Page 15: Historical Events In 1980

Dec 05   Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

Dec 06   Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

Dec 07   Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22.   

Dec 08   John Lennon assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman   

Dec 08   John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40.   

Dec 10   Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth   

Dec 12   US's copyright law amended to include computer programs.   

Dec 14   At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon   

Dec 14   Elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59.   

Dec 16   Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90.   

Dec 16   Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state   

Dec 18   Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76.   

Dec 18   Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden   

Dec 19   Anguilla is recorded as becoming a British dependency separate from St Kitts.   

Dec 19   Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages.   

Dec 20   USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin.   

Dec 21   Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90   

Dec 22   Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47   

Dec 22   Eisenhower returned to Norfolk, Virginia after a 251-day deployment, the longest underway deployment for a Navy ship since World War II. She had been underway for 152 continuous days   

Dec 22   Pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior)   

Dec 24   Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73   

Dec 24   Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds.   

Dec 25   Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80.   

Dec 28   Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

Dec 29   Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67.   

Dec 29   Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A   

Dec 30   NBC cancels The Wonderful World of Disney, the longest-running prime time TV show in history. Disney now owns the ABC TV network.   

Dec 31   A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18.   

Dec 31   Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies   

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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),