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What Happened In August 1980 In History

Historical Events for August, 1980

  • 1st » A Buttevant Rail Disaster named train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Republic of Ireland named Ireland.
  • 1st » Patrick Depailler, French Grand Prix driver was killed in a crash at Hockenheim during a private test session.
  • 8th » The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran e.g Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland.
  • 12th » The Latin American Integration Association called Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.
  • 14th » Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
  • 17th » Death of Azaria Chamberlain Azaria Chamberlain disappears, at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, probably taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most trial by media publicized trial in History of Australia Australian history.
  • 19th » Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
  • 25th » Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
  • 31st » After two weeks of nationwide strike action called strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity (Polish trade union) called Solidarity.
  • 31st » Ogunpa River called Flood in Ibadan after 12 hours of heavy downpour killed over 300 people and properties worth million destroyed.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1980

  • 1st » Mancini (Brazilian footballer) or Mancini, Brazilian footballer
  • 1st » Romain Barras, French decathlete
  • 1st » Krisztina Fazekas Zur, Hungarian-American canoe racer
  • 1st » Bryan Fisher, English-American actor
  • 1st » Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer
  • 2nd » Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
  • 2nd » Nadia Bjorlin, American actress and singer
  • 2nd » Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor, singer, director, and producer
  • 2nd » Uğur Rıfat Karlova, Turkish comedian and actor
  • 3rd » Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter (iiO)
  • 3rd » Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Tony Pashos, American football player
  • 3rd » Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown (band) called Throwdown)
  • 3rd » Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
  • 4th » Richard Dawson (cricketer) e.g Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach
  • 5th » Wayne Bridge, English footballer
  • 5th » Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
  • 5th » Jason Culina, Australian footballer
  • 5th » Kaylani Lei, Singaporean porn actresscite web url=http://www.kaylanilei.net/ title=Kaylani Lei - Asian Nude Porn Star accessdate=8 August 2014
  • 5th » Vatsal Sheth, Indian actor
  • 5th » Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
  • 5th » Sophie Winkleman, English actress
  • 6th » Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
  • 6th » Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stuntwoman
  • 6th » András Horváth (footballer) e.g András Horváth, Hungarian footballer
  • 6th » Charles McCarthy (fighter) named Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist
  • 6th » Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
  • 6th » Seneca Wallace, American football player
  • 6th » Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
  • 7th » Carsten Busch, German footballer
  • 7th » Aurélie Claudel, French model and actress
  • 7th » Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz, Brazilian footballer
  • 7th » Seiichiro Maki, Japanese footballer
  • 8th » Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist
  • 8th » Craig Breslow, American baseball player
  • 8th » Jack Cassel, American baseball player
  • 8th » Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter (Belanova)
  • 8th » Mike Hindert, American singer and bass player (The Bravery)
  • 8th » Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
  • 8th » Diego Markwell, Dutch baseball player
  • 8th » Pat Noonan, American soccer player
  • 8th » Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer
  • 9th » Texas Battle, American actor
  • 9th » Nuria Cabanillas, Canadian-Spanish gymnast
  • 9th » Charlie David, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 9th » Rachel Kramer, Dutch singer
  • 9th » Ryoo Seung-bum, South Korean actor and singer
  • 9th » Dominic Tabuna, Nauruan politician
  • 10th » Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor
  • 10th » Pua Magasiva, Samoan-New Zealand actor
  • 10th » Roxanne McKee, Canadian-English model and actress
  • 11th » Daniel Lloyd (cyclist) known as Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist
  • 11th » Lee Suggs, American football player
  • 12th » Maggie Lawson, American actress
  • 12th » Dominique Swain, American actress
  • 12th » Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Relient K)
  • 12th » Jade Villalon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (Sweetbox)
  • 13th » Álex González (actor) e.g Álex González, Spanish actor
  • 13th » Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist
  • 13th » Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
  • 14th » Estrella Morente, Spanish singer
  • 14th » Roy Williams (safety) known as Roy Williams, American football player
  • 15th » Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 15th » Natalie Press, English actress
  • 16th » Hwangbo, South Korean rapper and actress (Chakra (band) called Chakra)
  • 16th » Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 16th » Ryan Hanigan, American baseball player
  • 16th » Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
  • 16th » Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist
  • 16th » Raniere Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
  • 17th » Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 17th » Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
  • 17th » Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
  • 17th » Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • 17th » Van Tuong Nguyen, Thai-Australian drug trafficker (d. 2005)
  • 18th » Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer
  • 18th » Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
  • 18th » Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver
  • 18th » Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker
  • 18th » Bart Scott, American football player
  • 18th » Jeremy Shockey, American football player
  • 19th » Houcine Camara, French singer
  • 19th » Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 19th » Jun Jin, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
  • 19th » Russell Kane English comedian and actor
  • 19th » Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
  • 19th » Michael Todd (musician) or Michael Todd, American bass player (Coheed and Cambria)
  • 20th » Corey Carrier, American actor
  • 20th » Samuel Dumoulin, French cyclist
  • 20th » Rochelle Gadd, English actress
  • 20th » Langhorne Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 20th » Nicolás Tauber, Argentinian-Israeli footballer
  • 21st » Burney Lamar, American race car driver
  • 21st » Paul Menard, American race car driver
  • 21st » Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player
  • 22nd » Roland Benschneider, German footballer
  • 22nd » Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
  • 23rd » Diamondog, Angolan rapper and journalist
  • 23rd » Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
  • 23rd » Rex Grossman, American football player
  • 23rd » Nenad Vučković (handballer) named Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
  • 24th » Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
  • 25th » Neal Musser, American baseball player
  • 26th » Macaulay Culkin, American actor
  • 26th » Brendan Harris, American baseball player
  • 26th » Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
  • 26th » Chris Pine, American actor
  • 27th » Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress
  • 27th » Kyle Lowder, American actor
  • 28th » Antony Hämäläinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Meridian Dawn)
  • 28th » Debra Lafave, American educator and sex offender
  • 28th » Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finnish decathlete
  • 28th » Carly Pope, Canadian actress and producer
  • 28th » Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician
  • 29th » David Desrosiers, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Simple Plan and Reset (band) named Reset)
  • 29th » William Levy (actor) or William Levy, Cuban-American actor
  • 29th » Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer
  • 29th » Chris Simms, American football player
  • 29th » Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
  • 29th » David West (basketball) or David West, American basketball player
  • 31st » Joe Budden, American rapper (Slaughterhouse (group) or Slaughterhouse)

Famous Deaths for August 1980

  • 1st » Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
  • 1st » Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
  • 5th » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
  • 8th » Paul Triquet, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
  • 9th » Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
  • 10th » Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
  • 11th » Paul Robert (lexicographer) known as Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
  • 14th » Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)
  • 19th » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1889)
  • 20th » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
  • 22nd » James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
  • 24th » Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
  • 25th » Gower Champion, American actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1919)
  • 26th » Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
  • 26th » Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (b. 1908)
  • 27th » Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)

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