Page 15: Historical Events In 1980

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.   

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

Dec 06   Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

Dec 06   NASA launches Intelsat V   

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   

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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),