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{{Year nav|1980}}
1980 is the 81st year of the [[20th century]] and the 1st year of the [[1980s]].
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'''1980''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXXX]]) was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1980th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1980}}.


== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[January 20]] – The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defeat the [[Saint Louis Rams|Los Angeles Rams]] to win their 4th [[Super Bowl]] championship. They hold the record for most wins by one team until 1995.
* [[January 20]] – The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defeat the [[Los Angeles Rams]] to win their 4th [[Super Bowl]] championship. They hold the record for most wins by one team until 1995.
* [[April 12]] – [[Terry Fox]] begins his ''Marathon of Hope'' in [[Canada]].
* [[April 12]] – [[Terry Fox]] begins his ''Marathon of Hope'' in [[Canada]].
* [[April 30]] – [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] crowned
* [[April 30]] – [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] crowned
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===February===
===February===
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[[File:Matthew Lawrence.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matthew Lawrence]]]]
[[File:Matthew Lawrence (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matthew Lawrence]]]]
[[File:Christina Ricci by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christina Ricci]]]]
[[File:Christina Ricci by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christina Ricci]]]]
[[File:Jason Ritter TIFF 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jason Ritter]]]]
[[File:Jason Ritter TIFF 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jason Ritter]]]]
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** [[Matthew Gray Gubler]], American actor and director
** [[Matthew Gray Gubler]], American actor and director
* [[March 11]] – [[Gabriela Pichler]], Swedish film director and screenwriter
* [[March 11]] – [[Gabriela Pichler]], Swedish film director and screenwriter
* [[March 13]] [[Caron Butler]], American basketball player
* [[March 13]]
**[[Caron Butler]], American basketball player
**[[Nick Barua]], British Corporate executive
* [[March 14]] – [[Aaron Brown (footballer born 1980)|Aaron Brown]], English footballer
*[[March 14]]
**[[Aaron Brown (footballer born 1980)|Aaron Brown]], English footballer
**[[Hiro Matsushita]], Formar Japanese Race car Driver and [[Businessman]]
* [[March 16]] – [[Todd Heap]], American football player
* [[March 16]] – [[Todd Heap]], American football player
* [[March 17]] – [[Katie Morgan]], American porn actress and radio host
* [[March 17]] – [[Katie Morgan]], American porn actress and radio host
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[[File:Randy Orton May 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Randy Orton]]]]
[[File:Randy Orton May 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Randy Orton]]]]
[[File:MJK34322 Charlie Hunnam (The Lost City Of Z, Berlinale 2017).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charlie Hunnam]]]]
[[File:MJK34322 Charlie Hunnam (The Lost City Of Z, Berlinale 2017).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charlie Hunnam]]]]
[[File:The Common Linnets, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Waylon (Dutch singer)|Waylon]]]]
[[File:The Common Linnets, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 09 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Waylon (Dutch singer)|Waylon]]]]
[[File:Reagan Gomez by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Reagan Gomez-Preston]]]]
[[File:Reagan Gomez by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Reagan Gomez-Preston]]]]
[[File:Daniel MacPherson.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Daniel MacPherson]]]]
[[File:Daniel MacPherson.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Daniel MacPherson]]]]
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* [[April 15]] – [[Natalie Casey]], English actress
* [[April 15]] – [[Natalie Casey]], English actress
* [[April 16]]
* [[April 16]]
** [[Reeyot Alemu]], Ethiopian journalist
** [[Samir Javadzadeh]], Azerbaijani singer
** [[Samir Javadzadeh]], Azerbaijani singer
** [[Paul London]], American professional wrestler
** [[Paul London]], American professional wrestler
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[[File:Jessica Simpson Joining Forces with the Rockies April 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jessica Simpson]]]]
[[File:Jessica Simpson Joining Forces with the Rockies April 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jessica Simpson]]]]
[[File:Kristen Bell Frozen premiere 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kristen Bell]]]]
[[File:Kristen Bell Frozen premiere 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kristen Bell]]]]
[[File:Michelle Williams, 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams]]]]
[[File:Michelle Williams 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams]]]]
[[File:Ardern Cropped.png|thumb|100px|[[Jacinda Ardern]]]]
[[File:Ardern Cropped.png|thumb|100px|[[Jacinda Ardern]]]]
* [[July 1]]
* [[July 1]]
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
===January===
===January===
[[File:Olympic sprinters Owens Metcalfe and Wykoff 1936 (cropped).jpg|110px|thumb|[[Frank Wykoff]]]]
[[File:Justice William O Douglas.jpg|110px|thumb|[[William O. Douglas]]]]
[[File:Teresa Noce 2.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Teresa Noce]]]]
[[File:Jimmy durante 1964.JPG|110px|thumb|[[Jimmy Durante]]]]
[[File:Jimmy durante 1964.JPG|110px|thumb|[[Jimmy Durante]]]]
* [[January 1]]
* [[January 1]]
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===February===
===February===
[[File:Singer-bon-scott-star-smile-photos-tattoos.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Bon Scott]]]]
[[File:Oskar Kokoschka (1963) by Erling Mandelmann - 3.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Oskar Kokoschka]]]]
[[File:Alice Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Yigal Allon.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Yigal Allon]]]]
[[File:Enrico Celio.gif|thumb|110px|[[Enrico Celio]]]]
[[File:Mario Mattoli 1963.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mario Mattoli]]]]
* [[February 1]] – [[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]], American actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[February 1]] – [[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]], American actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[February 2]]
* [[February 2]]
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** [[Shin'ichi Hisamatsu]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1889]])
** [[Shin'ichi Hisamatsu]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1889]])
* [[February 28]] – [[James Goff]], American football and basketball head coach (b. [[1912]])
* [[February 28]] – [[James Goff]], American football and basketball head coach (b. [[1912]])
* [[February 29]] [[Gil Elvgren]], American pin-up artist (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 29]]
** [[Gil Elvgren]], American pin-up artist (b. [[1914]])
** [[Yigal Allon]], [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1918]])


===March===
===March===
[[File:NBogolyubov.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nikolay Bogolyubov (actor)|Nikolay Bogolyubov]]]]
[[File:Mohammad Hatta 1950.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mohammad Hatta]]]]
[[File:Boun Oum 1971.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Boun Oum]]]]
[[File:Mural Oscar Romero UES (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Óscar Romero]]]]
[[File:Mural Oscar Romero UES.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Óscar Romero]]]]
[[File:Mr. Ton Duc Thang.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Tôn Đức Thắng]]]]
[[File:T%C3%B4n %C4%90%E1%BB%A9c Th%E1%BA%AFng.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Tôn Đức Thắng]]]]
[[File:Jesse Owens 1936.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jesse Owens]]]]

* [[March 1]]
* [[March 1]]
** [[Dixie Dean]], English football player (b. [[1907]])
** [[Dixie Dean]], English football player (b. [[1907]])
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===April===
===April===
[[File:William R. Tolbert, Jr..JPG|thumb|110px|[[William R. Tolbert Jr.]]]]
[[File:William R. Tolbert, Jr..JPG|thumb|110px|[[William R. Tolbert Jr.]]]]
[[File:Jean-Paul Sartre FP.JPG|110px|thumb|[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]]]
[[File:Sartre 1967 crop.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]]]
[[File:Mario Bava 75.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Mario Bava]]]]
[[File:Mario Bava 75.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Mario Bava]]]]
[[File:Hitchcock, Alfred 02.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]]]
[[File:Hitchcock, Alfred 02.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]]]
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* [[May 14]]
* [[May 14]]
** [[Carl Ebert]], German theatre and opera director (b. [[1887]])
** [[Carl Ebert]], German theatre and opera director (b. [[1887]])
** [[Fatmawati]], [[First Lady of Indonesia]] (b. [[1923]])
** [[Hugh Griffith]], Welsh actor (b. [[1912]])
** [[Hugh Griffith]], Welsh actor (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 16]]
* [[May 16]]
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===June===
===June===
[[File:Masayoshi Ohira at Andrews AFB 1 Jan 1980 cropped 1.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Masayoshi Ōhira]]]]
[[File:Masayoshi Ohira 19790120.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Masayoshi Ōhira]]]]
[[File:Fray Cosme Spessotto Zamuner 1978.png|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Sante Spessotto]]]]
[[File:Yacoub III (1979).jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Ignatius Jacob III]]]]
* [[June 1]] – [[Rube Marquard]], American baseball player ([[New York Giants (MLB)|New York Giants]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 1]] – [[Rube Marquard]], American baseball player ([[New York Giants (MLB)|New York Giants]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 7]]
* [[June 7]]
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===July===
===July===
[[File:Abdelhamid Sharaf portrait.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Abdelhamid Sharaf]]]]
[[File:Prime Minister Salah al-Bitar - March 1963.png|110px|thumb|[[Salah al-Din al-Bitar]]]]
[[File:Peter Sellers at home in Belgravia, London, 1973.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Peter Sellers]]]]
[[File:Peter Sellers at home in Belgravia, London, 1973.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Peter Sellers]]]]
[[File:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 2.jpg|110px|thumb|Shah [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]]]
[[File:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.png|110px|thumb|Shah [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]]]

* July – [[Robert Brackman]], American painter (b. [[1898]])
* July – [[Robert Brackman]], American painter (b. [[1898]])
* [[July 1]] – [[C. P. Snow]], British physicist and novelist (b. [[1905]])
* [[July 1]] – [[C. P. Snow]], British physicist and novelist (b. [[1905]])
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===October===
===October===
[[File:Farrel.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Edelmiro Julián Farrell]]]]
[[File:Farrel.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Edelmiro Julián Farrell]]]]

[[File:Marianosuarezveintimillaec.png|thumb|110px|[[Mariano Suárez]]]]
* [[October 2]] – [[John Kotelawala]], Sri Lanka soldier and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[October 2]] – [[John Kotelawala]], Sri Lanka soldier and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Hattie Jacques]], British actress (b. [[1922]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Hattie Jacques]], British actress (b. [[1922]])
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===November===
===November===
[[File:Steve McQueen 1959.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Steve McQueen]]]]
[[File:Steve McQueen.png|110px|thumb|[[Steve McQueen]]]]
[[File:Sir John McEwen.jpg|110px|thumb|[[John McEwen]]]]
[[File:Sir John McEwen.jpg|110px|thumb|[[John McEwen]]]]
[[File:Sara García in No Basta Ser Madre (1937).jpg|110px|thumb|[[Sara García]]]]
[[File:Sara García in No Basta Ser Madre (1937).jpg|110px|thumb|[[Sara García]]]]
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===December===
===December===
[[File:JohnLennonpeace.jpg|thumb|110px|[[John Lennon]]]]
[[File:John Lennon 1969 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[John Lennon]]]]
[[File:Colonel Harland Sanders in character.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Colonel Sanders]]]]
[[File:Colonel Harland Sanders in character.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Colonel Sanders]]]]
[[File:A. Kosygin 1967.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alexei Kosygin]]]]
[[File:05.11.1966. Kossiguine à Toulouse. (1966) - 53Fi3436 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alexei Kosygin]]]]
[[File:Héctor J Campora.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Héctor José Cámpora]]]]
[[File:Héctor José Cámpora.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Héctor José Cámpora]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-127-06A, Karl Dönitz - crop.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Karl Dönitz]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-127-06A, Karl Dönitz - crop.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Karl Dönitz]]]]
* [[December 2]]
* [[December 2]]
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* [[Nureddine Rifai]], 25th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. [[1899]])
* [[Nureddine Rifai]], 25th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. [[1899]])


== Movies Released ==
== Movies released ==
* ''[[Airplane!]]
* ''[[Airplane!]]
* ''[[The Blue Lagoon]]''
* ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1980 movie)|The Blue Lagoon]]''
* ''[[The Blues Brothers]]''
* ''[[The Blues Brothers]]''
* ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]''
* ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]''
* ''[[The Island]]''
* ''[[The Island (1980 movie)|The Island]]''
* ''[[Popeye]]''
* ''[[Popeye (movie)|Popeye]]''
* ''[[Stir Crazy]]''
* ''[[Stir Crazy (movie)|Stir Crazy]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
* ''[[Used Cars]]''
* ''[[Used Cars]]''

Latest revision as of 20:26, 25 October 2024

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1950s  1960s  1970s  – 1980s –  1990s  2000s  2010s
Years: 1977 1978 197919801981 1982 1983
1980 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1980
MCMLXXX
Ab urbe condita2733
Armenian calendar1429
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԹ
Assyrian calendar6730
Bahá'í calendar136–137
Balinese saka calendar1901–1902
Bengali calendar1387
Berber calendar2930
British Regnal year28 Eliz. 2 – 29 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2524
Burmese calendar1342
Byzantine calendar7488–7489
Chinese calendar己未(Earth Goat)
4676 or 4616
    — to —
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4677 or 4617
Coptic calendar1696–1697
Discordian calendar3146
Ethiopian calendar1972–1973
Hebrew calendar5740–5741
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2036–2037
 - Shaka Samvat1901–1902
 - Kali Yuga5080–5081
Holocene calendar11980
Igbo calendar980–981
Iranian calendar1358–1359
Islamic calendar1400–1401
Japanese calendarShōwa 55
(昭和55年)
Javanese calendar1912–1913
Juche calendar69
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4313
Minguo calendarROC 69
民國69年
Nanakshahi calendar512
Thai solar calendar2523
Tibetan calendar阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
2106 or 1725 or 953
    — to —
阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
2107 or 1726 or 954
Unix time315532800 – 347155199

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

Greg Cipes
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Zooey Deschanel
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Estelle
Jason Segel
Xavi
Marat Safin
Nick Carter
Josh Kelley
Wilmer Valderrama

February

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Matthew Lawrence
Christina Ricci
Jason Ritter
Justin Roiland
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Chelsea Clinton
Laura Prepon
Johan Olsson
Ronaldinho
Kate Micucci
Randy Orton
Charlie Hunnam
Waylon
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Daniel MacPherson
Jordana Brewster
Channing Tatum
Ellie Kemper
Gotye
Steven Gerrard
Mike Fisher
Sarah Connor
Jessica DiCicco
Melissa Rauch
Olivia Munn
Harbhajan Singh
Eva Green
Michelle Kwan
Jessica Simpson
Kristen Bell
Michelle Williams
Jacinda Ardern
Macaulay Culkin
Chris Pine
William Levy
Joanne Froggatt

September

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Nigar Jamal
Michelle Williams
Mike Comrie
Yao Ming
Zachary Levi
Joe Kennedy III
Nick Cannon
Kim Kardashian
Monica
Ben Foster

November

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Luke Hemsworth
Ryan Gosling
Monique Coleman
Isaac Hanson
Nick Swisher

December

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Simon Helberg
Christina Aguilera
Jake Gyllenhaal
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Eliza Dushku
Jimmy Durante

February

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Oskar Kokoschka
Yigal Allon
Mohammad Hatta
Óscar Romero
Tôn Đức Thắng
Jesse Owens
William R. Tolbert Jr.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Mario Bava
Alfred Hitchcock
Josip Broz Tito
Masayoshi Ōhira
Peter Sellers
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Yahya Khan

September

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Jean Piaget
John Bonham
Edelmiro Julián Farrell

November

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Steve McQueen
John McEwen
Sara García
Mae West

December

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John Lennon
Colonel Sanders
Alexei Kosygin
Héctor José Cámpora
Karl Dönitz

Date Unknown

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Movies released

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TV Series

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Hit Songs

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