Nicolae Goian is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player, currently technical director at Liga IV club Cetatea Suceava.

Notable Deaths

1980Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (born 1912)^[†]

Jean Lesage was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 19th premier of Quebec from July 5, 1960, to June 16, 1966. Alongside Georges-Émile Lapalme, René Lévesque and others, he is often viewed as the father of the Quiet Revolution. He is the namesake of the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, the main sections of Quebec's longest Autoroute highway Autoroute 20, and the provincial electoral district within Quebec City named Jean-Lesage.

Historical Context for December 12, 1980

In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people^[†]

Headlines from December 12, 1980

Art Shows Evoke Childhood in America; Dual Art Show Recalls Childhood in America

Justice Dept. Narrows A.T.&T. Case; Justice Dept. Narrows A.T.&T. Antitrust Case Stipulations Suspended Product Announcements

News Summary; International National Metropolitan

BUSINESS Digest; Markets The Economy Companies Today's Columns

Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits

Guilty

Hotter Than July

The River

Back In Black

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for December 12, 1980