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Year '''1980''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] (link displays the 1980 [[Gregorian calendar]]).
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==Events of 1980==
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===January===
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* [[January 1]] - Changes to the [[Swedish Act of Succession]] make [[Victoria of Sweden]] [[Crown Princess]] over her younger brother.
* [[January 4]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] proclaims a grain embargo against the [[USSR]] with the support of the [[European Commission]].
* [[January 6]] - [[Global Positioning System]] time [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] begins at 00:00 UTC.
* [[January 6]] - The president of [[Sicily]], [[Piersanti Mattarella]], is assassinated by the [[Mafia]].
* [[January 7]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the [[Chrysler Corporation]].
* [[January 9]] - In Muslim fanatics are beheaded for their part in the [[Grand Mosque Seizure|siege of the Great Mosque]] in [[Mecca]] in November, [[1979]].
* [[January 11]] - [[Nigel Short]], 14, becomes the youngest [[chess]] player to be awarded the degree of International Master.
* [[January 20]] - The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] become the first NFL franchise to win 4 [[Super Bowls]], defeating the [[Los Angeles Rams]] in [[Super Bowl XIV]] 31-19 at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena]], [[California]].
* [[January 21]] - The [[London Gold Fixing]] hits its highest price ever (adjusted for inflation), at [[United States dollar|US]]$850 a [[troy ounce]].
* [[January 21]] - The [[MS Athina B]] is beached at [[Brighton]], becoming a temporary tourist attraction.
* [[January 21]] - Christopher John Boyce, convicted of espionage against the [[United States]], escapes from Lompoc Correctional Institution.
* [[January 22]] - [[Andrei Sakharov]], a [[Soviet]] scientist and human rights activist, is arrested in [[Moscow]].
* [[January 24]] - The [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific]] railroad was ordered to be liquidated due to bankruptcy, and debt owed to creditors, operate last train [[March 31]] of this year.
* [[January 26]] - [[Israel]] and [[Egypt]] establish diplomatic relations.
* [[January 27]] - Six [[United States]] [[Diplomacy|diplomats]], posing as [[Canada|Canadians]], manage to escape from [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] as they board a flight to [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]], thus ending the [[Canadian caper]] operation.
* [[January 31]] - The Spanish Embassy in [[Guatemala]] is invaded and set on fire, killing 36 people.
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===February===
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* [[February 2]] - [[Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] personnel target members of the [[Congress of the United States]] in a sting operation.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
* [[February 2]]-[[February 3]] - The infamous [[New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot]] takes place: 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
* [[February 4]] - [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] names [[Abolhassan Banisadr]] as president of [[Iran]].
* [[February 13]] - The XIII [[Winter Olympics]] open in [[Lake Placid, New York]].
* [[February 15]] - In [[Vanuatu]], followers of [[John Frum]]'s [[cargo cult]] on the island of [[Tanna (island)|Tanna]] declare secession as the nation of [[Tafea]].
[[Image:Miracle on Ice - Eruzione goal celebration.jpg|thumb|145px|right| [[February 22]]: [[Winter Olympics|Olympic]] "[[Miracle on Ice]]"]]
* [[February 22]] - The [[United States]] Olympic Hockey Team defeats the [[Soviet Union]] in the semifinals of the [[Winter Olympics]], in the ''[[Miracle on Ice]]''.
* [[February 23]] - [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] states that [[Iran]]'s parliament will decide the fate of the American [[embassy]] hostages.
* [[February 25]] - A [[coup]] in [[Suriname]] ousts the government of [[Henck Arron]]. Leaders [[Desi Bouterse]] and Roy Horb replace it with a National Military Council.
* [[February 27]] - [[19th of April Movement|M-19]] guerrillas begin the [[Dominican embassy siege]] in [[Colombia]], holding 60 people hostage, including 14 [[ambassador]]s.
===March===
* [[March 1]] - The ''[[Voyager 1]]'' probe confirms the existence of [[Janus (moon)|Janus]], a moon of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]].
* [[March 3]] - [[Pierre Trudeau]] returns to office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
* [[March 4]] - [[Robert Mugabe]] is elected Prime Minister of [[Zimbabwe]].
* [[March 8]] - [[Tbilisi Rock Festival (1980)|The first festival of rock music]] kicks off in the [[Soviet Union]]
* [[March 14]] - In [[Poland]], a plane crashes during an emergency landing near [[Warsaw]], killing a 14-man American [[boxing]] team and 73 others.
* [[March 18]] - Fifty people are killed at the [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]], when a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket explodes on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
* [[March 20]] - The [[pirate radio]] station ''[[Radio Caroline]]'' sinks.
* [[March 21]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] announces that the [[United States]] will boycott the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]].
* [[March 21]] - [[Mafioso]] [[Angelo Bruno]] is assassinated in [[Philadelphia]].
* [[March 24]] - The [[Australia]] Olympic Committee announces it will send an Olympic delegation to Moscow, despite objections by [[Australian Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Malcolm Fraser]].
* [[March 24]] - Archbishop [[Óscar Romero]] is killed by gunmen while celebrating Mass in [[San Salvador]]. At his funeral 6 days later, 42 people are killed amid gunfire and bombs.
* [[March 26]] - A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reef [[gold mine]] in [[South Africa]] falls 1.2 miles, killing 23.
* [[March 27]] - The Norwegian oil platform [[Alexander Kielland (Platform)|Alexander Kielland]] collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
* [[March 27]] - The [[Silver Thursday]] market crash occurs.
* [[March 28]] - [[Talpiot Tomb]] is found in [[Jerusalem]].
* [[March 31]] - [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]] operate final train.
===April===
* [[April 1]] - The [[Mariel boatlift]] from [[Cuba]] begins.
* [[April 1]] - [[New York City]]'s [[Transport Workers Union of America|Transport Works Union Local 100]] goes on [[1980 transit strike|strike]], which continues for 11 days.
* [[April 2]] - The St. Pauls riot breaks out in [[Bristol]].
* [[April 7]] - The [[United States]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Iran]] and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on [[November 4]], [[1979]].
* [[April 10]] - [[Spain]] and the [[United Kingdom]] agree to reopen the border between [[Gibraltar]] and [[Spain]], closed since [[1969]].
* [[April 12]] - [[Samuel Kanyon Doe]] takes over [[Liberia]] in a ''[[coup d'etat]]'', ending over 130 years of [[democratic]] [[presidential succession]] in that country.
* [[April 14]] - [[Iron Maiden]]'s debut self titled album [[Iron Maiden]] is realesed
* [[April 18]] - [[Zimbabwe]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]]; [[Robert Mugabe]] becomes Prime Minister.
* [[April 19]] - [[Johnny Logan]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1980]] with the song, ''What's Another Year''.
* [[April 21]] - [[Rosie Ruiz]] wins the [[Boston Marathon]], but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award.
* [[April 24]] - [[1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal|Pennsylvania Lottery Scandal]]: the [[Pennsylvania Lottery]] is rigged by 6 men including the host of the live TV drawing, [[Nick Perry]].
* [[April 24]]-[[April 25]] - [[Operation Eagle Claw]], a commando mission in [[Iran]] to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight [[United States]] troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation.
* [[April 25]] - crash of a [[Dan-Air]] Boeing 727 in [[Tenerife]] killing all 146 occupants and marking the worst air disaster involving a British-registered aircraft in terms of loss of life.
* [[April 26]] - [[Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance|Louise and Charmian Faulkner]] disappear from outside their flat in [[St Kilda, Victoria]], Australia
* [[April 27]] - The [[Dominican embassy siege]] ends with all hostages released and the guerrillas flying to [[Cuba]].
* [[April 30]] - [[Iranian Embassy Siege]]: Six Iranian-born terrorists take over the Iranian embassy in [[London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. [[Special Air Service|SAS]] retakes the Embassy on [[May 5]]; 1 terrorist survives.
* [[April 30]] - [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Rico]], dies at the age of 82.
* [[April 30]] - [[Queen regnant|Queen]] [[Juliana of the Netherlands]] abdicates, and her daughter [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] ascends to the [[throne]].
===May===
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* [[May 4]] - [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] President [[Tito]] dies. The funeral ceremony later becomes the world's biggest diplomatic meeting and media event ever, with more than 140 state delegations in [[Belgrade]] from all over the world (only the funeral of [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[April]] [[2005]] will have more news coverage and a higher number of delegations).
* [[May 7]] - [[Paul Geidel]], convicted of second-degree [[murder]] in [[1911]], is released from [[prison]] in [[Beacon, New York]], after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
* [[May 9]] - In [[Florida]], a Liberian freighter named the ''[[Summit Venture]]'' hits the [[Sunshine Skyway Bridge]] over [[Tampa Bay]], sending 35 people (most of whom were in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
* [[May 9]] - The [[Norco shootout]] takes place.
* [[May 11]] - Mobster [[Henry Hill (mobster)|Henry Hill]] busted on [[drug possession]].
* [[May 17]] - A [[Miami, Florida]] court acquits 4 White police officers of killing [[Arthur McDuffie]], a Black insurance executive, provoking 3 days of race riots.
* [[May 17]] - On the eve of presidential elections, [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] group [[Shining Path]] attacks a polling location in the town of [[Chuschi]], [[Ayacucho]] starting the [[Internal conflict in Peru]].
* [[May 18]] - [[Mount St. Helens]] [[1980 Mount St. Helens eruption|erupts]] in [[Washington]], killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage.
* [[May 18]]-[[May 27]] - [[Gwangju Massacre]]: Students in [[Gwangju]], [[South Korea]] begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
* [[May 20]] - [[1980 Quebec referendum]]: Voters in [[Quebec]] reject by a vote of 60% a proposal to seek independence from [[Canada]].
* [[May 21]] - [[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]] is released.
* [[May 22]] - [[Pac-Man]] is released, the best-selling [[Arcade game]] of all time.
* [[May 24]] - The [[International Court of Justice]] calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in [[Tehran]].
* [[May 24]] - The [[New York Islanders]] win their first [[Stanley Cup]], from a goal by [[Bobby Nystrom]] in overtime of Game 6 of the [[Stanley Cup Playoffs]]'s final round.
* [[May 25]] - [[Indianapolis 500]]: [[Johnny Rutherford]] wins for a third time in car owner [[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Jim Hall's]] revolutionary [[ground effect]] Chaparral car; the victory is Hall's second as an owner.
* [[May 26]] - [[John Frum]] supporters in [[Vanuatu]] storm government offices on the island of [[Tanna (island)|Tanna]]. Vanuatu government troops land the next day and drive them away.
* [[May 26]] - In [[South Korea]], military government forces and pro-[[democracy]] protesters clash; 2,000 protesters die.
* [[May 29]] - [[Vernon Jordan]] is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] by [[Joseph Paul Franklin]]; the first major news story for [[CNN]].
===June===
* [[June 1]] - [[CNN|The Cable News Network]] (CNN) is officially launched.
* [[June 1]] - In [[Los Angeles]], comedian [[Richard Pryor]] is badly burned trying to freebase [[cocaine]].
* [[June 3]] - A series of deadly [[tornado]]es strikes [[Grand Island, Nebraska]], causing over $300m in damage, killing 5 people and injuring over 250.
* [[June 3]] - U.S. Senator [[Edward Moore Kennedy|Ted Kennedy]] wins several primaries, including [[California]], on 'Super Tuesday', but not enough to overtake President [[Jimmy Carter]] for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nomination.
* [[June 10]] - [[Apartheid]]: The [[African National Congress]] in [[South Africa]] publishes a statement by their imprisoned leader [[Nelson Mandela]], which says in part: 'UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!'[http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/64-90/anvil.html]
* [[June 10]] - A [[Unabomber]] bomb injures [[United Airlines]] president Percy Wood in [[Lake Forest, Illinois]].
* [[June 19]] - Iraqi security forces shoot dead 3 gunmen who attacked the [[United Kingdom|British]] Embassy in [[Baghdad]]. The unknown attackers are killed in the embassy gardens by Iraqi security men, sent at the urgent request of the British ambassador, Alex Stirling.
* [[June 20]] - [[Augusta AVA]] became the first federally recognized [[American Viticultural Area]].
* [[June 22]] - [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] beats [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 2-1 to win the [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 80]].
* [[June 23]] - [[Sanjay Gandhi]], son of [[Indira Gandhi]], dies in an air crash.
* [[June 23]]-[[September 6]] - [[1980 United States heat wave]]
* [[June 25]] - A [[Muslim Brotherhood]] assassination attempt against [[Syria]]n president [[Hafez al-Assad]] fails. Assad retaliates by sending the army against them.
* [[June 26]] - A [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] belonging to the Italian Airline [[Itavia]] crashes into the sea near [[Palermo]] after an explosion occurs in the air; 81 people die. A bomb or a missile is suspected to be the cause of the accident but no culprits are ever found.
* [[June 27]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] signs [[Selective Service System|Proclamation 4771]] requiring 19- and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime [[Conscription in the United States|military draft]], in response to the [[Soviet war in Afghanistan|Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]].
* [[June 29]] - [[Vigdis Finnbogadottir]] is elected president of [[Iceland]].
===July===
[[Image:Alex palace1.jpg|thumb|200px|[[July 10]]: Fire at [[Alexandra Palace]].]]
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* [[July 9]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] visits [[Brazil]]; 7 people are crushed to death in a crowd meeting him.
* [[July 10]] - [[Alexandra Palace]] in [[London]] destroyed by fire.
* [[July 15]] - A [[Western Wisconsin Derecho|severe and destructive thunderstorm]] strikes 4 counties in western [[Wisconsin]], including the city of [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]]. It causes over $250m in damage, and one person is killed.
* [[July 16]] - Former [[California]] Governor and actor [[Ronald Reagan]] is nominated for [[U.S. President]], at the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. Influenced by the [[Religious Right]], the convention also drops its long standing support for the [[Equal Rights Amendment]], dismaying moderate Republicans.
* [[July 19]] - Former [[prime minister of Turkey|Turkish Prime Minister]] [[Nihat Erim]] is killed by 2 gunmen in Istanbul, [[Turkey]].
* [[July 19]]-[[August 3]] - The [[1980 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]].
* [[July 25]] - Release of [[Back in Black]], by the Australian band [[AC/DC]].
* [[July 27]] - [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], deposed shah of [[Iran]], dies in [[Cairo]].
* [[July 30]] - [[Vanuatu]] gains [[History_of_Vanuatu#Independence|independence]].
===August===
* [[August 2]] - A [[Strage di Bologna|terrorist bombing]] at the [[Bologna Central Station|railway station]] in [[Bologna]], [[Italy]] kills 85 people and wounds more than 200.
* [[August 7]]-[[August 14]] - [[Lech Wałęsa]] leads the first of many strikes at the [[Gdańsk]] [[Gdańsk Shipyard|shipyard]].
* [[August 10]] - Hurricane Allen Pounds Southeastern Texas as A category 3 hurricane.
* [[August 14]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] defeats Senator [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy]] to win renomination, at the 1980 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[New York City]].
* [[August 17]] - In [[Australia]], baby [[Azaria Chamberlain disappearance|Azaria Chamberlain disappears]] from a campsite at Ayers Rock ([[Uluru]]), reportedly taken by a [[dingo]].
===September===
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* [[September 2]] - [[Ford Europe]] launches the [[Ford Escort|Escort MK3]], which ditches the traditional rear-wheel drive saloon in favour of a more practical and modern front-wheel drive hatchback.
* [[September 5]] - The [[Gotthard Road Tunnel|St. Gothard Tunnel]] opens in [[Switzerland]] as the world's longest [[highway]] [[tunnel]] at 10.14 [[mile]]s (16.32 km) stretching from [[Goschenen]] to [[Airolo]].
* [[September 12]] - [[Kenan Evren]] stages a military coup in [[Turkey]]. It stops political gang violence, but begins stronger state violence leading to the execution of many young activists.
* [[September 17]] - After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]], the nationwide independent trade union [[Solidarity]] is established.
* [[September 17]] - Former [[Nicaragua]]n President [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] is killed in [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]].
* [[September 19]] - The [[Robert Redford]]-directed film ''[[Ordinary People]]'', based on the novel by [[Judith Guest]], premieres. Redford's directorial debut later wins him his first Oscar, and wins three other [[Academy Awards]], and five [[Golden Globe]] awards.
* [[September 22]] - The command council of [[Iraq]] orders its army to "deliver its fatal blow on [[Iran]]ian military targets," initiating the [[Iran-Iraq War]].
* [[September 22]] - Youth riots in the capital of the [[Estonian SSR|Soviet Republic]] of [[Estonia]] are quickly forced down.
* [[September 26]] - The [[Mariel Boatlift]] officially ends.
* [[September 29]] - The ''[[Washington Post]]'' publishes [[Janet Cooke]]'s story of Jimmy, an 8-year-old [[heroin]] addict (later proven to be fabricated).
* [[September 30]] - [[Digital Equipment Corporation]], [[Intel]] and [[Xerox]] introduce the [[DIX]] standard for [[Ethernet]], which is the first implementation outside of Xerox, and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.
===October===
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* [[October 1]] - [[Associated Newspapers]] announced that [[Evening News (London)|''The Evening News'']] would close and merge with the ''[[Evening Standard]]''.
* [[October 3]] - The film ''[[The Elephant Man (film)|The Elephant Man]]'' , starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[John Hurt]], and directed by [[David Lynch]], opens in New York City. It is nominated for many Academy Awards, but does not win any.
* [[October 5]] - [[British Leyland]] launches its new [[Austin Metro|Metro]], a three-door entry-level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the [[MINI|Mini]]. It gives BL a long-awaited modern competitor for the likes of the [[Ford Fiesta]] and [[Vauxhall Chevette]].
* [[October 10]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]] tells the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] conference "U-turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning."
* [[October 10]] - El Asnam in [[Algeria]] is destroyed by an [[earthquake]] which claimed more than 2,600 lives. After the quake, El Asnam is rebuilt and changes its name to the city of [[Chlef]].
* [[October 14]] - The [[Staggers Rail Act]] is enacted, deregulating [[United States|American]] [[railroad]]s.
* [[October 15]] - [[James Callaghan]] announces his resignation as Leader of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].
* [[October 15]] - James Hoskins forces his way into [[WCPO]]'s television studio in [[Cincinnati]], holding nine employees hostage for several hours before releasing them and taking his own life.
* [[October 18]] - The [[Malcolm Fraser|Fraser]] Government is re-elected for a third consecutive term in [[Australia]] with a reduced majority.
* [[October 21]] - The [[Philadelphia Phillies]] win their first [[World Series]] beating the [[Kansas City Royals]] 4-2 in game six. This remains the Phillies's only World Series championship in their 124 year existence.
* [[October 22]] - [[The Thomson Corporation]] said that [[The Times]] and all associated supplements would close in March 1981 if no buyer could be found.
* [[October 25]] - Proceedings on the [[Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction]] conclude at [[The Hague]].
* [[October 27]] - Six [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] prisoners in [[Maze (HM Prison)|Maze prison]] refuse food and demand status as [[political prisoner]]s; the [[hunger strike]] lasts until December.
* [[October 28]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] debate in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
* [[October 30]] - [[El Salvador]] and [[Honduras]] sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in [[1969]]'s [[Football War]] before the [[International Court of Justice]].
* [[October 31]] - The [[Poland|Polish]] government recognizes [[Solidarity]].
* [[October 31]] - [[Reza Pahlavi]], eldest son of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|the shah]] of [[Iran]], proclaims himself the rightful successor to the [[Peacock Throne]].
===November===
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* [[November 4]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1980]]: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] challenger and former Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] of [[California]] defeats incumbent [[United States Democrat Party|Democratic]] President [[Jimmy Carter]] in a [[landslide victory]], exactly 1 year after the beginning of the [[Iran hostage crisis]].
* [[November 10]] - [[November 12]] - [[Voyager program]]: The [[NASA]] space probe ''[[Voyager I]]'' makes its closest approach to [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]], when it flies within 77,000 miles of the [[planet]]'s cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on [[Earth]].
* [[November 20]] - The [[Gang of Four]] trial begins in China.
* [[November 21]] - A fire at the [[MGM Grand Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] kills 85 people.
* [[November 21]] - Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. [[Television|TV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Dallas (soap opera)|Dallas]]'' to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing. The "[[Who shot J.R.?]]" event is a national obsession.
* [[November 23]] - [[Italy Earthquake of 1980]]: a magnitude 7 [[earthquake]] in southern [[Italy]] kills approximately 3,000 people and leaves 300,000 homeless.
===December===
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* [[December 4]] - [[Francisco Sá Carneiro]], Portuguese [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] dies in a plane crash in [[Camarate]] in the outskirts of [[Lisbon]].
* [[December 8]] - Former Beatle [[John Lennon]] dies in hospital after being [[Death of John Lennon|shot]] outside his [[New York City]] apartment by [[Mark David Chapman]], a deranged fan who had received his signature earlier in the day.
* [[December 11]] - [[CERCLA]] is enacted by the [[U.S. Congress]].
* [[December 15]] - The [[Academia de la Llingua Asturiana]] (Academy of the [[Asturian Language]]) is created.
* [[December 16]] - During a summit on the island of [[Bali]], [[OPEC]] decides to raise the price of [[petroleum]] by 10%.
* [[December 26]] - [[Richard Chase]], the "Vampire of [[Sacramento]]," kills himself by [[overdose]] on [[San Quentin]] prison [[death row]].
===Undated===
* [[1980 United States heat wave]]
* [[Lawrence Klein]] is awarded the [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]].
* [[Hassan Fathy]] and [[Plenty International]] / [[Stephen Gaskin]] are awarded the [[Right Livelihood Award]].
* [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.
* [[Urdu keyboard|Urdu typewriter keyboard]] layout based on [[Naskh]] script, standardised in [[Pakistan]].
* [[Teen Line]], a teen-to-teen help hotline, is founded in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].
===Ongoing===
* [[Computer Age]], and [[Cold War]].
===World population===
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!colspan="7"|[[World population]]
|-
!
!1980
!colspan="2"|[[1975]]
!colspan="2"|[[1985]]
|-
![[Image:Globe.svg|50px]] [[World]]
|align="right"|'''4,434,682,000'''
|align="right"|4,068,109,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 366,573,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 366,573,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|4,830,979,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 396,297,000
|-
![[Image:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] [[Africa]]
|align="right"|'''469,618,000'''
|align="right"|408,160,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 61,458,000
|align="right"|541,814,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 72,196,000
|-
![[Image:Two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg|50px]] [[Asia]]
|align="right"|'''2,632,335,000'''
|align="right"|2,397,512,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 234,823,000
|align="right"|2,887,552,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 255,217,000
|-
![[Image:Europe satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] [[Europe]]
|align="right"|'''692,431,000'''
|align="right"|675,542,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 16,889,000
|align="right"|706,009,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 13,578,000
|-
|
{| style="background: #EEEEEE;"
|style="border: 0px;"|[[Image:Latin America terrain.jpg|50px]]
!style="border: 0px;"|[[Latin-America]] & [[Caribbean Islands|Caribbean]]
|}
|align="right"|'''361,401,000'''
|align="right"|321,906,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 39,495,000
|align="right"|401,469,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 40,068,000
|-
|
{| style="background: #EEEEEE;"
|style="border: 0px;"|[[Image:LocationWHNorthernAmerica.png|50px]]
!style="border: 0px;"|[[Northern America|North America]]
|}
|align="right"|'''256,068,000'''
|align="right"|243,425,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 12,643,000
|align="right"|269,456,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 13,388,000
|-
![[Image:Oceania.jpg|50px]] [[Oceania]]
|align="right"|'''22,828,000'''
|align="right"|21,564,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,264,000
|align="right"|24,678,000
|align="right"|[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,850,000
|}
==Births==
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===January-February===
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* [[January 1]] - [[Elin Nordegren]], Swedish model
* [[January 1]] - [[Mark Nichols]], Canadian curler
* [[January 2]] - [[Rebekah Teasdale]], British model and journalist
* [[January 4]] - [[Erin Cahill]], American actress
* [[January 7]] - [[Gabriela Bazan]], Peruvian activist
* [[January 7]] - [[Margarita Breitkreiz]], German actress
* [[January 8]] - [[Rachel Nichols (actress)|Rachel Nichols]], American actress
* [[January 9]] - [[Sergio García]], Spanish golfer
* [[January 10]] - [[Janelle Pierzina]], American reality star
* [[January 12]] - [[Amerie]], American singer
* [[January 14]] - [[Ossama Haidar]], a Lebanese soccer player who currently plays for [[Al-Ahed]].
* [[January 14]] - [[Cory Gibbs]], American soccer player
* [[January 14]] - [[Sosuke Sumitani]], Japanese announcer
* [[January 16]] - [[Albert Pujols]], Dominican [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[January 16]] - [[Michelle Wild]], Hungarian actress
* [[January 17]] - [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]], Ukrainian dance champion, choreographer, and instructor
* [[January 17]] - [[Zooey Deschanel]], American actress
* [[January 18]] - [[Julius Peppers]], American football player
* [[January 18]] - [[Jason Segel]], American actor
* [[January 20]] - [[Jenson Button]], British racecar driver
* [[January 21]] - [[Kevin McKenna]], Canadian footballer
* [[January 21]] - [[Nana Mizuki]], Japanese voice actress and singer
* [[January 22]] - [[Christopher Masterson]], American actor
* [[January 22]] - [[Jake Grove]], American football player
* [[January 24]] - [[Nyncke Beekhuyzen]], Dutch actress
* [[January 25]] - [[Christian Olsson]], Swedish athlete
* [[January 25]] - [[Alicia Keys]], American musician
* [[January 25]] - [[Xavi]], Spanish soccer player
* [[January 25]] - [[Michelle McCool-Alexander]], American professional wrestler
* [[January 27]] - [[Marat Safin]], Russian tennis player
* [[January 28]] - [[Nick Carter (singer)|Nick Carter]], American singer, member of [[Backstreet Boys]]
* [[January 30]] - [[Wilmer Valderrama]], Venezuelan/Colombian-American comedian
* [[February 5]] - [[Jo Swinson]], British MP
* [[February 5]] - [[Robin Vik]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]] tennis player
* [[February 6]] - [[Mamiko Noto]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actress)
* [[February 6]] - [[Kim Poirier]], Canadian Actress
* [[February 7]] - [[Dionne Quan]], Chinese-American voice actress
* [[February 10]] - [[César Izturis]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[February 10]] - [[Steve Tully]], English footballer
* [[February 11]] - [[Matthew Lawrence]], American actor
* [[February 12]] - [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]], Spanish tennis player
* [[February 12]] - [[Christina Ricci]], American actress
* [[February 14]] - [[Michelle Ye]], Hong Kong actress
* [[February 15]] - [[Conor Oberst]], American singer/songwriter
* [[February 16]] - [[Ashley Lelie]], American football player
* [[February 17]] - [[Jason Ritter]], American actor
* [[February 18]] - [[Regina Spektor]], Russian-born American singer-songwriter
* [[February 19]] - [[Ma Lin]], Chinese table-tennis player
* [[February 20]] - [[Imanol Harinordoquy]], French rugby player
* [[February 20]] - [[Artur Boruc]], Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
* [[February 21]] - [[Brad Fast]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[February 24]] - [[Emma Johnson (swimmer)|Emma Johnson]], Australian swimmer
* [[February 26]] - [[Júlio César da Silva e Souza]], Brazilian footballer
* [[February 27]] - [[Chelsea Clinton]], daughter of former U.S. president [[Bill Clinton]] and U.S. senator [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]
* [[February 28]] - [[Tayshaun Prince]], American basketball player
* [[February 28]] - [[Piotr Giza]], Polish footballer
* [[February 29]] - [[Simon Gagné]], Canadian hockey player
===March-April===
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* [[March 2]] - [[Chris Barker]], English footballer
* [[March 2]] - [[Lance Cade]], American professional wrestler
* [[March 2]] - [[Vince Walker]], singer ([[Suburban Legends]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Jung Da Bin]], Korean actress (d. [[2007]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Omar Bravo]], Mexican football player
* [[March 4]] - [[Jack Hannahan]], American baseball infielder
* [[March 7]] - [[Laura Prepon]], American actress
* [[March 14]] - [[Aaron Brown (footballer born 1980)|Aaron Brown]], English footballer
* [[March 16]] - [[Todd Heap]], American football player
* [[March 18]] - [[Alexei Yagudin]], Russian figure skater
* [[March 19]] - [[Agnes Pihlava]], Finnish pop singer
* [[March 20]] - [[Jamal Crawford]], American Basketball player
* [[March 21]] - [[Deryck Whibley]], Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician ([[Sum 41]])
* [[March 21]] - [[Ronaldinho]], Brazilian football player
* [[March 21]] - [[Marit Bjørgen]], Norwegian cross-country skier
* [[March 25]] - [[Natasha Yi]], Korean-American actress and model
* [[March 30]] - [[Yalin]], Turkish pop music singer and songwriter
* [[March 31]] - [[Chien-Ming Wang]], Taiwanese [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[April 1]] - [[Bijou Phillips]], American actress and socialite
* [[April 1]] - [[Randy Orton]], American professional wrestler
* [[April 1]] - [[Yūko Takeuchi]], Japanese actress
* [[April 4]] - [[Björn Wirdheim]], Swedish race car driver
* [[April 8]] - [[Ben Freeman]], British actor
* [[April 10]] - [[Sean Avery]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[April 10]] - [[Kasey Kahne]], American race car driver
* [[April 10]] - [[Bryce Soderberg]], Canadian musician ([[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]])
* [[April 12]] - [[Brian McFadden]], Irish singer
* [[April 14]] - [[Win Butler]], American/Canadian musician
* [[April 16]] - [[Paul London]], American professional [[wrestler]]
* [[April 17]] - [[Brenda Villa]], American water polo player
* [[April 17]] - [[Lee Hyun-il]], South Korean badminton player
* [[April 20]] - [[Jasmin Wagner]], German singer
* [[April 21]] - [[Vincent Lecavalier]], Canadian hockey player
* [[April 22]] - [[Nicolas Douchez]], French footballer
* [[April 24]] - [[Austin Nichols]], American actor
* [[April 25]] - [[Daniel McPherson]], Australian actor and TV personality
* [[April 26]] - [[Channing Tatum]], American actor and model
* [[April 26]] - [[Jordana Brewster]], American actress
* [[April 26]] - [[Stana Katic]], American film actress
* [[April 27]] - [[Zayed Khan]], Indian actor
* [[April 29]] - [[Kian Egan]], Westlife
===May-June===
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* [[May 3]] - [[Marcel Vigneron]], American chef (''[[Top Chef]]'')
* [[May 5]] - [[Maia Hirasawa]], Swedish pop singer
* [[May 6]] - [[Taebin]], Korean hip-hop artist ([[1TYM]])
* [[May 6]] - [[Kate Lawler]], English reality TV show star
* [[May 6]] - [[Kelly van der Veer]], Dutch reality TV star
* [[May 7]] - [[Johan Kenkhuis]], Dutch swimmer
* [[May 8]] - [[Benny Yau]], Canadian entertainer
* [[May 9]] - [[Grant Hackett]], Australian swimmer
* [[May 9]] - [[Norihiro Nishi]], Japanese footballer
* [[May 15]] - [[Josh Beckett]], Boston Red Sox pitcher
* [[May 15]] - [[Rocky Marquette]], American actor
* [[May 19]] - [[Dean Heffernan]] Australian Footballer (Central Coast Mariners)
* [[May 19]] - [[Drew Fuller]], American Actor
* [[May 24]] - [[Cecilia Cheung]], Hong Kong actress
* [[May 28]] - [[Mark Feehily]], Westlife
* [[May 29]] - [[Michael Stasko]], Canadian actor
* [[May 30]] - [[Steven Gerrard]], English footballer
* [[June 1]] - [[Oliver James (entertainer)|Oliver James]], British actor
* [[June 2]] - [[Lindsey Yamasaki]], Japanese American professional basketball player
* [[June 5]] - [[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]], Canadian hockey player
* [[June 5]] - [[Yasser Latif Hamdani]], [[Pakistan]]i [[constitutional]] [[lawyer]] and [[historian]],
* [[June 10]] - [[Francelino Matuzalem]], Brazilian football player
* [[June 13]] - [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]], German singer
* [[June 16]] - [[Brad Gushue]], Canadian curler
* [[June 16]] - [[Joey Yung]], Hong Kong singer
* [[June 17]] - [[Kimeru]], Japanese singer
* [[June 17]] - [[Venus Williams]], American tennis player
* [[June 19]] - [[Jason White]], American football player
* [[June 22]] - [[Ilya Bryzgalov]], Russian ice hockey player
* [[June 23]] - [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]], West Indian cricketer
* [[June 25]] - [[Nozomi Takeuchi]], Japanese actress
* [[June 26]] - [[Michael Vick]], American football player
* [[June 26]] - [[Jason Schwartzman]], American actor
* [[June 29]] - [[Melissa Peachey]], British TV Presenter
* [[June 29]] - [[Katherine Jenkins]], Welsh soprano
* [[June 29]] - [[Martin Truex Jr]], American race car driver
===July-August===
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* [[July 1]] - [[Patrick Aufiero]], American ice hockey player
* [[July 3]] - [[Roland Mark Schoeman]], South African swimmer
* [[July 4]] - [[Max Elliott Slade]], American actor
* [[July 5]] - [[Eva Green]], French actress and composer
* [[July 6]] - [[Pau Gasol]], Spanish basketball player
* [[July 7]] - [[Michelle Kwan]], American figure skater
* [[July 8]] - [[Robbie Keane]], Irish footballer
* [[July 9]] - [[Kathia Rodriguez]], Puerto Rican actress
* [[July 10]] - [[Adam Petty]], American race car driver (d. [[2000]])
* [[July 10]] - [[Jesse Jane]], American porn actress
* [[July 10]] - [[Jessica Simpson]], American singer
* [[July 15]] - [[Jasper Pääkkönen]], Finnish actor and film producer
* [[July 15]] - [[Reggie Abercrombie]], American baseball player
* [[July 15]] - [[JW-Jones]], Canadian blues artist
* [[July 18]] - [[Kristen Bell]], American actress
* [[July 20]] - [[Mike Kennerty]], American guitarist ([[The All-American Rejects]])
* [[July 20]] - [[Gisele Bündchen]], Brazilian supermodel
* [[July 22]] - [[Kate Ryan]], Belgian singer
* [[July 23]] - [[Michelle Williams]], American singer, actress, member of [[Destiny's Child]]
* [[July 27]] - [[Julia Haworth]], British actress
* [[July 29]] - [[Fernando González]], Chilean tennis player
* [[July 30]] - [[Diam's]], French rapper
* [[August 3]] - [[Dominic Moore]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[August 5]] - [[Wayne Bridge]], English footballer
* [[August 9]] - [[Charlie David]], Canadian Actor
* [[August 10]] - [[Pua Magasiva]], Samao actor
* [[August 14]] - [[Roy Williams (safety)|Roy Williams]], American football player
* [[August 12]] - [[Maggie Lawson]], American actress
* [[August 12]] - [[Matt Thiessen]], Canadian singer/guitarist
* [[August 16]] - [[Vanessa Carlton]], American singer
* [[August 18]] - [[Damion Stewart]], Jamaican footballer
* [[August 19]] - [[Darius Danesh]], Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
* [[August 23]] - [[Rex Grossman]], American football player
* [[August 26]] - [[Macaulay Culkin]], American actor
* [[August 26]] - [[Chris Pine]], American actor
* [[August 27]] - [[Derrick Strait]], American football player
* [[August 28]] - [[Debra Lafave]], American teacher
* [[August 29]] - [[Nicholas Tse]], Hong Kong singer
===September-October===
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* [[September 2]] - [[Dany Sabourin]], French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* [[September 3]] - [[Jennie Finch]], American softball player
* [[September 6]] - [[Joseph Yobo]], Nigerian footballer
* [[September 6]] - [[Samuel Peter]], Nigerian boxer & heavyweight champion
* [[September 6]] - [[Kerry Katona]], English TV presenter and former pop star with [[Atomic Kitten]]
* [[September 7]] - [[Gabriel Milito]], Argentine [[soccer]] player who plays for [[F.C Barcelona]]
* [[September 7]] - [[Mark Prior]], baseball player
* [[September 9]] - [[Michelle Williams]], American actress ([[Dawson's Creek]], [[Brokeback Mountain]])
* [[September 10]] - [[Mikey Way]], American bassist ([[My Chemical Romance]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Mike Comrie]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[September 12]] - [[Sean Burroughs]], baseball player
* [[September 12]] - [[Yao Ming]], Chinese basketball player
* [[September 13]] - [[Ben Savage]], American actor
* [[September 13]] - [[Daisuke Matsuzaka]], Japanese baseball player
* [[September 19]] - [[Tegan Quin]], Canadian singer/songwriter
* [[September 19]] - [[Sara Quin]], Canadian singer/songwriter
* [[September 21]] - [[Kareena Kapoor]], Indian actress
* [[September 21]] - [[Autumn Reeser]], American actress
* [[September 25]] - [[T.I.]], American rapper
* [[September 29]] - [[Patrick Agyemang]], Ghanaian footballer
* [[September 29]] - [[Zachary Levi]], American actor
* [[September 29]] - [[Dallas Green (musician)]], Canadian singer/songwriter
* [[September 30]] - [[Martina Hingis]], Swiss tennis player
* [[October 4]] - [[Kristina Lenko]], Canadian champion ice skater
* [[October 4]] - [[Tomas Rosicky]], Czech footballer
* [[October 4]] - [[Me'Lisa Barber]], American athlete
* [[October 5]] - [[James Toseland]], English [[motorcycle]] racer
* [[October 8]] - [[Nick Cannon]], American [[actor]] and [[rapper]]
* [[October 10]] - [[Sherine]], Egyptian singer
* [[October 13]] - [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], American musician
* [[October 14]] - [[Terrence McGee]], American football player
* [[October 16]] - [[Sue Bird]], American basketball player
* [[October 16]] - [[Timana Tahu]], Australian Rugby League player
* [[October 17]] - [[Ekaterina Gamova]], Russian volleyball player
* [[October 18]] - [[Reetinder Sodhi]], Indian cricket player
* [[October 24]] - [[Monica (singer)|Monica Arnold]], American musician
* [[October 28]] - [[Alan Smith]], English footballer
* [[October 28]] - [[Christy Hemme]], American professional wrestler
* [[October 28]] - [[Kanzi]] the [[Bonobo]]
* [[October 31]] - [[Samaire Armstrong]], American actress
===November-December===
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* [[November 3]] - [[Dan Marsala]], American musician
* [[November 4]] - [[Sabrina Colie]], Jamaican actress
* [[November 5]] - [[Christoph Metzelder]], German football player
* [[November 11]] - [[Willie Parker]], American football player
* [[November 12]] - [[Ryan Gosling]], Canadian actor
* [[November 13]] - [[Monique Coleman]], American actress
* [[November 15]] - [[Ace Young]], American singer and reality show finalist
* [[November 16]] - [[Kayte Christensen]], American basketball player
* [[November 17]] - [[Isaac Hanson]], American musician
* [[November 19]] - [[Adele Silva]], British actress
* [[November 21]] - [[Hank Blalock]], American baseball player
* [[November 25]] - [[Nick Swisher]], American baseball player
* [[November 28]] - [[Lisa Middelhauve]], German singer ([[Xandria]])
* [[December 3]] - [[Anna Chlumsky]], American actress
* [[December 3]] - [[Nadine Jansen]], German pornographic model
* [[December 3]] - [[Jim Sorgi]], American football player
* [[December 5]] - [[Ibrahim Maalouf]], Lebanese-born French trumpeter
* [[December 6]] - [[Steve Lovell]], English football player
* [[December 6]] - [[Kei Yasuda]], Japanese singer
* [[December 7]] - [[John Terry]], English football player
* [[December 9]] - [[Ryder Hesjedal]], Canadian professional cyclist
* [[December 10]] - [[Sarah Chang]], American violinist
* [[December 13]] - [[Bosco Wong]], Hong Kong actor
* [[December 18]] - [[Christina Aguilera]], American singer
* [[December 19]] - [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], American actor
* [[December 19]] - [[Marla Sokoloff]], American actress
* [[December 20]] - [[Ashley Cole]], English football player
* [[December 20]] - [[Fitz Hall]], English football player
* [[December 22]] - [[Chris Carmack]], American actor
* [[December 24]] - [[Tomas Kalnoky]], American musician ([[Streetlight Manifesto]])
* [[December 25]] - [[Laura Sadler]], British TV actress (d. [[2003]])
* [[December 30]] - [[Eliza Dushku]], American actress
* [[December 31]] - [[Richie McCaw]], New Zealand rugby player
==Deaths==
===January - March===
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* [[January 3]] - [[Joy Adamson]], Austrian-born conservationist and author (murdered) (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 8]] - [[John Mauchly]], American physicist and inventor (b. [[1907]])
* [[January 10]] - [[George Meany]], American labor leader (b. [[1894]])
* [[January 18]] - Sir [[Cecil Beaton]], English photographer (b. [[1904]])
* [[January 21]] - [[Georges Painvin]], French cryptographer (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 25]] - [[Roland Barthes]], French literary critic, and philosopher (b. [[1915]])
* [[January 28]] - [[Franco Evangelisti]], Italian composer (b. [[1926]])
* [[January 29]] - [[Jimmy Durante]], American actor, singer, and comedian (b. [[1893]])
* [[January 30]] - [[Professor Longhair]], American musician (b. [[1918]])
* [[February 2]] - [[William Howard Stein]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]])
* [[February 6]] - [[Albert Kotin]] American [[abstract expressionist]] painter (b. [[1907]])
* [[February 9]] - [[Tom Macdonald (writer)|Tom Macdonald]], Welsh journalist and novelist (b. [[1900]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Muriel Rukeyser]], American poet (b. [[1913]])
* [[February 13]] - [[David Janssen]], American actor (b. [[1931]])
* [[February 14]] - [[Rudra Baruah|Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah]], [[Assamese people|Assamese]] composer and actor
* [[February 19]] - [[Bon Scott|Ronald Belford (Bon) Scott]], Scottish-born singer ([[AC/DC]]) (b. [[1946]])
* [[February 20]] - [[Joseph Banks Rhine|J.B. Rhine]], parapsychologist (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 20]] - [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth|Alice Longworth]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s daughter, wife of [[Nicholas Longworth]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[February 24]] - [[Clement Martyn Doke]], South African linguist
* [[February 27]] - [[George Tobias]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[March 1]] - [[Dixie Dean]], English football player (b. [[1907]])
* [[March 1]] - [[Wilhelmina Cooper|Wilhelmina]], high-fashion model and owner of model agency (b. [[1940]])
* [[March 1]] - [[Daniil Khrabrovitsky]], Soviet film director (b. 1923)
* [[March 5]] - [[Jay Silverheels]], American actor (b. [[1912]])
* [[March 5]] - [[Winifred Wagner]], [[Richard Wagner]]'s daughter-in-law, close friend of [[Adolf Hitler]]
* [[March 14]] - [[Anna Jantar]], Polish Singer - [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007]] Crash
* [[March 16]] - [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish-born painter (b. [[1898]])
* [[March 18]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. [[1900]])
* [[March 21]] - [[Peter Stoner]], American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 24]] - [[Oscar Romero]], [[El Salvador]] Roman catholic Archbishop (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 24]] - [[Pierre Etchebaster]], French real tennis player (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 25]] - [[Roland Barthes]], French literary critic and writer (b. [[1915]])
* [[March 25]] - [[Walter Susskind]], Czech conductor (b. [[1913]])
* [[March 25]] - [[James Wright (poet)|James Wright]], American poet (b. [[1927]])
* [[March 29]] - [[Mantovani]], Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 31]] - [[Vladimír Holan]], Czech poet (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 31]] - [[Jesse Owens]], American athlete (b. [[1913]])
===April - June===
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* [[April 4]] - [[Red Sovine]], American country & folk singer & songwriter (b. [[1917]])
* [[April 12]] - [[Clark McConachy]], New Zealand snooker and billiards player (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 15]] - [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], French philosopher and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1905]])
* [[April 20]] - [[Katherine K. Davis]], American composer (b. [[1892]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Sohrab Sepehri]], Persian poet and painter (b. [[1928]])
* [[April 24]] - [[Alejo Carpentier]], Cuban writer (b. [[1904]])
* [[April 29]] - [[Alfred Hitchcock]], British film director (b. [[1899]])
* [[April 30]] - [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. [[1898]])
* [[May 4]] - [[Josip Broz Tito]], [[President of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[May 16]] - [[Marin Preda]], Romanian writer (b. [[1922]])
* [[May 18]] - [[David A. Johnston]], a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. [[1949]])
* [[May 18]] - [[Ian Curtis]], British musician and singer ([[Joy Division]]) (b. [[1956]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Rolf Nevanlinna]], Finnish mathematician (b. [[1895]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Henry Miller]], American writer (b. [[1891]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Elizabeth Craig]], British writer (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 12]] - [[Milburn Stone]], American actor (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 13]] - [[Walter Rodney]], Guyanese historian and political figure (b. [[1942]])
* [[June 20]] - [[Amy Key Clarke]], English mystical poet (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 21]] - [[Bert Kaempfert]], German orchestra leader and songwriter (b. [[1923]])
* [[June 23]] - [[Clyfford Still]], American painter (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 23]] - [[John Laurie]], British actor (b. [[1897]])
===July - September===
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* July - [[Robert Brackman]], American painter (b. [[1898]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Dore Schary]], American film writer, director, and producer (b. [[1905]])
* [[July 9]] - [[Vinicius de Moraes]], Brazilian writer, poet and diplomat (b. [[1913]])
* [[July 15]] - [[Ben Selvin]], famed American 1920's & 1930's orchestra leader & recording artist (b. [[1898]])
* [[July 17]] - [[Boris Delaunay]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1890]])
* [[July 24]] - [[Uttam Kumar]] (Arun Kumar Chatterjee), the legendary [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Actor]] (b. [[1926]]).
* [[July 24]] - [[Peter Sellers]], English actor (b. [[1925]])
* [[July 25]] - [[Vladimir Vysotsky]], Russian singer-songwriter, poet, actor (b. [[1938]])
* [[July 26]] - [[Kenneth Tynan]], English theatre critic (b. [[1927]])
* [[July 27]] - [[Muhammad Reza Pahlavi]], [[Shah of Iran]] (b. [[1919]])
* [[July 31]] - [[Pascual Jordan]], German physicist (b. [[1902]])
* [[July 31]] - [[Mohammed Rafi]], Indian singer (b. [[1924]])
* [[August 7]] - [[Jackie Cochran]], American pilot (b. [[1906]])
* [[August 10]] - [[Yahya Khan]], [[President of Pakistan]] (b. [[1917]])
* [[August 14]] - [[Dorothy Stratten]], Canadian model (murdered) (b. [[1960]])
* [[August 19]] - [[Otto Frank]], father of Jewish diarist [[Anne Frank]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[August 20]] - [[Joe Dassin]], French singer (b. [[1938]])
* [[August 24]] - [[Yootha Joyce]], British actress (b. [[1927]])
* [[August 26]] - [[Tex Avery]], American cartoonist and creator of [[Looney Toons]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[September 3]] - [[Dirch Passer]], Danish actor (b. [[1926]])
* [[September 8]] - [[Willard Libby]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1908]])
* [[September 15]] - [[Bill Evans]], American jazz pianist (b. [[1929]])
* [[September 16]] - [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 17]] - [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]], former President of Nicaragua (assassinated) (b. [[1925]])
* [[September 25]] - [[John Bonham]], British drummer ([[Led Zeppelin]]) (b. [[1948]])
===October - December===
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* [[October 6]] - [[Hattie Jacques]], Starr of Carry On Films (Heart Attack) (b. [[1922]])
* [[October 20]] - Lady [[Isobel Barnett]], British television personality (suicide following her conviction for shoplifting) (b. [[1918]])
* [[October 25]] - [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist (b. March 8, [[1921]])
* [[October 25]] - [[Virgil Fox]], American organist (b. [[1912]])
* [[October 25]] - [[Victor Galindez]], Argentine boxer (race car accident) (b. [[1948]])
* [[October 27]] - [[Steve Peregrin Took]], British musician ([[T.Rex (band)|T. Rex]]) (b. [[1949]])
* [[October 27]] - [[John Hasbrouck van Vleck]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1899]])
* [[November 4]] - [[Elsie MacGill]], Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. [[1904]])
* [[November 7]] - [[Steve McQueen]], American actor (b. [[1930]])
* [[November 9]] - [[Gloria Guinness]], Fashion icon (b. [[1912]])
* [[November 16]] - [[Boris Aronson]], renowned Russian set designer (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 17]] - [[Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha]], 41st master of the [[Oveyssi]] [[Sufi]] order (b. [[1916]])
* [[November 18]] - [[Conn Smythe]], NHL coach 1927-1931 (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 20]] - [[John McEwen]], eighteenth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[November 22]] - [[Norah McGuinness]], Northern Irish painter and illustrator (b. [[1901]])
* [[November 22]] - [[Mae West]], American actress (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 27]] - [[F. Burrall Hoffman]], American architect (b. [[1882]])
* [[November 29]] - [[Dorothy Day]], social progressive and founder of the [[Catholic Worker]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[December 2]] - [[Romain Gary]], Lithuanian-born writer (b. [[1914]])
* [[December 4]] - [[Francisco Sá Carneiro]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. [[1934]])
* [[December 4]] - [[Stanislawa Walasiewicz]], Polish-born runner (b. [[1911]])
* [[December 7]] - [[Darby Crash]], American songwriter, singer for [[The Germs]] (heroin overdose) (b. [[1958]])
* [[December 8]] - [[John Lennon]], British singer, songwriter, and guitarist for [[The Beatles]] (b. [[1940]])
* [[December 16]] - [[Harland Sanders]], American fast food entrepreneur (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 16]] - [[Hellmuth Walter]], German engineer and inventor (b. [[1900]])
* [[December 24]] - [[Karl Dönitz]], [[President of Germany]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 24]] - [[Siggie Nordstrom]], model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The [[Nordstrom Sisters]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[December 26]] - [[Richard Chase]], serial killer (b. [[1950]])
* [[December 29]] - [[Tim Hardin]], American musician (b. [[1941]])
* [[December 31]] - [[Marshall McLuhan]], Canadian author and professor (b. [[1911]])
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==Ship events==
* [[List of ship launches in 1980]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1980]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 1980]]
* [[List of shipwrecks in 1980]]
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[James Watson Cronin]], [[Val Logsdon Fitch]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Paul Berg]], [[Walter Gilbert]], [[Frederick Sanger]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Baruj Benacerraf]], [[Jean Dausset]], [[George D. Snell]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Czesław Miłosz]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Adolfo Pérez Esquivel]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Lawrence Klein]]
==Templeton Prize==
* [[Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science|Prof. Ralph Burhoe]]
==Right Livelihood Award==
The [[Right Livelihood Award]] was founded in 1980 by [[Jakob von Uexkull]].
==Notes==
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==External links==
* http://www.1980-games.com
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