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 in the year 1980.   

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

Sep 12   Military coup in Turkey on this day in history.   

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

Sep 17   Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay on this day in history.   

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

Sep 18   K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1980 soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station   

Sep 19   Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR) on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1980 ernest White, composer, dies at 80   

Sep 22   On this day in history iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins   

Sep 22   On this day in history john & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records   

Sep 22   On this day in history the war between Iran and Iraq begins   

Sep 22   On this day in history uSS Eisenhower and Midway continued contingency operations in the northern Arabian Sea as war erupted between Iraq and Iran.   

Sep 23   Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens on this day in history.   

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

Sep 26   In the year 1980 andrew Crawford is born   

Sep 26   Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla" on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Soyuz 38 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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

Sep 30   In the year 1980 iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein   

Oct 01   In the year 1980 cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days   

Oct 01   George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86 in the year 1980.   

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

Oct 02   In the year 1980 larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali   

Oct 02   On this day in history valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46   

Oct 06   On this day in history hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

Oct 09   Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 10   On this day in history bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies   

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Feb 29   Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of taylor Twellman, American soccer player   

Feb 29   Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer was born in the year 1980.   

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of chris Conley, American musician   

Apr 02   Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1980.   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1980 birth of ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)   

Jan 01   Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52 in the year 1980.   

Jan 07   Carl White, rocker, dies on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1980 george Meany, labor leader, dies at 86   

Jan 11   Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913) died in the year 1980.   

Jan 12   On this day in history hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies