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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.
•  March 27, 1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
•  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.
•  May 22, 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man.
•  August 1, 1980 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the country’s first democratically elected female head of state
•  August 25, 1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
•  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.
•  October 30, 1980 – 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.
•  November 23, 1980 – A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.

•  April 9, 1980 – Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
•  May 24, 1980 – Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
•  June 23, 1980 – Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
•  July 7, 1980 – Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used)
•  July 25, 1980 – Scott Waldrom, New Zealand All Black rugby player
•  July 26, 1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
•  August 4, 1980 – Richard Dawson, English cricketer
•  August 12, 1980 – Dominique Swain, American actress
•  September 29, 1980 – Zachary Levi, American actor
•  October 18, 1980 – Josh Gracin, American singer