Births - September 1980:


Deaths - September 1980:

1980 (05 sep)     Barbara Loden actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48
1980 (12 sep)     Lillian Randolph actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
1980 (17 sep)     Anastasio Somoza Former Nicaraguan Pres assassinated in Paraguay

News & Events - September 1980

1980 (05 sep)     World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1980 (06 sep)     Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
1980 (06 sep)     College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalaster U of St Paul, Minn beating Mount Senario 17-14
1980 (07 sep)     32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
1980 (07 sep)     Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1980 (10 sep)     Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
1980 (12 sep)     Military coup in Turkey
1980 (15 sep)     Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary"
1980 (17 sep)     Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
1980 (18 sep)     Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
1980 (19 sep)     Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)
1980 (20 sep)     Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium
1980 (20 sep)     Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
1980 (21 sep)     LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
1980 (21 sep)     Richard Todd of the Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
1980 (22 sep)     Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1980 (22 sep)     John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
1980 (23 sep)     Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens
1980 (25 sep)     Chevy Chase calls Cary Grant a homo on Tomorrow show (suit follows)
1980 (26 sep)     Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1980 (26 sep)     Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1980 (27 sep)     WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
1980 (28 sep)     Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing
1980 (30 sep)     1,754 turn out to see the Phillies play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1980 (30 sep)     Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein