Deaths Jimmy Durante Bon Scott (AC/DC) Dick Haymes Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) Bert Kaempfert Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) John Bonham (Led Zepplin) John Lennon David Janssen Jay Silverheels Alfred Hitchcock Gail Patrick Peter Sellers Gower Champion Steve McQueen Mae West George Raft Jesse Owens Marshall McLuhan Tim Hardin Colonel Sanders Dore Schary … [Read more...]
Famous Birthdays 1980
Born in 1980 Nick Carter (The Backstreet Boys) Jessica Simpson Chelsea Clinton Christina Ricci Matthew Lawrence Venus Williams Jason Schwartzman Adam Petty Macaulay Culkin Christina Aguilera Jake Gyllenhaal … [Read more...]
Sports 1980
Baseball The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series, beating the Kansas City Royals. Basketball Philadelpha’s luck doesn’t hold, tho. The 76ers lose the NBA title to the Lakers, 4 games to 2 Football The Pittsburgh Steelers take home the Super Bowl XIV trophy, beating the Lost Angeles Rams, 31-19. Golf Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open and the PGA. … [Read more...]
TV 1980
1980 was the year that CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite would retire, Cable News Network (CNN) would begin broadcasting and David Letterman would debut a morning talk show on NBC. The daytime audiences weren't ready for Dave. The show was canceled. He did much better with a late night gig. Debuting this year: Bosom Buddies Magnum, P.I. Solid Gold Too Close for … [Read more...]
Music 1980
This was the year that Phil Collins went solo and Led Zeppelin officially broke up after the death of drummer Jon Bonham. It was also the year that John Lennon died, shot and killed outside the Dakota apartment building in New York City by Mark David Chapman. The first reports of the shooting were broadcast on ABC, in the middle of Monday Night Football. John Lennon was 40 … [Read more...]