1980 Calendar
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1980 Historical Event(s)
- January 28, 1980 – USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
- February 16, 1980 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- March 4, 1980 – Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe’s first black prime minister.
- April 20, 1980 – Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
- June 10, 1980 – The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
- July 7, 1980 – During the Lebanese civil war, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
- July 10, 1980 – Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
- September 17, 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
- September 22, 1980 – Iraq invades Iran.
- November 24, 1980 – Assassination of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador.
Who Were Born On 1980?
- January 7, 1980 – Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- February 17, 1980 – Jason Ritter, American actor
- April 9, 1980 – Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
- June 5, 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 7, 1980 – John Buck, American baseball player
- July 21, 1980 – Tailor James, Canadian model
- August 13, 1980 – Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
- October 13, 1980 – Scott Parker, English footballer
- November 8, 1980 – Ana Vidović, Croatian virtuoso classical guitarist
- December 10, 1980 – Sarah Chang, American violinist