1980
Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 - 1980 - 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Births
- February 11 - Matthew Lawrence, actor.
- February 11 - Natasha Bobo?, actress.
Deaths
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, film director
- December 31 - Marshall McLuhan (author)
- Clement Martyn Doke (1893-1980) South African linguist
- John Winston Lennon - (1940-1980)
Events
- April 30 - Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Summer Olympic Games in Moscow USSR
- War begins between Iran and Iraq
- Invasion of Afghanistan by USSR
Sport
- January 20 - Super Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers (31) def. Los Angeles Rams (19)