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Date: 26 July 1980
The July 25, 1980 was a Friday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 206 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 45 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, July 25, 2025, 80 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in 284 days. You have lived for 16,516 days, or about 396,402 hours, or about 23,784,123 minutes, or about 1,427,047,380 seconds.
Date: 26 July 1980
Lebanese journalists close Beirut's newspapers in 2-day strike to protest Taha murder (S)
Date: 25 July 1980
By JILL SMOLOWE
Jill SMOLOWE
Reuters news service is struck for 2d time in 7 years when members of Newspaper Guild walk out primarily over refusal of management to meet wage proposals and to rescind demand for double system of salary increases in new 3-year contract; strike is confined to Reuters North America; Reuters production editor Charles Kershner comments (S)
Date: 26 July 1980
executives and union officials issue conflicting statements on effects of strike; Reuters managing editor Desmond Maberley contends that full report is being processed by supervisory personnel; however guild officials say trans-Atlantic communications providing only link with Reuters offices in US have been reduced to 'some financial reports' (S)
Date: 25 July 1980
distribution of NY Times returns to normal in NYC with settlement of dispute; Times spokesman Leonard Harris comments (S)