Historical Events In 1980

Sep 05   World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens in the year 1980.  

Sep 07   On this day in history 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott  

Sep 08   On this day in history bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies  

Sep 11   Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1980.  

Sep 12   Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 in the year 1980.  

Sep 12   Military coup in Turkey on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51 on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1980 anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay  

Sep 17   In the year 1980 solidarity labor union in Poland forms  

Sep 18   K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 1980 titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)  

Sep 21   In the year 1980 ernest White, composer, dies at 80  

Sep 22   Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins on this day in history.  

Sep 22   On this day in history john & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records  

Sep 22   The war between Iran and Iraq begins on this day in history.  

Sep 22   In the year 1980 uSS Eisenhower and Midway continued contingency operations in the northern Arabian Sea as war erupted between Iraq and Iran.  

Sep 23   On this day in history big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens  

Sep 25   In the year 1980 john Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32  

Sep 26   On this day in history andrew Crawford is born  

Sep 26   Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla" on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Soyuz 38 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Jaromir Wagner is first to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1980 iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein  

Oct 01   Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days on this day in history.  

Oct 01   In the year 1980 george Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86  

Oct 01   On this day in history uSS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon  

Oct 02   On this day in history larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali  

Oct 02   On this day in history valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46  

Oct 06   Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 in the year 1980.  

Oct 09   Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot on this day in history.  

Oct 09   The first consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn) on this day in history.  

Oct 10   In the year 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria  

Oct 10   Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies on this day in history.  

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Feb 29   Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29   Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player was born in the year 1980.  

Feb 29   Taylor Twellman, American soccer player was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of chris Conley, American musician  

Apr 02   Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 02   In the year 1980 birth of adam Fleming, English news reporter  

Apr 02   In the year 1980 birth of ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)  

Jan 01   Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1980 larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44  

Jan 03   Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52 in the year 1980.  

Jan 07   Carl White, rocker, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1980 death of barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)  

Jan 12   In the year 1980 hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies