Le 4 février 1980 était un lundi sous le signe astral du ♒. C'était le 34ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Jimmy Carter.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 46 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mercredi 4 février 2026, il y a 143 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le jeudi 4 février 2027, dans 221 jours. Vous avez vécu 16 945 jours, soit environ 406 689 heures, ou environ 24 401 376 minutes, ou environ 1 464 082 560 secondes.
Date: 04 February 1980
correspondents Richard Balmforth (Reuters), Elizabeth Thurgood (London Guardian) and Marcus Eliason (AP) fail to return to their hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, after driving north out of Kabul (S)
Date: 04 February 1980
NY Gov Carey urges passage of state legislation that would limit use of search warrants to obtain documents held by news organizations; refers to bill that failed to gain approval in Legislature in '79, calling it 'important protection of 1st Amendment rights'; it would require law enforcement agencies to seek subpoenas in courts before conducting newsroom searches, rather than search on authority of their own warrants (S)
Date: 05 February 1980
Judge John C Dowling rejects request by Metropolitan Edison Co to suppress publication of news articles written by Kapler (S)
Date: 04 February 1980
By ERNEST HOLSENDOLPH Special to The New York Times
Ernest Special
Federal officials say Carter Administration will press for fewer Government limits on broadcasters' rights of expression and endorse greater competition through creation of more radio and TV stations; say Administration, in key policy decision, will work to relax some fairness doctrine provisions so that broadcasters will have more flexibility in presenting news; White House communications specialist Steven J Simmons and National Telecommunications and Information Admr Henry Geller comment (M)
Date: 04 February 1980
Metropolitan Edison Co, operator of crippled 3 Mile Island nuclear power plant, sues to prevent The Guide, local Pennsylvania weekly, from printing articles on plant written by Robert Kapler, reporter who succeeded in misrepresenting himself and getting job at plant; contends articles could pose serious threat to public welfare if read by saboteurs (S)
Date: 05 February 1980
By MATTHEW L. WALD Special to The New York Times
Matthew WALD
Families of most of 50 American hostages are given pep talk from senior State Dept officials and meet with Pres Carter's wife, but receive little news about situation (M)
Date: 05 February 1980
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Reagan celebrates 69th birthday
Date: 05 February 1980