Today in History for January 1980

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 59 of 59

1st - 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
1st - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1st - Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
1st - International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
1st - Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
1st - Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
1st - Sweden changes order of succession to throne
1st - Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
2nd - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
3rd - Gold hits record $634 an ounce
6th - "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
6th - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
6th - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
6th - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
7th - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
8th - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
8th - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
9th - 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
10th - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
10th - Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
11th - Debut of Pretenders
12th - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
13th - "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 perfs
13th - Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
13th - Togo's constitution becomes effective
14th - Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
15th - Pam Gems' "Piaf!," premieres in London
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney 16th - Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
17th - NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
18th - Gold reaches $1,000 an oz
18th - Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
18th - Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
20th - President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
20th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
20th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
20th - Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB
20th - Superbowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena
21st - Gold hits record $850 an ounce
21st - Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
22nd - Dissidents Andrei Sacharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
22nd - PGA begins a senior golf tour
22nd - West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
22nd - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
25th - Bani Sadr elected president of Iran
25th - Dutch government demands boycott of Olympics
25th - Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
25th - Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra 26th - 175,000 pay to hear FRANK SINATRA sing in Rio de Janeiro!
26th - Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
26th - Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
26th - Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4½ minutes
27th - "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 45 perfs
27th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27
28th - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
28th - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
29th - 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
29th - Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
30th - Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in NYC
31st - Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 80 of 80

1st - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
2nd - Stephanie Stiegler, Santa Monica California, pairs skater (& Zimmerman)
2nd - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
3rd - Angela Ruggiero, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
3rd - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
3rd - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
3rd - David Tyree, American football player
4th - Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
4th - Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
4th - Greg Cipes, American actor
4th - Erin Cahill, American actress
5th - Garette Patrick Ratliff, actor (Return to Blue Lagoon)
5th - Bennie Joppru, National Football League tight end
6th - Steed Malbranque, French footballer
6th - Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model
8th - Rachel Nichols, American actress
9th - Sergio García, Spanish golfer
10th - Matt Roney, American baseball player
10th - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
11th - Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
11th - Mike Williams, American football player
11th - Deanna Wright, American actress
12th - Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
13th - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
13th - Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
13th - Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
13th - Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
14th - Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
14th - Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
14th - Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
14th - Ossama Haidar, a Lebanese soccer player
14th - Byron Leftwich, American football player
14th - Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model
15th - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
16th - Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
16th - Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights)
16th - Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
16th - Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
17th - Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer
17th - Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist
17th - Zooey Deschanel, American actress
17th - Kimberly Spicer, American model
18th - Robert Green, English footballer
18th - Julius Peppers, American football player
18th - Jason Segel, American actor
18th - Estelle Swaray, English singer
19th - Jenson Button, English Formula One driver
19th - Kotoko, Japanese Singer
20th - Philippe Cousteau Jr., Freanch oceanographer; grandson of Jacques Cousteau
20th - Brigitte Olivier, Belgian judoka
20th - Matthew Tuck, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)
21st - Aubrie Rippner, LA California, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18)
21st - Dave Kitson, English footballer
21st - Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
22nd - Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese Writer
22nd - Jake Grove, American football player
22nd - Christopher Masterson, American actor
22nd - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)
22nd - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
23rd - Theresa Kulikowski, Tacoma Wash, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96)
24th - Rocky Boiman, American football player
24th - Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress
25th - Amanda Michelle Burns, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1997)
25th - Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer
25th - Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
25th - Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler
27th - Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
27th - Chanda Gunn, ice hockey player
28th - Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys)
28th - Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive
29th - Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
29th - Yael Bar-Zohar, Israeli actress and model
29th - Ivan Klasnić, Croatian football player
30th - Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
30th - Leilani Dowding, British glamour model
30th - Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
30th - Pavel Ponomaryov, Russian-Estonian actor
31st - James Adomian, American actor
31st - Ryan Kienle, American musician
31st - Tiffany Limos, American actress

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 31 of 31

1st - Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
1st - Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (Socialists), dies at 88
2nd - Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
3rd - Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52
3rd - Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38
3rd - Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81
3rd - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892)
3rd - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist and author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69
7th - Carl White, rocker, dies
7th - Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at 74
8th - Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
8th - John Mauchly, American physicist (b. 1907)
10th - George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86
10th - Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
11th - Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
12th - Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies
13th - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
14th - Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
16th - Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94
naturalist and author Joy Adamson (3rd) 17th - Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), dies at 59
18th - Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
19th - Richard Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 69
19th - William O Douglas, member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
22nd - Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64
25th - David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75
25th - Queenie Watts, English actress (b. 1926)
29th - Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85
29th - Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
30th - Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at 82
30th - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61
31st - J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies