Page 14: Historical Events In 1980

Nov 08   Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn.   

Nov 09   Carmel Myers, actress (Carmel Myers Show), dies at 79.   

Nov 10   Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare.   

Nov 11   Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37   

Nov 12   Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85   

Nov 12   NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana.   

Nov 12   US space probe Voyager I approaches 77000-mi (124000 km) of Saturn.   

Nov 15   Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75.   

Nov 15   Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,   

Nov 16   Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37   

Nov 18   Conn Smythe founder o fthe NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs dies at age 85   

Nov 19   CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields   

Nov 20   Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes inaugural solar-powered flight.   

Nov 20   UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting   

Nov 21   Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating   

Nov 21   Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas results in the deaths of 84   

Nov 21   Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies   

Nov 21   John and Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum   

Nov 22   Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak.   

Nov 22   Herbert Wade, cricketer (S African batsman and captain 1935-36), dies.   

Nov 23   4800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy   

Nov 23   Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies.   

Nov 24   George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85.   

Nov 25   George Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface), dies at 85.   

Nov 25   Statistics Canada anounces the population of Canada has passed 24 million and that Alberta has 2.1 million.   

Nov 25   Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship.   

Nov 26   Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building.   

Nov 26   Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53   

Nov 27   Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched.   

Nov 29   Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors), dies at 83   

Dec 01   Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75   

Dec 01   US Justice Department sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination.   

Dec 02   4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador.   

Dec 04   Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69   

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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),