November 1980 calendar

Events

• 03 Nov 1980 Ianford Wilsons 5th of July, premieres in New York City
• 04 Nov 1980 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak
• 08 Nov 1980 In Gorda Plate, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs. Most of the damage occurred east of Fields Landing, where two sections of an overpass on U.S. Highway 101 collapsed onto the railroad tracks below.
• 09 Nov 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
• 10 Nov 1980 Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays $12.55 fare
• 11 Nov 1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37.
• 12 Nov 1980 New York City Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana
• 13 Nov 1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
• 14 Nov 1980 Guinee-Bissau Premier Vieira fires President Luis Cabral
• 15 Nov 1980 Pope John Paul II begins five-day visit to West Germany.
• 16 Nov 1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards
• 17 Nov 1980 John Lennon releases Double Fantasy album in the UK
• 18 Nov 1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
• 20 Nov 1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
• 21 Nov 1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
• 22 Nov 1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown, Louisiana, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused the ship to leak.
• 23 Nov 1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
• 24 Nov 1980 Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
• 25 Nov 1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
• 26 Nov 1980 Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building
• 27 Nov 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries three cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched.
• 30 Nov 1980 Banjo Dancing closes at Century Theater NYC after 38 performances

Famous Birthday

• Ryan Gosling

  Canadian actor, director, writer and musician.

• Vanessa Minnillo

  Filipino television personality.

• Shalini (actress)
• Sofiane (Star Academy)
• Jessica Bowman

  Walnut Creek, California -- Actress (Colleen Cooper-Dr Quinn).

• Beth Phoenix

  American professional wrestler.

• Gustaf Skarsgård
• Benoît Pedretti

  French association football midfielder playing for AC Ajaccio.

• Isaac Hanson

  American musician (Hanson).

• Mademoiselle K
• Morann Peri
• Adele Silva

  English actress.

• Brooke Satchwell

  Australian model and actress.

• Eva González

  Spanish model and actress Miss Spain 2003.

• Nicole Whitehead
• François Duval

  Belgian race car driver.

• Janina Gavankar

  TV Actress.

• Ibrahim Maalouf
• Katarina Waters
• Ace Young

  American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Imogen Hassall

  Surrey, England -- Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng).

• Edith Bunker

  Character on "All in the Family".

• Willie Sutton

  US bank robber, dies at 79.

• Mary Michael

  Actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77.

• Carmel Myers

  Actress ( Show), dies at 79.

• Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen

  Dutch composer, dies at 85.

• Andrei Amalrik

  Russian writer / dissident, dies at 42.

• Haya van Someren-Downer

  Dutch MP, dies at 54.

• Annunzio Mantovani

  Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75.

• Leonard Barr

  Comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77.

• Thien-an Thich

  Zen teacher / Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54.

• Rachael Roberts

  Actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53.

• Steve McQueen of Slater

  Missouri, American actor, dies at age 50 (born 1930).

• Jayan

  Indian actor (Born1938).

• Sara Garcia

  Mexican actress (Born 1895).

• Jules Leger

  Canadian politician (Born 1913).

• George J Maloof

  Sr.

• Dorothy Day

  American activist in the Catholic Worker’s Union.

• Conn Smythe

  Canadian ice hockey administrator and racing horse owner (Born 1895).

• Herbert Agar

  American journalist and historian (Born 1897).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
2. Kenny Rogers - Lady
3. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
4. Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
5. Donna Summer - The Wanderer

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
2. Blondie - The Tide Is High
3. Ottawan - DISCO
4. Abba - Super Trouper
5. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love