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What Happened In March 1980 In History

Historical Events for March, 1980

  • 3rd » The USS Nautilus SSN-571 6 is Ship decommissioning decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
  • 10th » Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
  • 10th » Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing.
  • 14th » In Poland, a LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 e.g plane crashes during final approach (aviation) e.g final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
  • 18th » At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok rocket e.g Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
  • 20th » The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the England e.g English coast.
  • 21st » President of the United States named US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
  • 21st » 'Dallas (1978 TV series) known as Dallas' aired its "A House Divided (Dallas) e.g A House Divided" episode, which led to eight months of international intrigue regarding Who shot J.R.?
  • 23rd » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
  • 24th » Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass (Catholic Church) known as Mass in San Salvador.
  • 27th » The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland (platform) called Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
  • 27th » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from Nelson Bunker Hunt e.g the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
  • 31st » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1980

  • 1st » Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1st » Gennaro Bracigliano, French footballer
  • 1st » Sercan Güvenışık, Turkish footballer
  • 1st » Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1980) called Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1st » Anna Semenovich, Russian ice dancer and singer
  • 1st » Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
  • 2nd » Chris Barker, English footballer
  • 2nd » Karl Dominik, Polish-Chinese actor
  • 2nd » Sunny Lane, American porn actress and model
  • 2nd » Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
  • 3rd » Mason Unck, American football player
  • 4th » Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
  • 4th » Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
  • 4th » Ben Briand, Australian director and screenwriter
  • 4th » Jeong Da-bin, South Korean actress (d. 2007)
  • 4th » Alex Ribeiro Garcia, Brazilian basketball player
  • 4th » Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 4th » Scott Hamilton (rugby player) known as Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player
  • 4th » Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
  • 4th » Michael Henrich, American ice hockey player
  • 4th » Arash Markazi, American journalist
  • 4th » Phil McGuire (footballer) named Phil McGuire, Scottish footballer
  • 5th » Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
  • 6th » Emílson Cribari, Brazilian footballer
  • 6th » Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
  • 6th » Kristina Triska, Swedish tennis player
  • 7th » Éric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 7th » Laura Prepon, American actress
  • 8th » Stephen Milne, Australian footballer
  • 8th » Charli Robinson, Australian actress and singer (Hi-5 (Australian band) or Hi-5)
  • 9th » Chingy, American rapper and actor
  • 9th » Trent Croad, Australian footballer
  • 9th » Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
  • 11th » Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer
  • 11th » Dan Uggla, American baseball player
  • 12th » Ruth Hunt, Welsh activist
  • 12th » John-Paul Lavoisier, American actor
  • 12th » Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist
  • 12th » Douglas Murray (ice hockey) known as Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 13th » Caron Butler, American basketball player
  • 13th » Flavia Cacace, Italian dancer
  • 13th » Molly Stanton, American actress
  • 14th » Aaron Brown (footballer born 1980) e.g Aaron Brown, English footballer
  • 14th » Matteo Grassotto, Italian race car driver
  • 14th » Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby player
  • 14th » Mercedes McNab, Canadian model and actress
  • 15th » Freddie Bynum, American baseball player
  • 15th » Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 16th » Todd Heap, American football player
  • 16th » Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
  • 17th » Danny Califf, American soccer player
  • 17th » Katie Morgan, American porn actress and radio host
  • 17th » Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistani tennis player
  • 18th » Sébastien Frey, French footballer
  • 18th » Sophia Myles, English actress
  • 18th » Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
  • 18th » Natalia Poklonskaya, Crimean lawyer and politician
  • 19th » Luca Ferri, Italian footballer
  • 19th » Taichi Ishikari, Japanese wrestler
  • 19th » Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer-songwriter (NapsaQ and Checkicco)
  • 20th » Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
  • 20th » Mikk Murdvee, Estonian-Finnish conductor and violinist
  • 20th » Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 20th » Ock Joo-hyun, South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L)
  • 20th » Aliénor Tricerri, Swiss tennis player
  • 21st » Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
  • 21st » Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian skier
  • 21st » Lee Jin, South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L)
  • 21st » Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sum 41)
  • 22nd » Shannon Bex, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane)
  • 23rd » Ryan Day, Welsh snooker player
  • 23rd » Russell Howard, English comedian and television host
  • 23rd » Itay Tiran, Israeli actor
  • 23rd » Ambwene Simukonda, Malawian sprinter
  • 24th » Tassos Venetis, Greek footballer
  • 25th » Carrie Lam (actress) e.g Carrie Lam, Hong Kong actress
  • 26th » Son Hoyoung, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (g.o.d (South Korean band) called g.o.d)
  • 26th » Niina Kelo, Finnish heptathlete
  • 26th » Richie Wellens, English footballer
  • 27th » Wilfred Bamnjo, Cameroonian footballer
  • 27th » Cesare Cremonini (singer-songwriter) or Cesare Cremonini, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (Lùnapop)
  • 27th » Nicolas Duvauchelle, French actor
  • 27th » Sean Ryan (American football) known as Sean Ryan, American football player
  • 27th » Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
  • 27th » Terese Pedersen, Norwegian handball player
  • 27th » Greg Puciato, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Error (band) called Error, and Soulfly)
  • 27th » Basil Shaaban, Lebanese race car driver
  • 28th » David Lee (footballer born 1980) e.g David Lee, English footballer
  • 28th » Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
  • 28th » Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and producer
  • 28th » Luke Walton, American basketball player
  • 29th » Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
  • 29th » China P. Arnold, American murderer
  • 29th » Bill Demong, American skier
  • 29th » Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer
  • 29th » Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress
  • 30th » Yalın, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 30th » Fiona Gubelmann, American actress
  • 30th » Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
  • 30th » Chris Paterson (rugby league) e.g Chris Paterson, Australian rugby player
  • 31st » Trenyce, American singer and actress
  • 31st » Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer
  • 31st » Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer
  • 31st » Dean Clark (footballer) known as Dean Clark, English footballer
  • 31st » Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Garfunkel and Oates)
  • 31st » Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 31st » Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
  • 31st » Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player

Famous Deaths for March 1980

  • 1st » Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)
  • 1st » Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
  • 4th » Johannes Martin Bijvoet, Dutch chemist (b. 1892)
  • 4th » Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
  • 4th » Eric Kerfoot, English footballer (b. 1924)
  • 4th » J. F. A. McManus, Canadian pathologist (b. 1911)
  • 4th » Luis Piazzini, Argentinian chess player (b. 1905)
  • 4th » Alfred Plé, French rower (b. 1888)
  • 4th » Alex Vetchinsky, English production designer (b. 1904)
  • 5th » Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
  • 5th » Winifred Wagner, English-German wife of Siegfried Wagner (b. 1897)
  • 11th » Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1902)
  • 14th » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1902)
  • 14th » Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (b. 1928)
  • 15th » The Doll Family called Daisy Earles, German-American actress (b. 1907)
  • 16th » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)
  • 18th » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
  • 21st » Angelo Bruno, Italian-American mobster (b. 1910)
  • 21st » Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer, and apologist (b. 1888)
  • 23rd » Alekos Livaditis, Greek actor (b. 1914)
  • 23rd » Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928)
  • 24th » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)
  • 25th » Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)
  • 25th » Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)
  • 25th » James Wright (poet) e.g James Wright, American poet (b. 1927)
  • 26th » Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
  • 28th » Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
  • 29th » Mantovani, Italian-English conductor (b. 1905)
  • 31st » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (b. 1905)
  • 31st » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)

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