Page 13: Historical Events In 1980

Sep 05   World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens in the year 1980.   

Sep 07   In the year 1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott   

Sep 08   In the year 1980 bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies   

Sep 11   Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1980 military coup in Turkey   

Sep 15   In the year 1980 bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51   

Sep 17   In the year 1980 anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay   

Sep 17   Solidarity labor union in Poland forms in the year 1980.   

Sep 18   K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 in the year 1980.   

Sep 18   Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station in the year 1980.   

Sep 19   Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR) in the year 1980.   

Sep 21   Ernest White, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1980.   

Sep 22   In the year 1980 iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins   

Sep 22   John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records in the year 1980.   

Sep 22   In the year 1980 the war between Iran and Iraq begins   

Sep 22   USS Eisenhower and Midway continued contingency operations in the northern Arabian Sea as war erupted between Iraq and Iran in the year 1980.   

Sep 23   On this day in history big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens   

Sep 25   In the year 1980 john Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32   

Sep 26   On this day in history andrew Crawford is born   

Sep 26   On this day in history cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"   

Sep 26   On this day in history soyuz 38 returns to Earth   

Sep 28   In the year 1980 jaromir Wagner is first to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing   

Sep 30   On this day in history iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein   

Oct 01   On this day in history cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days   

Oct 01   On this day in history george Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86   

Oct 01   In the year 1980 uSS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon   

Oct 02   Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali in the year 1980.   

Oct 02   Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 in the year 1980.   

Oct 06   In the year 1980 hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

Oct 09   On this day in history princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot   

Oct 09   The first consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn) in the year 1980.   

Oct 10   4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria in the year 1980.   

Oct 10   In the year 1980 bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies   

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Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist   

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player   

Feb 29   Taylor Twellman, American soccer player was born on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer   

Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of chris Conley, American musician   

Apr 02   Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1980 birth of adam Fleming, English news reporter   

Apr 02   Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1980 frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70   

Jan 02   In the year 1980 larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44   

Jan 03   On this day in history amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52   

Jan 07   Carl White, rocker, dies in the year 1980.   

Jan 08   On this day in history oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90   

Jan 10   George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913) died on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1980 hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies