Page 12: Historical Events In 1980

Aug 31   Poland's Solidarity labor union founded   

Sep 02   William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70   

Sep 03   Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas).   

Sep 04   Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74   

Sep 05   Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48.   

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

Sep 07   32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott.   

Sep 08   Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies.   

Sep 11   Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80.   

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

Sep 12   Military coup in Turkey   

Sep 15   Bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51.   

Sep 17   Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay.   

Sep 17   Solidarity labor union in Poland forms   

Sep 18   K A Porter, writer, dies at 90   

Sep 18   Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station   

Sep 19   Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR).   

Sep 21   Ernest White, composer, dies at 80   

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

Sep 22   John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records   

Sep 22   The war between Iran and Iraq begins   

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

Sep 23   Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens   

Sep 25   John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32   

Sep 26   Andrew Crawford is born   

Sep 26   Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"   

Sep 26   Soyuz 38 returns to Earth.   

Sep 28   Jaromir Wagner is inaugural to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing   

Sep 30   Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.   

Oct 01   Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days.   

Oct 01   George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86   

Oct 01   USS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon   

Oct 02   Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali   

Oct 02   Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46.   

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Feb 29   Ruben plaza: Spanish cyclist   

Feb 29   Simon gagné: Canadian ice hockey player   

Feb 29   Taylor twellman: American soccer player   

Feb 29   Clinton toopi: New zealand rugby league footballer   

Feb 29   Chris conley: American musician   

Apr 02   Carlos salcido: Mexican footballer   

Apr 02   Adam fleming: English news reporter   

Apr 02   Ricky hendrick: Nascar driver and owner    

Jan 01   Frank clifford wykoff: Sprinter (olympic-gold-28, 32, 36),   

Jan 02   Larry williams: Rocker,   

Jan 03   Amos milburn: Rocker,   

Jan 07   Carl white: Rocker,    

Jan 08   Oscar ewing: Us govt official (everybody's business),   

Jan 10   George meany: Labor leader,   

Jan 11   Barbara pym: English novelist (b. 1913)   

Jan 12   Hans ebeling: Cricketer (vict stalwart, bowled for aust 1934),