Births - October 1980:

1980 (22 oct)     Michael Fishman actor (DJ-Roseanne)
 

Deaths - October 1980:

1980 (28 oct)     Leon Janney actor (Hawk), dies at 63

News & Events - October 1980 ...

1980 (01 oct)     Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
1980 (02 oct)     Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali
1980 (02 oct)     Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
1980 (05 oct)     Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
1980 (09 oct)     1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
1980 (09 oct)     Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
1980 (10 oct)     4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980 (10 oct)     Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
1980 (10 oct)     Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in the AL Championship series
1980 (11 oct)     Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
1980 (13 oct)     Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, NY
1980 (14 oct)     Bob Marley's last concert
1980 (14 oct)     Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
1980 (18 oct)     Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double
1980 (19 oct)     Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
1980 (21 oct)     1st (& only) time Phillies win the World Series (in 98 years) (World Series #77)
1980 (22 oct)     New South Korean constitution comes into effect
1980 (23 oct)     Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness
1980 (24 oct)     John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK
1980 (24 oct)     Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
1980 (25 oct)     Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
1980 (26 oct)     St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
1980 (27 oct)     Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
1980 (30 oct)     Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
1980 (30 oct)     NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
1980 (31 oct)     Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)