SALVADOR'S CIVILIAN CHIEF
Date: 19 December 1980
Special to the New York Times

Neil Fingleton (18 December 1980 – 25 February 2017) was an English actor and basketball player. Neil became the tallest living British-born man and the tallest man in the European Union at 7 ft 7.56 in (232.6 cm) and among the 25 tallest men in the world.
This title has been confirmed by the Guinness World Records in the summer of 2007; Fingleton took over from Christopher Greener who stood at 7 ft 6 ¼ in (229.2 cm) in height.
Citește mai mult...18 decembrie 1980 era un joi sub semnul stelut al lui ♐. Era ziua 352 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost Jimmy Carter.
Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 45 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum joi, 18 decembrie 2025, 164 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe vineri, 18 decembrie 2026, peste 200 zile. Ați trăit 16.600 zile sau aproximativ 398.419 ore sau aproximativ 23.905.179 minute sau aproximativ 1.434.310.740 secunde.
Date: 18 December 1980
Special to The New York Times
Wish to protect privacy of individual has led 24 states in past 2 years to pass laws that restrict access by public and news organizations to official records of arrests, indictments, trials, acquittals, convictions and sentences; such restrictions are now in effect, in 1 form or another, in 47 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with only Dakotas and Vermont having no prohibitions of any kind; some FBI officials have complained that newly enacted privacy laws are hampering their law-enforcement efforts; twin issues of personal privacy and access to records have even served to pit groups championing press freedom against those pushing for greater civil freedom; ACLU's monitoring of case in which Government is being sued in effort to have FBI rap sheets made public noted; suit was filed 2 years ago by Reporters Committee for Press Freedom and Robert Scnakne, CBS News correspondent (M)
Date: 19 December 1980
Israeli TV reports that Iran has executed Simon Farzami, Iranian-Jew who was editor of Teheran Journal, English-language paper, on charges of espionage for US (S)
Date: 18 December 1980
By JAMES FERON Special to The New York Times
James Special
school names Charles McKinley Saltzman 2d as headmaster to replace Harris (S)
Date: 18 December 1980
NYS Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal by NY Daily News and NY Times of court decision barring them from pretrial hearing involving 2 alleged gun runners, Frank Terpil and George Korkala; unanimously denies permission to newspapers to appeal decision by Justice Thomas Galligan to close doors of his courtroom to press and public (S)