What Happened In January 1980 In History

Historical Events for January, 1980

• 1st » Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden e.g Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
• 7th » U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 26th » Israel and Egypt establish diplomacy or diplomatic relations.
• 27th » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape Iran hostage crisis named hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
• 28th » USCGC Blackthorn WLB-391 6 collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1980

• 1st » Lazaros Agadakos, Greek basketball player
• 1st » Richie Faulkner, British guitarist (Judas Priest)
• 1st » Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
• 1st » Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model
• 1st » Daniil Sapljoshin, Estonian kickboxer
• 2nd » Annie Bellemare, Canadian figure skater
• 2nd » Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist
• 2nd » Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player
• 2nd » Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
• 2nd » Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
• 3rd » Bryan Clay, American decathlete
• 3rd » Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
• 3rd » David Tyree, American football player
• 3rd » Kurt Vile, American musician
• 4th » Greg Cipes, American actor and singer
• 4th » Bobbi Eden, Dutch porn actress and model
• 4th » Alexandra Jiménez, Spanish actress
• 4th » Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
• 4th » Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
• 5th » Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
• 5th » Bennie Joppru, American football player
• 6th » Steed Malbranque, French footballer
• 6th » Apostolia Zoi, Greek singer
• 6th » Sam Sallon, English singer-songwriter
• 7th » Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand rugby player
• 7th » Zöe Salmon, Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland called Miss Northern Ireland 1999
• 8th » Rachel Nichols (actress) named Rachel Nichols, American actress
• 9th » Edgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
• 9th » Sergio García, Spanish golfer
• 10th » Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
• 10th » Petri Lindroos, Finnish singer and guitarist (Ensiferum and Norther)
• 10th » Tatjana Mannima, Estonian skier
• 10th » Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russian decathlete
• 10th » Sarah Shahi, American actress
• 11th » Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
• 11th » Mike Williams (offensive lineman) called Mike Williams, American football player
• 11th » Deanna Wright, American actress and model
• 12th » Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
• 12th » Marco Jaggi, Swiss wrestler
• 13th » Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor
• 13th » María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (d. 2013)
• 13th » Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
• 13th » Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
• 13th » Argo Meresaar, Estonian volleyball player
• 13th » Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
• 13th » Mirko Soltau, German footballer
• 14th » Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 14th » Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 14th » Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
• 14th » Byron Leftwich, American football player
• 14th » Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
• 14th » Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
• 14th » Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and singer
• 15th » Matt Holliday, American baseball player
• 16th » Seydou Keita (footballer) called Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
• 16th » Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor and composer
• 16th » Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
• 16th » Katalin Vad, Hungarian porn actress and model
• 17th » Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
• 17th » Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress (She & Him)
• 17th » Gareth McLearnon, Irish flute player
• 17th » Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer
• 19th » Jenson Button, English race car driver
• 19th » Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer
• 19th » Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
• 19th » Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 20th » Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer
• 20th » Philippe Gagnon (swimmer) known as Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
• 20th » Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
• 20th » Brigitte Olivier, Belgian martial artist
• 20th » Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
• 20th » Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer and guitarist (Bullet for my Valentine)
• 21st » Dave Kitson, English footballer
• 21st » Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
• 21st » Mari Possa, Salvadorian-American porn actress
• 21st » Brie Rippner, American tennis player
• 21st » N. Santhanam, Indian actor
• 22nd » Jake Grove, American football player
• 22nd » Christopher Masterson, American actor
• 22nd » Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese author and scholar
• 22nd » Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
• 24th » Rocky Boiman, American football player
• 24th » Yamandu Costa, Brazilian guitarist and composer
• 24th » Nicole Marie Lenz, American model and actress
• 24th » Rebecca Romero, English cyclist and rower
• 25th » Xavi, Spanish footballer
• 25th » Michelle McCool, American wrestler
• 25th » Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
• 26th » Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gaslight Anthem and The Horrible Crowes)
• 26th » Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 27th » Jay Murphy, American basketball player
• 27th » Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player
• 27th » Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
• 28th » Nick Carter (musician) called Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 28th » Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
• 28th » Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gaslight Anthem and The Horrible Crowes)
• 28th » Michael Hastings (journalist) called Michael Hastings, American journalist (d. 2013)
• 28th » Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer
• 29th » Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress and model
• 29th » Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
• 29th » Ivan Klasnić, Croatian footballer
• 29th » Jason James Richter, American actor
• 30th » João Soares de Almeida Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 30th » Leilani Dowding, English model
• 30th » Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter
• 30th » Pavel Ponomaryov, Russian-Estonian actor
• 30th » Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
• 30th » Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer
• 31st » James Adomian, American comedian and actor
• 31st » Tiffany Limos, American actress

Famous Deaths for January 1980

• 1st » Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (b. 1891)
• 3rd » Joy Adamson, Czech author (b. 1910)
• 3rd » Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892)
• 3rd » George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915)
• 6th » Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1944)
• 6th » Raymond Mays, English race car driver (b. 1899)
• 7th » Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1935)
• 8th » John Mauchly, American physicist (b. 1907)
• 10th » Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 10th » George Meany, American union leader (b. 1894)
• 10th » Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
• 13th » Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
• 14th » Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
• 18th » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. 1904)
• 19th » William O. Douglas, American jurist (b. 1898)
• 20th » William Roberts (painter) known as William Roberts, English painter (b. 1895)
• 22nd » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian (b. 1888)
• 23rd » Giovanni Michelotti, Italian car designer (b. 1921)
• 24th » Lil Dagover, Dutch-German actress (b. 1887)
• 25th » Queenie Watts, English actress and singer (b. 1926)
• 26th » Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
• 29th » Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1893)
• 30th » Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)

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