What Happened In February 1980 In History

Historical Events for February, 1980

• 2nd » Reports surface that the Federal Bureau of Investigation e.g FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congress of the United States named Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
• 4th » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
• 17th » Mount Everest, 1st Winter Ascent by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• 22nd » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• 24th » The United States Ice hockey at the Olympic Games named Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
• 26th » Egypt and Israel establish full Egypt–Israel relations called diplomatic relations.
• 28th » Andalusia approves its Autonomous communities of Spain e.g statute of autonomy through a referendum.
• 29th » Gordie Howe of the then Carolina Hurricanes known as Hartford Whalers makes National Hockey League known as NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1980

• 1st » Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1st » Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
• 1st » Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
• 1st » Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
• 2nd » Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
• 2nd » Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 2nd » Gucci Mane, American rapper and producer
• 2nd » Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
• 3rd » Kim E-Z, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
• 3rd » Sarah Lewitinn, American record producer and journalist
• 4th » Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
• 5th » Stefano Di Fiordo, Italian footballer
• 5th » Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
• 5th » Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
• 5th » Chris Holloway, Welsh footballer
• 5th » Paul Kirui, Kenyan runner
• 5th » Tiwa Savage, Nigerian singer-songwriter and actress
• 5th » Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
• 5th » Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
• 6th » Ben Lawson, Australian actor
• 6th » Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress
• 6th » Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, singer, and producer
• 6th » Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh
• 7th » Kevin J. Boyle, American politician
• 7th » Richie Castellano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
• 7th » Maximiliano Cejas, Argentinian footballer
• 8th » Jaideep Ahlawat, Indian actor
• 8th » Ralf Little, English footballer and actor
• 8th » Cameron Muncey, Australian singer and guitarist (Jet (band) named Jet)
• 8th » Stephen Wright (English footballer) named Stephen Wright, English footballer
• 9th » Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 9th » Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress and gymnast
• 9th » Shelly Martinez, American wrestler and actress
• 10th » César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player
• 10th » Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer
• 10th » Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player
• 10th » Bruno Sundov, Croatian basketball player
• 11th » Mark Bresciano, Australian footballer
• 11th » Titi Buengo, Angolan footballer
• 11th » Matthew Lawrence, American actor
• 11th » Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (d. 2004)
• 12th » Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
• 12th » Sarah Lancaster, American actress
• 12th » Christina Ricci, American actress
• 13th » Carlos Cotto, Puerto Rican wrestler
• 13th » Sebastian Kehl, German footballer
• 13th » Mark Watson, English comedian and author
• 14th » Fátima Leyva, Mexican footballer
• 14th » Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer
• 14th » Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
• 15th » LuFisto, Canadian wrestler
• 15th » Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter (Bright Eyes (band) or Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos (band) e.g Desaparecidos, Park Ave., Monsters of Folk, The Faint, and Commander Venus)
• 15th » Josh Sole, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 16th » Agim Kaba, American actor and producer
• 16th » Ashley Lelie, American football player
• 16th » Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American drummer (Yellowcard)
• 17th » Aya Endō, Japanese voice actress
• 17th » Al Harrington, American basketball player
• 17th » Jason Ritter, American actor
• 17th » Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
• 18th » Aivar Anniste, Estonian footballer
• 18th » Nik Antropov, Kazakhstani-Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 19th » Dwight Freeney, American football player
• 19th » David Gandy, English model
• 19th » Spyridon Gianniotis, Greek swimmer
• 19th » Ma Lin (table tennis) or Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
• 19th » Mike Miller (basketball player) called Mike Miller, American basketball player
• 20th » Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
• 20th » Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
• 20th » Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor) named Yuichi Nakamura, Japanese voice actor
• 20th » Luis Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer
• 21st » Brodus Clay, American wrestler and actor
• 21st » Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
• 21st » Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 21st » Levan Korgalidze, Georgian footballer
• 21st » Yannick Lupien, Canadian swimmer
• 21st » Brendan Sexton III, American actor
• 21st » Parthiva Sureshwaren, Indian race car driver
• 21st » Jim Vandermeer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 21st » Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese king
• 22nd » Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress (Blaque)
• 22nd » Kang Sung-hoon (singer) or Kang Sung-hoon, South Korean singer (Sechs Kies)
• 24th » Anton Maiden, Swedish singer (d. 2003)
• 24th » Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 24th » Roman Sludnov, Russian swimmer
• 25th » Antonio Burks, American basketball player
• 25th » Christy Knowings, American actress
• 26th » Steve Blake, American basketball player
• 26th » Alex Fong (singer) called Alex Fong, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 26th » Gary Majewski, American baseball player
• 27th » Bobby V, American singer-songwriter (Mista (band) named Mista)
• 27th » Brandon Beemer, American model and actor
• 27th » Chelsea Clinton, American journalist
• 27th » Don Diablo, Dutch singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
• 27th » Scott Prince, Australian rugby player
• 28th » Bada (singer) named Bada, South Korean singer (S.E.S. (band) or S.E.S.)
• 28th » Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
• 28th » Lucian Bute, Romanian-Canadian boxer
• 28th » Glasner da Silva Albuquerque, Brazilian footballer
• 28th » Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
• 28th » Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 28th » Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
• 29th » Chris Conley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Saves the Day and Two Tongues)
• 29th » Patrick Côté (fighter) or Patrick Côté, Canadian mixed martial artist
• 29th » Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Michail Mouroutsos, Greek martial artist
• 29th » Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist
• 29th » Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby player
• 29th » Taylor Twellman, American soccer player

Famous Deaths for February 1980

• 1st » Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
• 2nd » William Howard Stein, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 7th » Secondo Campini, Italian engineer (b. 1904)
• 8th » Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 9th » Tom Macdonald (writer) e.g Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 12th » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
• 13th » David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
• 14th » Rudra Baruah, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1926)
• 16th » Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
• 19th » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (AC/DC) (b. 1946)
• 21st » Alfred Andersch, German author (b. 1914)
• 22nd » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 25th » Robert Hayden, American poet (b. 1913)
• 27th » George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
• 29th » Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)
• 29th » Gil Elvgren, American painter and illustrator (b. 1914)

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