October 1980 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days.
• 02 Oct 1980 Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali.
• 03 Oct 1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris
• 05 Oct 1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
• 06 Oct 1980 Guyana adopts constitution
• 07 Oct 1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
• 08 Oct 1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
• 09 Oct 1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
• 10 Oct 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
• 11 Oct 1980 Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
• 12 Oct 1980 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA
• 13 Oct 1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York
• 14 Oct 1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
• 15 Oct 1980 George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids
• 16 Oct 1980 Brigadoon opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances
• 17 Oct 1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Queensland
• 18 Oct 1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
• 21 Oct 1980 Banjo Dancing opens at Century Theater NYC for 38 performances
• 22 Oct 1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
• 23 Oct 1980 Tintypes opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances
• 24 Oct 1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
• 25 Oct 1980 Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
• 26 Oct 1980 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
• 27 Oct 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
• 28 Oct 1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
• 29 Oct 1980 Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
• 30 Oct 1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
• 31 Oct 1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat

Famous Birthday

• Kim Kardashian

  American socialite, model, actress and television celebrity, she is most known for her part in the reality program, "Keeping Up with the...

• Nick Cannon

  American actor and rapper.

• Ashanti (entertainer)
• Marjorie (L5)
• Ben Foster (acteur)
• Claudia Jamsson
• Cassia Riley
• Monica (entertainer)
• Ben Whishaw
• Sarah Carter

  Canadian actress.

• Samaire Armstrong

  Japanese-American model actress and fashion designer.

• Jérémy Michalak

  French TV presenter and producer, his career was launched by Laurent Ruquier.

• Alex Eisenhower

  American noted family, the son of Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower.

• Zac Posen

  American fashion designer.

• Layla Jade
• Mike Mizanin

  American wrestler.

• Jean-Edouard Lipa
• Cansu Dere
• Tom Boonen

  Belgian cyclist.

• David Haye

  English boxer.

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Famous Deaths

• Jean Robic

  French champion cyclist, winner of the Tour de France in 1947.

• Hans Asperger

  Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1980).

• Hattie Jacques

  Actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56.

• Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov

  Russia -- Cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30.

• Steven Peregrine Took

  Rocker, dies at 31.

• Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano

  Premier of Portugal, dies at 74.

• Steve Peregrin Took

  British singer and songwriter (Born 1949).

• Ray Walker

  American singer (The Jordanaires).

• Leon Janney

  Actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63.

• Apostolos Nikolaidis

  Greek footballer and volleyball player (Born 1896).

• Mikhail Lavrentyev

  Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980).

• Bill Thomas

  American academic and politician.

• Judy LaMarsh

  Canadian soldier lawyer and politician 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980).

• Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov

  Russian Cosmonaut, dies at 46.

• Jan Werich

  czech actor, playwright and writer (Born 1905).

• William "Buckwheat" Thomas

  Actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49.

• Carl PM Romme

  Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
2. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
3. Air Supply - All Out Of Love
4. Diana Ross - Upside Down
5. Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love
2. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
3. Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
4. Ottawan - DISCO
5. The Jam - Start