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December 23, 1980
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from December 23, 1980
Tamco Enters Curtiss-Kennecott Fray; Curtiss-Kennecott: Tamco Enters Fray Kennecott Critical of Tamco Details of Tamco Offer
By Robert J. Cole
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation disclosed jointly yesterday with Tamco Enterprises that Tamco had offered to swap its stock in the City Investing Company, plus almost $58 million in cash, for Curtiss-Wright's stock in the Kennecott Corporation.
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U.S. TELLS OF WORRY OVER HOW HOSTAGES ARE BEING TREATED; SOME OF 52 MAY BE IN PRISONS State Department Moves to Rebut Iran's Assertion that Captives Are in Luxury Conditions Iranian Reports Are Contradicted U.S. Expresses Concern Over Hostages' Treatment Some Families Oppose Demand
By Bernard Gwertzman Special To the New York Times
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22--The United States expressed concern today over the treatment of the 52 Americans held in Iran, saying that several of them may be confined in prisons and that some may need medical attention.
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Leaders Pay Homage at Kosygin's Bier; Homage Counteracts Speculation Swept Clean for Politburo
By Anthony Austin Special To the New York Times
MOSCOW, Dec. 22--The Soviet Union's top leaders, headed by Leonid I. Brezhnev, paid their last respects to Aleksei N. Kosygin today as the former Prime Minister's body lay in state at the Central Soviet Army Club.
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Fire Safety in New Buildings; Expense of Firefighting Devices, Combustibility Of Interior and Lax Codes Are Called Obstacles News Analysis Cutting Corners Recent Fires Raise Issue of Building Safety Rigorous Model Code Smoke and Toxic Fumes How Intake System Works
By Paul Goldberger
The public has had a sense for more than a decade that a lot of new architecture was not fully safe.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 17, 1980, covering December 23, 1980.
- 1
Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 10
- 2
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 11
- 3
Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 6
- 4
Back In Black
AC/DC
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 18
- 5
Crimes Of Passion
Pat Benatar
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- 6
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 18
Notable Births
1980Cody Ross, American baseball player[†]
Cody Joseph Ross, nicknamed "Toy Cannon" and "Ross the Boss," is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons; with the Detroit Tigers (2003), Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2006), Cincinnati Reds (2006), Florida Marlins (2006–2010), San Francisco Giants (2010–2011), Boston Red Sox (2012), Arizona Diamondbacks (2013–2014) and Oakland Athletics (2015). Ross won a World Series with the San Francisco Giants in 2010. He is one of the few Major League players to bat right-handed and throw left-handed.
Historical Context for December 23, 1980
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]