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December 30, 1980
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Kennecott Gets Just Half Of Curtiss Stock It Seeks; Kennecott Extends Offer Curtiss Appeal Expedited Kennecott's Bid for Curtiss Offer Lures Half Of Stock Sought Curtiss Confirms Counteroffer Tamco Still Interested Market Purchases Unlikely
By Robert J. Cole
The Kennecott Corporation said yesterday that it had purchased slightly more than two million shares, or nearly 25 percent, of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the New Jersey aerospace company.
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Salesman and Wife Found Slain In Bedroom of Rockland Home; Salesman and Wife Are Found Murdered in Bedroom of Rockland Home
By Edward Hudson Special To the New York Times
MONSEY, N.Y., Dec. 29--A 50-yearold furniture salesman and his 47-yearold wife were found murdered yesterday in the master bedroom of their ranch home in this Rockland County community. The police said that the man had been "savagely beaten" around the head and that his wife's body had been found in a bathtub of water.
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Shuttle Is Moved To Launch Pad For March Flight; Creeping Journey to Launch Site The Space Shuttle Moves to Its Launching Pad
By Walter Sullivan
Columbia, the space shuttle expected to carry Americans into space for the first time in five years, was transported to its launch site at Cape Canaveral yesterday, ready for the final checkouts and rehearsals expected to culminate in the spacecraft's launch on March 14 or shortly thereafter.
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I.B.M. Plans To Increase Most Prices; I.B.M. Plans Price Rise
By Barnaby J. Feder
The International Business Machines Corporation announced yesterday that it would raise rental, leasing and purchase prices on most data-processing products as the result of a "normal business review" of the impact of inflation on business costs.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 24, 1980, covering December 30, 1980.
- 1
Double Fantasy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
- Last week
- 11
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 4
- 2
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 12
- 3
Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 7
- 4
Back In Black
AC/DC
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 19
- 5
Crimes Of Passion
Pat Benatar
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 19
Notable Births
1980Eliza Dushku, American former actress and producer[†]
Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American former actress. Dushku starred as Faith in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003) and its spin-off series Angel (2000–2003). She also had lead roles in the Fox supernatural drama series Tru Calling (2003–2005) and the Fox science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010), for which she was a producer.
1980D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player[†]
Didier "D. J." Ilunga-Mbenga is a Belgian-Congolese former professional basketball player. He has also played for the Belgian national basketball team as he is a dual citizen of both his native countries.
1980Alison McGovern, British politician[†]
Alison McGovern is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 2024, and previously Wirral South since 2010. She has served as Minister of State for Employment since July 2024.
Historical Context for December 30, 1980
In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]