1980 - January. 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 announces release of its first personal computer. January 7 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giv ...

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1980 - January. January 3 - Joy Adamson, Austrian-born conservationist and author (murdered) (b. 1910) January 8 - John Mauchly, American physicist and inventor (b. 1907) January 10 - George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894) January 18 - Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (b. 1904) January 29 - Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and comedian (b. 1893) January 30 - Professor Longhair, Ame ...

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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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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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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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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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Chief Minister of Maharashtra - List of chief ministers of Maharashtra. Yashwantrao Chavan (May 1, 1960 - November 19, 1962) Marotrao Kannamwar (November 20,1962 - November 24, 1963) Vasantrao Naik (December 5, 1963 - February 20, 1975) Shankarrao Chavan (February 21, 1975 - May 17, 1977) Vasantdada Patil (May 17, 1977 - July 18, 1978) Sharad Pawar (July 18, 1978 - February 17, 1980) A R Antule (June 9, 1980 - January 12, 1982) Babasaheb Bhosale ...

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Brian Robbins, born on November 22, 1963, is an American actor and producer. Robbins has often collaborated with Mike Tollin. In the 1980's, he portrayed Eric Mardian on Head of the Class. In the 1990's, he started producing All That and its spinoffs on Nickelodeon. He has produced several sports movies including Coach Carter and Hardball (2001). ...

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Atlas (at'-lus, Greek Άτλας) is a moon of Saturn. Atlas was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 (some time before November 12) from Voyager photos and was designated 1980 S 28. In 1983 it was officially named after Atlas of Greek mythology, because it "holds the rings on its shoulders" like the Titan Atlas held the sky up above the Earth. It is also designated as Saturn XV. Atlas seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring. Furthermore, in 2004 a faint, thin ring, temporarily designat ...

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See also: 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1981 in film - Events. January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. November 29 - Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating ...

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Dr. Thich Thien An (September 1926 - November 1980) was an influential teacher of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism who was active in the United States. Dr. Thich Thien-An came to the United States from Vietnam in the summer of 1966 as an exchange professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. His students discovered that he was not only a renowned scholar, but a Zen Buddhist monk, as well. He was eventually convinced to teach the practice of Zen meditation to his students and ...

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The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York. The diocese covers the Isle of Man where the see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint German which was elevated to cathedral status on 1 November 1980. The diocese was reputedly created by Saint Patrick in 447 with the foundation of his cathedral on St Patrick's Isle at the mouth of the River Neb. Becoming a Norwegian diocese i ...

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Buck Adams (born Charles S. Allen, November 15, 1955) is a male American porn star and a Porn director. He starred in numerous films during the 1980s. The Adult Video Network has awarded him three Best Actor Awards. Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer. Buck Adams - Filmography. as actor : 272 movies as director: 62 movies as writer: 7 movies List of male porn stars Buck Adams - Trivi ...

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1980 in rail transport - January events. January 23 - Western Pacific Railroad president R. G. "Mike" Flannery announces that an agreement has been reached for the railroad to be controlled by Union Pacific Railroad.[1] January - Amtrak re-equips the Empire Builder, making it the first train to use all Superliner equipment. 1980 in rail transport - March events. March 31 - The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rai ...

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The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention, also called Strasbourg Convention or Strasbourg Patent Convention, is a multilateral treaty signed by Member States of the Council of Europe on November 27, 1963 in Strasbourg, France. It entered into force on August 1, 1980 and led to a significant harmonization of patent laws across European countries. This Convention establishes patentability criteria, i.e. specifies on which grounds an inventions can be rejected as ...

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See also: 1983 in film 1984 1985 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1984 in film - Events. Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film. November 26 - Filming starts on Back to the Future. Actress Sharon Stone marries Michael Greenburg Michael Eisner becomes head of The Walt Disney Company 1984 in film - Top grossing fil ...

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Wayanad District, in the north-east of Kerala, India, was formed on November 1, 1980 as the 12th district, carved out of Kozhikode and Kannur districts. Though the etymology of the word Wayanad is popularly known to be Vayal (paddy) Naad (land); 'Land of Paddy Fields', the scholars disagree. The region was known as Mayakshetra (Maya's land) in the earliest records. Mayakshetra evolved into Mayanad and finally to Wayanad. There are many indigenous tribals in this area. It is set high on the majestic Western Ghats w ...

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1978 in film 1979 1980 in film 1970s in film years in film film 1979 in film - Events. March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark. December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that would span 10 films over the next 23 years. It also would eventually lead to t ...

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Darrell E. Issa (pronounced Eye-suh) (born November 1, 1953), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 49th District of California ([1]). The district, which was numbered the 48th during his first term, consists of portions of southern Riverside County and northern San Diego County. He was born in Cleveland to Lebanese immigrants and enlisted in the Army during his senior year of high school, retiring in 1980 with the rank of captain. He attended Siena Heights College on an ROTC scholarship. He later moved to Vista, Cal ...

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