1980 Calendar
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1980 Historical Event(s)
- February 2, 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- February 16, 1980 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 25, 1980 – The Suriname government is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation’s capital, Paramaribo
- March 14, 1980 – In Poland, a plane crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
- March 21, 1980 – On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase “Who shot J.R.?”
- April 12, 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.
- August 8, 1980 – The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland.
- August 14, 1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
- September 16, 1980 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
- September 18, 1980 – Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
Who Were Born On 1980?
- January 16, 1980 – Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
- February 19, 1980 – Dwight Freeney, American football player
- February 20, 1980 – Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
- July 26, 1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
- August 11, 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
- August 16, 1980 – Raniere, Brazilian footballer
- October 6, 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- October 10, 1980 – Casey FitzSimmons, American football player
- November 26, 1980 – Jason Anthony Griffith, American video game voice actor
- December 28, 1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer