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1980 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2036. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1980 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1980
- February 4, 1980 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
- February 16, 1980 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- March 20, 1980 – The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast.
- 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 – 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.
- October 9, 1980 – Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot.
- October 25, 1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
- November 23, 1980 – A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.
- December 2, 1980 – Salvadoran Civil War: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a military death squad.
Who Were Born On 1980?
- January 2, 1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
- January 30, 1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
- February 6, 1980 – Ben Lawson, Australian actor
- April 10, 1980 – Charlie Hunnam, English actor and screenwriter
- May 1, 1980 – Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
- May 15, 1980 – Rocky Marquette, American actor
- July 13, 1980 – Becky O'Donohue, American model, actress, and singer
- July 30, 1980 – Justin Rose, South African-English golfer
- October 18, 1980 – Birsen Yavuz, Turkish sprinter and hurdler
- December 19, 1980 – Chris Haslam, Canadian skateboarder