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1980 is the 81st year of the 20th century and the 1st year of the 1980s.

Events

Births

January

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Josh Kelley

February

Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Lawrence

March

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Johan Olsson
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Kate Micucci

April

Randy Orton May 2014
Randy Orton
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Waylon
Daniel MacPherson
Daniel MacPherson

May

June

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Sarah Connor
  • June 1
    • Oliver James, British actor
    • Damien Fahey, American MTV VJ, television host and drummer
  • June 2 – Lindsey Yamasaki, Japanese-American basketball player
  • June 3Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
  • June 5Mike Fisher, Canadian hockey player
  • June 6Mmusi Maimane, South African politician
  • June 7Henkka Seppälä, Finnish bassist
  • June 8 – David Holoubek, Czech football manager
  • June 10
    • Jessica DiCicco, American actress
    • Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
    • Wang Yuegu, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
  • June 13
    • Sarah Connor, German singer
    • Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
  • June 16
    • Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
    • Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
  • June 17
    • Kimeru, Japanese singer
    • Venus Williams, American tennis player
    • Jeph Jacques, American webcomic writer
  • June 19 – Jason White, American football player
  • June 22Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
  • June 23
    • Erick Elías, Mexican actor
    • Mark Greaney, Irish singer and guitarist
    • Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indian cricketer
    • Manus Boonjumnong, Thai boxer
    • Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
    • Jessica Taylor, English singer
    • Melissa Rauch, American actress
  • June 24
    • Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
    • Minka Kelly, American actress
  • June 25
    • Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
    • Philippe Lacheau, French actor, director and writer
  • June 26
    • Michael Vick, American football player
    • Michael Jackson, English footballer
    • Rafiz Abu Bakar, Malaysian footballer
  • June 27Kevin Pietersen, South African-English former cricketer
  • June 29
  • June 30
    • Adil Annani, Moroccan long-distance runner
    • Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer
    • Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Iranian footballer
    • Nelbert Omolon, Filipino professional basketball player
    • Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
    • Sayuti, Indonesian footballer

July

August

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William Levy
Joanne Froggatt May 3, 2014 (cropped)
Joanne Froggatt

September

Mike Comrie in 2009
Mike Comrie

October

November

December

Elizabeth Rodriguez by Gage Skidmore
Elizabeth Rodriguez

Deaths

January

Olympic sprinters Owens Metcalfe and Wykoff 1936 (cropped)
Frank Wykoff
Teresa Noce 2
Teresa Noce

February

Alice Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Enrico Celio
Enrico Celio
Mario Mattoli 1963
Mario Mattoli

March

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Nikolay Bogolyubov

April

William R. Tolbert, Jr.
William R. Tolbert Jr.

May

June

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Sante Spessotto
Yacoub III (1979)
Ignatius Jacob III

July

Abdelhamid Sharaf portrait
Abdelhamid Sharaf
Prime Minister Salah al-Bitar - March 1963
Salah al-Din al-Bitar

August

September

John Bonham 1975
John Bonham

October

Farrel
Edelmiro Julián Farrell

November

Sara García in No Basta Ser Madre (1937)
Sara García

December

Date Unknown

  • Nureddine Rifai, 25th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1899)

Movies released

TV Series

  • Gumby Adventures – The first Gumby in 1980's. Gumby episode is "The Music Ball", "Shrink-a-Dink" and "Hatching Out" in November 1, 1980 first aired.

Hit Songs

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