Page 6: Historical Events In 1980
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Apr 02 Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies. 


Apr 02 Wayne Gretzky is recorded as becoming inaugural teenager to score 50 goals in a season. 


Apr 03 France performs nuclear test 


Apr 03 Luella Gear, actress (Joe and Mabel), dies at 82. 


Apr 06 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season 


Apr 07 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis 


Apr 09 Israeli troops move into Leanon. 


Apr 09 Kathleen Burke, dies 


Apr 09 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6. 


Apr 10 Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65. 


Apr 11 Charlotte Henry, dies. 


Apr 11 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment. 


Apr 11 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up". 


Apr 12 Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies 


Apr 13 Steve Ballesteros is recorded as becoming youngest winner of the Masters 


Apr 13 Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2568 Maksutov 


Apr 14 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus and #2830 Greenwich 


Apr 14 Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84. 


Apr 15 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb. 


Apr 15 Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 


Apr 15 Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75 


Apr 16 L Brozek discovers asteroid #2696 Magion. 


Apr 18 Zimbabwe's (Rhodesia) formal independence from Britain (Nat'l Day). 


Apr 19 Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88. 


Apr 21 In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course 


Apr 22 Jane Froman singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72 


Apr 23 Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72 


Apr 23 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die. 


Apr 24 Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75 


Apr 24 US miltary operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die. 


Apr 26 Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87 


Apr 26 Iran begins scattering US hostages from the US Embassy 


Apr 26 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'. 


Apr 28 Alfred Hitchcock Diedfrom Liver Failure and Heart Problems. 


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