1980

Events

• 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 30 - Beatrix of the Netherlands crowned
• May 18 - Mount St. Helens erupts.
• August 1 - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the 4th President of Iceland. She is the first female ever elected as a head of state in a democratic election.
• August - Rising Solidarity a Polish trade union which make for fallen communism in East Europe
• September 1 - Terry Fox ends his Marathon of Hope, after his cancer resurfaces.
• September 22 - War begins between Iran and Iraq
• December 8 - John Lennon of The Beatles is shot and killed outside of his apartment in New York City by Mark David Chapman.
• Pictures taken by the Voyager 1 probe lead to the discovery of Saturn's moon, Atlas.

Births

• February 7 - Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
• February 12 - Christina Ricci, American actress
• March 7 - Laura Prepon, American actress
• March 21 - Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer, husband of Avril Lavigne
• April 21 - Tony Romo, American NFL quarterback
• May 14 - Tilde Fröling, Swedish actress
• May 30 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
• June 17 - Venus Williams, American tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
• July 7 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skating champion
• July 10 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
• July 12 - Amerie, American singer
• July 13 - Kousuke Atari, Japanese singer
• July 15 - Mike Zambidis, Greek kick boxer
• July 23 - Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny's Child)
• September 6 - Kerry Katona, English television presenter and singer
• September 9 - Michelle Williams, American actress (Brokeback Mountain)
• September 25 - T.I., American rapper
• September 30 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis champion
• October 21 - Kim Kardashian, American socialite and model
• November 5 - Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
• November 24 - Beth Pheonix, American wrestler
• December 7 - Clemens Fritz German footballer
• December 7 - John Terry, English footballer
• December 14 - Tata Young, Thai-American singer, actress and model
• December 18 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
• December 30 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
• December 31 - Fumie Suguri, figure skater

Deaths

• January 10 - Charles Drummond Ellis, English physicist (b. 1895)
• March 18 - Erich Fromm, German-American psychologist (b. 1900)
• April 14 - Gianni Rodari, Italian writer (b. 1920)
• April 15 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher (b. 1905)
• April 21 - Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
• April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director (b. 1899)
• May 30 - Carl Radle, American musician (b. 1932)
• July 27 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
• August 10 - Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, Last President of United Pakistan.
• August 26 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (Bugs Bunny) (b. 1908)
• November 20 - Sir John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• November 22 - Mae West, American actress (b, 1893)
• December 8 - John Lennon, English singer/songwriter (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
• December 24 - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (b. 1891)
• December 29 - Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (b. 1899)

Movies Released

• The Blues Brothers
• The Gods Must Be Crazy
• Popeye
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Hit Songs

• "A Forest" - The Cure
• "All Out of Love" - Air Supply
• "Any Way You Want It" - Journey
• "Another One Bites The Dust"-Queen
• "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
• "Babe" - Styx
• "Back Together Again" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
• "Borrowed Time" - Styx
• "Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest
• "Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel
• "Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin
• "Freewill" - Rush
• "Good Morning Girl" - Journey
• "Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen
• "I Can't Tell You Why" - The Eagles
• "I Hope I Never - Split Enz
• "Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest
• "London Calling" - The Clash
• "Love The World Away" - Kenny Rogers
• "Metal Gods" - Judas Priest
• "On And On And On" - ABBA
• "People - Mi-Sex
• "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" - Aerosmith
• "Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook
• "Stay Awhile" - Journey
• "Suddenly" - Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard
• "Super Trouper" - ABBA
• "The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA
• "Too Late" - Journey
• "Train in Vain" - The Clash
• "Tulsa Time" - Eric Clapton
• "Turn It On Again" - Genesis
• "Why Me" - Styx
• "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel
• (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
• Another Brick In The Wall, Part II - Pink Floyd
• Another One Bites The Dust- Queen
• Call Me - Blondie
• Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
• It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel
• Lady - Kenny Rogers
• Magic -Olivia Newton-John
• Rock With You - Michael Jackson
• Upside Down - Diana Ross
• Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand