1980

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Contents 1 Births 2 Deaths 3 Events 4 Films Released 5 Hit Songs 6 New Books

[edit] Births

• February 12 - Christina Ricci
• July 10 - Jessica Simpson

[edit] Deaths

• January 29 - Jimmy Durante, actor
• February 13 - David Janssen, actor
• March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto)
• March 28 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer
• April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, director
• July 6 - Gail Patrick, actress
• July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor
• July 31 - Bobby Van, actor, dancer
• August 14 - Dorothy Stratten, actress, Playboy Magazine model
• August 25 - Gower Champion, actor, dancer, choreographer
• October 6 - Hattie Jacques, actress
• November 7 - Steve McQueen, actor
• November 22 - Mae West, actress
• November 24 - George Raft, actor
• December 8 - John Lennon, singer/songwriter
• December 31 - Raoul Walsh, director

[edit] Events

• April 12- Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope in Canada.
• April 30- Beatrix of the Netherlands crowned
• May 18- Mount St. Helens erupts.
• September 1- Terry Fox ends his Marathon of Hope, after his cancer resurfaces.

[edit] Films Released

• 9 to 5
• All That Jazz
• The Blues Brothers
• Caddyshack
• The Cannonball Run
• The Elephant Man
• Fame
• Flash
• Friday the 13th
• The Gods Must Be Crazy
• Ordinary People
• Popeye
• Raging Bull
• The Shining
• Stardust Memories
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
• Urban Cowboy

[edit] Hit Songs

• "A Forest" - The Cure
• "All Night Long" - Rainbow
• "All Out of Love" - Air Supply
• "Any Way You Want It" - Journey
• "Another One Bites The Dust"-Queen
• "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
• "Babe" - Styx
• "Back Together Again" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
• "Big Man, Big M.A.N." - Crass
• "Borrowed Time" - Styx
• "Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest
• "Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel
• "Drivin' My Life Away" - Eddie Rabbit
• "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - The Korgis
• "Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin
• "Freewill" - Rush
• "Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel
• "Get A Move On" - Eddie Money
• "Give Me The Night" - George Benson
• "Good Morning Girl" - Journey
• "He's So Shy" - Pointer Sisters
• "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
• "Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen
• "I Can't Tell You Why" - The Eagles
• "I Hope I Never - Split Enz
• "I'm Alright" - Kenny Loggins
• "It's Different For Girls" - Joe Jackson
• "Let's Be Lovers Again" - Eddie Money
• "Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest
• "London Calling" - The Clash
• "Love The World Away" - Kenny Rogers
• "Metal Gods" - Judas Priest
• "Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills
• "New Amsterdam" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• "On And On And On" - ABBA
• "People - Mi-Sex
• "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" - Aerosmith
• "Rev On The Red Line" - Foreigner
• "Running Back" - Eddie Money
• "Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook
• "Since You Been Gone" - Rainbow
• "Stay Awhile" - Journey
• "Suddenly" - Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard
• "Super Trouper" - ABBA
• "The Tide Is High" - Blondie
• "The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA
• "Too Late" - Journey
• "Touch and Go" - The Cars
• "Train in Vain" - The Clash
• "Tulsa Time" - Eric Clapton
• "Turn It On Again" - Genesis
• "Video Killed The Radio Star" - The Buggles
• "Why Me" - Styx
• "Women" - Foreigner
• "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel
• (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
• Another Brick In The Wall, Part II - Pink Floyd
• Another One Bites The Dust- Queen
• Call Me - Blondie
• Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
• Do That To Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
• Funkytown - Lipps Inc.
• It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel
• Lady - Kenny Rogers
• Magic -Olivia Newton-John
• Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
• Rock With You - Michael Jackson
• Sailing - Christopher Cross
• Upside Down - Diana Ross
• Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand

[edit] New Books

• Company - Samuel Beckett
• The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
• A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
• Cosmos - Carl Sagan
• The Covenant - James A. Michener
• The Cradle Will Fall - Mary Higgins Clark
• Crossroads Marseilles 1940 - Mary Jayne Gold
• The Devil's Alternative - Frederick Forsyth
• The Fifth Horseman - Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
• Firestarter - Stephen King
• The Girl in a Swing - Richard Adams
• In Loon Lake - E. L. Doctorow
• Innocent Blood - P. D. James
• The Invasion of Canada - Pierre Berton
• The Iron Wolf and Other Stories - Richard Adams
• Joshua Then and Now - Mordecai Richler
• The Key to Rebecca - Ken Follett
• The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
• Princess Daisy - Judith Krantz
• Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon
• Random Winds - Belva Plain
• A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle
• Smiley's People - John le Carré
• Song of the Wild - Allan W. Eckert
• The Third Wave - Alvin Toffler
• Thy Neighbor's Wife - Gay Talese
• War of the Roses - Warren Adler