Births - February 1980

1980 (01 feb)     Courtney Hamilton Miss Arizona Teen-USA (1996)
1980 (04 feb)     Kelly Marie Sodan Miss Kentucky Teen-USA (1996)
1980 (11 feb)     Matthew Lawrence Montgomery PA, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
1980 (11 feb)     Natasha Bobo Watsonville CA, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
1980 (12 feb)     Christina Ricci actress (Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper)
1980 (12 feb)     Sarah Lancaster Kansas City KS, actress (Rachel-Saved By Bell New Class)
1980 (13 feb)     Kristy Powell Florida, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1980 (17 feb)     Shanyn MacEachern Brampton Ontario, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1980 (18 feb)     Alison Rachel Fitch Hamilton New Zealand, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 (23 feb)     Yvonne Tousek Kitchener Ontario, gymnastic (Olympics-96)
1980 (27 feb)     Chelsea Victoria Clinton Daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton

Deaths which occurred in February 1980:

1980 (01 feb)     Jack Bailey TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
1980 (01 feb)     Romolo Valli actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
1980 (02 feb)     William H Stein US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
1980 (07 feb)     Ernst Kunz composer, dies at 88
1980 (07 feb)     Katherine Emery actress (Maze, Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
1980 (09 feb)     Antoine Pompe Belgian architect, dies at 106
1980 (12 feb)     Floyd Taliaferro Alderson actor (Crossing Trails), dies
1980 (13 feb)     David Janssen [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
1980 (17 feb)     Jerry Fielding orchestra leader (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Lively Ones), dies at 57
1980 (17 feb)     Graham Sutherland painter, dies
1980 (18 feb)     Gale Robbins actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at 58
1980 (19 feb)     Bon Scott Australian rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1980 (20 feb)     Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, dies in Washington DC at 96
1980 (21 feb)     Chester H Lauck actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1980 (22 feb)     Alfred Andersch German writer (Red Head), dies at 66
1980 (22 feb)     Oskar Kokoschka Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93
1980 (22 feb)     Richard Kallman actor (Verboten, Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at 46
1980 (23 feb)     Robert Vandekerckhove Belgian politician, dies at 62
1980 (27 feb)     George Tobias actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78
1980 (28 feb)     Ian Alexander Ross Peebles cricketer (45 wickets for England), dies
1980 (29 feb)     Yigol Alton Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61

News & Events - February 1980

1980 (01 feb)     Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
1980 (01 feb)     Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1980 (02 feb)     FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors
1980 (03 feb)     Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1980 (03 feb)     30th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 (03 feb)     Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 (04 feb)     Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
1980 (04 feb)     Joanne Carner win LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
1980 (05 feb)     32nd NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
1980 (05 feb)     Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
1980 (09 feb)     Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-point goals in a game
1980 (10 feb)     Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly" premieres in New York NY
1980 (10 feb)     Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1980 (12 feb)     New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets
1980 (12 feb)     "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 16 performances
1980 (12 feb)     Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117
1980 (13 feb)     Apollo Computer Inc incorporated
1980 (13 feb)     New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980 (14 feb)     13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY
1980 (14 feb)     US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
1980 (14 feb)     "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
1980 (15 feb)     Wayne Gretzky assists on NHL-record-tying 7 goals
1980 (15 feb)     Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 meter in 38.03 seconds
1980 (16 feb)     Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
1980 (16 feb)     Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7 02.29 (Olympics Record)
1980 (17 feb)     Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)
1980 (17 feb)     Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1980 (18 feb)     Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
1980 (18 feb)     Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
1980 (19 feb)     Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 (19 feb)     Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1000 meter in 1 15.18
1980 (20 feb)     Actress Susan Dey of "LA Law" weds producer Bernard Sofronski
1980 (21 feb)     Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olympics gold (giant slalom)
1980 (21 feb)     Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500 meter in 1 55.44
1980 (22 feb)     Afghanistan declares martial law
1980 (22 feb)     USA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
1980 (23 feb)     Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 (23 feb)     Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill
1980 (23 feb)     13th Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid NY
1980 (23 feb)     France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 (24 feb)     Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
1980 (24 feb)     USA Olympics hockey team beats Finland (4-2) & wins gold medal
1980 (24 feb)     "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 16 performances
1980 (24 feb)     Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1980 (25 feb)     Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1980 (26 feb)     Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for the 1st time
1980 (26 feb)     Military coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
1980 (26 feb)     R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
1980 (27 feb)     22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers)
1980 (27 feb)     Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
1980 (27 feb)     Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
1980 (28 feb)     "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes)
1980 (28 feb)     US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 (29 feb)     Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals
1980 (29 feb)     Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55 minutes trapped in an elevator, England