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1980 Calendar

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•  February 16, 1980 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  February 23, 1980 – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran’s parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
•  May 18, 1980 – 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
•  August 19, 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
•  August 31, 1980 – After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity.
•  September 5, 1980 – The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
•  October 10, 1980 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs in the Algerian town of El Asnam. 3.500 die and 300,000 are left homeless.
•  November 24, 1980 – Assassination of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador.
•  November 28, 1980 – Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid – Over 70% of Iraqi Navy was destroyed by Iranian Navy in The Persian Gulf. The Iranian Navy’s Day.
•  December 4, 1980 – English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.

•  February 6, 1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
•  March 22, 1980 – Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
•  March 31, 1980 – Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
•  June 19, 1980 – Adel Abdulaziz, Emirati football player
•  June 20, 1980 – Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
•  July 14, 1980 – Jed Madela, Filipino singer
•  July 19, 1980 – Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver
•  September 9, 1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
•  October 28, 1980 – Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor
•  November 12, 1980 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor