Saturday News Quiz
Date: 05 April 1980
LINDA AMSTER
Linda AMSTER
Johnny Borrell (født 1980) er vokalist og låtskriver i det britiske bandet Razorlight. Han vokste opp i og rundt London, i Muswell Hill, hvor han er bosatt. Han gikk tidligere på Highgate School med John Hassell, tidligere bassist i The Libertines og nå frontmann i bandet Yeti.
Sommeren 2002 dannet han Razorlight med Carl Dalemo, Christian Smith Pancorvo og Bjørn Ågren.
Etter en rekke topp 20 hits gikk debutalbumet, Up All Night, inn som nummer 3 på de britiske albumlistene, og hit-singelen Somewhere Else kom så vidt ikke inn på 1.-plassen. I 2006 gav bandet ut albumet Razorlight.
Les mer...4. april 1980 var en fredag under stjernetegnet til ♈. Det var 94 dagen i året. President i USA var Jimmy Carter.
Hvis du ble født på denne dagen, er du 45 år gammel. Den siste bursdagen din var på fredag 4. april 2025, 212 dager siden. Din neste bursdag er lørdag 4. april 2026, om 152 dager. Du har bodd i 16 648 dager, eller omtrent 399 566 timer, eller omtrent 23 974 015 minutter, eller omtrent 1 438 440 900 sekunder.
Date: 04 April 1980
Special to The New York Times
Reports 4th fiscal quarter earnings were $33.4 million, up 21% from year-earlier quarter; earnings for year totaled $106.7 million, up 15.2% (S)
Date: 04 April 1980
Urban guerrillas attack police station, causing considerable damage, Johannesburg (S)
Date: 05 April 1980
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN Special to The New York Times
Steven WEISMAN
Article analyzes Pres Carter's decision to press his campaign to have US Olympic Committee support his proposed boycott (M)
Date: 05 April 1980
Pole vaulter Cliff Schnedar dies 4 days after striking his head on concrete slab while vaulting (S)
Date: 04 April 1980
former North American Soccer League player Giuseppe (Pino) Wilson is among 11 players released on bail in Italian soccer scandal; also released is Felice Colombo, head of A C Milan club; 12 were arrested on charges of taking bribes from 2 illegal bookmakers to throw games (S)
Date: 05 April 1980
Nearly 5,000 Moslem students demonstrate against Egyptian Pres Sadat in Asyut (S)
Date: 05 April 1980
Sears Roebuck & Co, at request of senior White House official Anne Wexler, announces it is withholding $25,000 contribution to US Olympic Committee unless committee agrees to support boycott; Carter Adm official denies that any pressure was exerted on Sears (M)