1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard ...

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1980 - January. January 1 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model January 2 - Rebekah Teasdale, British model and journalist January 7 - Gabriela Bazan, Peruvian activist January 8 - Rachel Nichols, American actress January 9 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer January 11 - Mike Williams, American football player January 14 - Cory Gibbs, American soccer player January 16 - Albert Pujols, Dominican Major League Baseball player January 16 - Michelle ...

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The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or Budapest Treaty, is an international treaty signed in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977. It entered into force on August 9, 1980, and was later amended on September 26, 1980. The treaty is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As of October 2005, 61 countries were party to the Budapest Treaty. The accession to the Treaty is open to States party to the Paris Conve ...

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1980 in aviation - January. January 8 - a Mooney 231 lands in San Francisco, after flying coast to coast non-stop, setting a record by completing the flight in 8 hours and 4 minutes. January 16 - British Island Airways and Air Anglia merge to form Air UK. 1980 in aviation - February. an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18 flies 30,000 km (18,642 miles) from Moscow to the Molod ...

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See also: 1979 in music, other events of 1980, 1981 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1980 in music - Events. 1980 in music - January. January 1 - Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. The only other pop music acts to be created MBEs are the Beatles and Elton John January 2 - At the age of 45, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are neve ...

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May May 13 - Antonov An-3 June June 20 - Beechcraft Commuter June 24 - Microturbo Microjet 200 July July 12 - KC-10 Extender July 23 - Aérospatiale Dauphin II August August 11 - Learjet Longhorn 50 August 16 - EMBRAER Tucano August 19 - Boeing Vertol Model 234 September September 26 - Shanghai Y-10 November ...

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See also: 1979 in film 1980 1981 in film 1970s in film 1980s in film years in film film 1980 in film - Events. April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. Sharon Stone makes her film debut in the Woody Allen movie Stardust Memories (released September 26 in USA) 1980 in film - Top three grossing films. North America St ...

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The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or Budapest Treaty, is an international treaty signed in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977. It entered into force on August 9, 1980, and was later amended on September 26, 1980. The treaty is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As of October 2005, 61 countries were party to the Budapest Treaty. The accession to the Treaty is open to States party to the Paris Conve ...

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William Richard Tolbert, Jr. (May 13, 1913 – April 12, 1980) was president of Liberia from 1971 to 1980. William R. Tolbert Jr. - Biography. Trained as a civil servant, he entered the country's House of Representatives in 1943 for the True Whig Party, then the only legal party in the country. He was elected vice president to William V.S. Tubman in 1955 and served in that position until Tubman's death in 1971. Upon becoming president with Tubman's death, Tolbert initiated some liberal reform ...

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Cyrus Roberts Vance (March 27, 1917 – January 12, 2002) was the United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. He approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April of 1980, Vance resigned in protest of a secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. Vance graduated from Kent School in 1935 and received a bachelor's degree in 1939 from Yale University, where he was a member of the secret society, Scroll and Key. Aft ...

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1980 in South Africa - January. 12 January - The British Sports Council begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to investigate racial discrimination in sport 14 January - Local community at Soekmekaar resist forced removal and damage police station 25 January - Three Umkhonto we Sizwe operatives Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela held the staff and customers in a Silverton bank in Pretoria hostage. This was followed by a shoot-out with the police in which two civili ...

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Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s - 2020s - 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s Years: 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 - 2029 - 2030 2031 2032 2033 2029 (MMXXIX) is a Common year starting on Monday. (see link for calendar). It corresponds to 5789-5790 in the Hebrew Calendar. 2029 - Events. Friday, April 13 - The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN ...

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British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. British Aerospace - History. The company was formed as a statutory corporation on April 29, 1977 as a result the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. This called for the nationalisation and merger of; the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation. In accordance with the provisions of the British Aerospace Act 1980 the statutory corporation was changed to a ...

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Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter. In the 1980s, Setzer fronted the popular rockabilly band, Stray Cats. Stray Cats caught America's attention with the 1982 album Built for Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, "Rock This Town" (#9) and "Stray Cat Strut" (#3), as well as with the follow-up 1983 album Rant 'N Rave, which included the two successful singles "(She's) Sexy ...

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Rik Albert Blyleven, better known as Bert Blyleven (born April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the 1970s and 1980s, best known for his astounding curveball. The Netherlands-born but southern California-raised Blyleven became interested in baseball as a young boy watching Sandy Koufax pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Blyleven was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round in 1969 and after a brief stint in the minor leagues, he was called up by the Twins on ...

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Blair Brown (born 23 April 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia) is an acclaimed stage actress who has also reached a broader audience with her television and film work, particularly, in the 1980s. Examples of her stage work (in alphabetical order): Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at Lincoln Center At least two runs as Frau Schneider in Cabaret The Comedy of Errors for the New York Shakespeare Festival Copenhagen, for which she won a Tony Award in 2000 A revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music ...

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Bijou Lily Phillips (b. April 1, 1980, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA) is an American actress, former model, and one-time pop-singer. Phillips is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas and his then-wife Genevieve Waite, a South African model. She also is the half-sibling of Mackenzie Phillips, Jeffrey Phillips and Chynna Phillips. Her older brother is Tamerlane Phillips. The name "Bijou", which is French for "jewel," was taken from the ...

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Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall April 8, 1964 in Harlem, New York) is an African American East Coast hip hop artist best known for humorous singles like "Just a Friend". Markie's career began in the early 1980s as a performer, then a human beatbox for MC Shan and Roxanne Shante, among others. He signed to the Cold Chillin' record label in 1988 (see 1988 in music) and released Goin' Off, an underground hit. "Just a Friend" (from The Biz Never Sleeps) was released the following year, and ...

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