Today in History for October 1980

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 65 of 65

1st - Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
2nd - Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
2nd - Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
3rd - 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris
4th - Mike Schmidt's 2-run HR clinches NL East title for Phillies
5th - Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
5th - Kathy Whitworth/Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
5th - Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
6th - Guyana adopts constitution
6th - John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
7th - Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
8th - Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
8th - British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
8th - USSR & Syria sign peace treaty
8th - USSR performs nuclear test
9th - 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
9th - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
9th - Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
10th - 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
Reggae Musician Bob Marley 10th - Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
10th - Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in AL Championship series
11th - Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
11th - Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
11th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
12th - "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 perfs
12th - 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in LA
12th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
13th - 14th Country Music Association Award:[approx]
13th - Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, NY
14th - Bob Marley's last concert
14th - Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
14th - Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
15th - George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids
15th - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein
US President & Actor Ronald Reagan 16th - "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances
16th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
17th - 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW v Qld (2-52 & 1-39)
18th - Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
18th - Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
19th - Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
21st - "Banjo Dancing" opens at Century Theater NYC for 38 performances
21st - 1st (& only) time Phillies win World Series (in 98 years)
21st - Michael Gorbatsjov elected member of Politburo
21st - Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history
22nd - 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
22nd - New South Korean constitution comes into effect
23rd - "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances
23rd - McCosker (168) & Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW v WA
23rd - Soviet PM Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness
24th - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
24th - Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
Rocker/Beatle John Lennon 24th - John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK
24th - Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
25th - Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
25th - Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
26th - 10th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3
26th - 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
26th - St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
27th - Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
27th - Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
30th - Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
30th - NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
31st - Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)
31st - Polish government recognizes Solidarity
31st - Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 62 of 62

2nd - Shane Andrus, National Football League kicker
3rd - Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian hockey player
4th - Jimmy Workman, actor (Pugsley-Addams Family)
4th - Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater
4th - Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
4th - Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
4th - Tim Peper, American actor
4th - Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
5th - Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte)
6th - Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
7th - Edison Chen, Canadian-born actor
8th - Andria Gayle Mullins, Miss Texas Teen USA (Teen with Style-1997)
8th - Mike Mizanin, American wrestler
8th - Nick Cannon, American actor
9th - Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian Ffotballer
9th - Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
10th - Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
10th - Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends)
10th - Sherine, Egyptian singer
11th - Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
13th - Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
13th - Ashanti, American singer
13th - Scott Parker, English footballer
13th - Jon Micah Sumrall, American singer (Kutless)
14th - Paul Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer
14th - Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
14th - Terrence McGee, American football player
15th - Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
15th - Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
16th - Jeremy Jackson, Newport Beach California, actor (Shout, Baywatch)
16th - Sue Bird, American basketball player
16th - Timana Tahu, Australian Rugby League player
17th - Alessandro Piccolo, Italian racing driver
17th - Ekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
19th - Benjamin Salisbury, Minneapolis, actor (Brighton Sheffield-Nanny)
20th - Gary Jarman, English musician
20th - Jose Veras, Dominican baseball player
21st - Kim Kardashian, American socialite
21st - Brian Pittman, American musician (Relient K)
22nd - Garrett Tierney, American musician (Brand New)
23rd - Jade Davidson, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
23rd - Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
24th - James Killian, American football player
24th - Monica, American singer
24th - Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
24th - Zac Posen, American fashion designer
25th - Ilana Goldfogel, Denver Colo, pairs skater (& Erik Schulz)
25th - Mehcad Brooks, American actor and former model
26th - Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
27th - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer
27th - Cassia Riley, American model
28th - Kanzi, Most Literate Non-Human
28th - Alan Smith, English footballer
28th - Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
28th - Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor
29th - Ben Foster, American actor
29th - B.J. Sams, American football player
30th - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress
30th - Choi Hong-man, South Korean kickboxer
31st - Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor,
31st - Samaire Armstrong, American actress
31st - Alondra de la Parra, Mexican founder and artistic director of the New York-based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

4th - "The Princess Bride" actor Chris Sarandon (38) weds model Lisa Cooper

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

9th - Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

1st - George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86
2nd - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
6th - Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56
6th - Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies
6th - Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
10th - Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies
10th - Walter Keeton, cricketer (opening bat in 2 Test for Eng 1934-39), dies
10th - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49
14th - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
15th - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
15th - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
16th - Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
21st - Hans Asperger, Austrian psychologist (b. 1906)
24th - Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30
26th - Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74
27th - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31
27th - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
28th - Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63