What Happened In June 1980 In History

Historical Events for June, 1980

• 1st » CNN named Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• 3rd » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled
• 10th » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
• 27th » Italy e.g Italian Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 mysteriously explodes in mid air while in route from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 on board. Also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster

Famous Birthdays on June in 1980

• 1st » Oliver James (actor) or Oliver James, English actor and singer
• 2nd » Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer (The Strokes and Little Joy)
• 2nd » Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
• 2nd » Richard Skuse, English rugby player
• 2nd » Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
• 2nd » Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter (Behemoth (band) or Behemoth, Vesania, and Black River (band) called Black River)
• 3rd » Amauri, Italian footballer
• 3rd » Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari king
• 3rd » Lazaros Papadopoulos, Russian-Greek basketball player
• 3rd » Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player
• 4th » François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Mike Fisher (ice hockey) called Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Brandi Shearer, American singer-songwriter
• 5th » Sutee Suksomkit, Thai footballer
• 6th » Matt Belisle, American baseball player
• 6th » Peter Mosely, American bass player (Yellowcard and Inspection 12)
• 7th » Ed Moses (swimmer) called Ed Moses, American swimmer
• 8th » Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer
• 8th » Jamie Spencer, Irish jockey
• 9th » Navíd Akhavan, Iranian-German actor
• 9th » James DeBello, American actor
• 9th » Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
• 9th » Timothy Glanfield, English journalist and author
• 9th » Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
• 9th » Nikolai Novosjolov, Estonian fencer
• 9th » Kevin Owens, American basketball player
• 9th » Paul Preiss, American model and actor
• 9th » Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
• 9th » Kana Ueda, Japanese voice actress
• 9th » David Williams (card game player) named David Williams, American poker player
• 10th » Jessica DiCicco, American actress and singer
• 10th » Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
• 10th » Ovie Mughelli, American football player
• 10th » Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 10th » Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
• 10th » Jessica Wild, Puerto Rican drag queen performer
• 10th » Wang Yuegu, Singaporean table tennis player
• 11th » Yhency Brazobán, Dominican baseball player
• 12th » Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player
• 12th » Jason Dent, American mixed martial artist
• 12th » Larry Foote, American football player
• 12th » Ifet Taljević, German footballer
• 13th » Sarah Connor (singer) e.g Sarah Connor, German singer-songwriter and dancer
• 13th » Florent Malouda, French footballer
• 13th » Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (d. 2012)
• 13th » Jamario Moon, American basketball player
• 13th » Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) e.g Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
• 13th » Maho Nonami, Japanese actress
• 13th » Darius Vassell, English footballer
• 13th » Markus Winkelhock, German race car driver
• 15th » Mary Carey (entertainer) known as Mary Carey, American porn actress and director
• 15th » Christopher Castile, American actor
• 15th » Almudena Cid Tostado, Spanish gymnast
• 15th » Cara Zavaleta, American model and actress
• 16th » Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
• 16th » Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player
• 16th » Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
• 16th » Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
• 16th » Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
• 16th » Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
• 16th » Justin Tranter, American singer-songwriter and jewelry designer (Semi Precious Weapons)
• 16th » Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 17th » Kimeru, Japanese singer and actor
• 17th » Jeph Jacques, American illustrator
• 17th » Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker
• 17th » Venus Williams, American tennis player
• 18th » Antonio Gates, American football player
• 18th » David Giuntoli, American actor
• 18th » Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russian race walker
• 18th » Craig Mottram, Australian runner
• 18th » Colin Munroe, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 18th » Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
• 18th » Tara Platt, American actress
• 18th » Imre Tiitsu, Estonian ice sledge hockey player
• 19th » Adel Abdulaziz, Emirati footballer
• 19th » Dan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 19th » Milka Loff Fernandes, German actress
• 19th » Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 19th » Nuno Santos (footballer born 1980) known as Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
• 19th » Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
• 20th » Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby player
• 20th » Tony Lovato, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mest)
• 20th » Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
• 20th » Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist
• 21st » Luca Anania, Italian footballer
• 21st » Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
• 21st » Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
• 22nd » Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator
• 23rd » Melissa Rauch, American actress
• 23rd » Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
• 23rd » Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
• 23rd » Stephan Wojcikiewicz, Canadian badminton player
• 24th » Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 24th » Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
• 24th » Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
• 24th » Andrew Jones (racing driver) named Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
• 24th » Minka Kelly, American actress
• 25th » Maja Latinović, Serbian model
• 25th » Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress and singer
• 26th » Sinik, French rapper
• 26th » Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer
• 26th » Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Phantom Planet)
• 26th » Chris Shelton, American baseball player
• 26th » Michael Vick, American football player
• 27th » Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer
• 27th » Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player (Your Enemies Friends)
• 27th » Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer
• 27th » Craig Terrill, American football player
• 28th » Jevgeni Novikov, Estonian footballer
• 29th » Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
• 29th » Melissa Peachey, English television host
• 29th » Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
• 30th » Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
• 30th » Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer

Famous Deaths for June 1980

• 1st » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1st » Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen called ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
• 6th » Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (b. 1918)
• 7th » Elizabeth Craig (writer) or Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (b. 1883)
• 7th » Henry Miller, American author (b. 1891)
• 8th » Ernst Busch (actor) or Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 12th » Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
• 12th » Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins named Butlins Company (b. 1899)
• 12th » Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (b. 1910)
• 13th » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
• 14th » Charles Miller (musician) called Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (War (band) or War) (b. 1939)
• 18th » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 18th » André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 21st » Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (b. 1923)
• 22nd » Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
• 23rd » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician (b. 1946)
• 23rd » V. V. Giri, Indian politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
• 23rd » Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
• 23rd » Odile Versois, French actress (b. 1930)
• 26th » Miriam Daly, Irish activist (b. 1928)
• 28th » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra) (b. 1895)

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