* 1980 – Matthew Carey, American actor

* 1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper

* 1980 – Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish ski racer

* 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d ' état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.

* 1980 – Terry Fox begins his " Marathon of Hope " at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter ( Westlife )

* 1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist

* 1980 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

* 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer

* 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress

* 1980 – Kyle Lowder, American actor

* 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh footballer

* 1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stunt-woman

* 1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer

* 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist

* 1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer, producer, and actor

* 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player

* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Texas Battle, American actor

* 1980 – Nuria Cabanillas, Canadian-Spanish gymnast

* 1980 – Charlie David, Canadian actor

* 1980 – Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter ( Bright Eyes )

* Conor Oberst ( born 1980 ), an American singer-songwriter

The newspaper was founded in 1980 by John Mulcahy as a tabloid with Conor Brady ( later editor of The Irish Times ) as its first editor.

* Conor Gormley ( born 1980 ), Gaelic footballer from Carrickmore in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Conor Gill ( born February 6, 1980 ) is a professional lacrosse player who had an exceptional collegiate career at the University of Virginia before going on to the professional ranks.

Chaplin is also a supporting character in several other films, such as The Cat's Meow ( 2001 ), in which he was played by Eddie Izzard and The Scarlett O ' Hara War ( 1980 ), in which he was played by Clive Revill.

As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway ( 1927 ), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast ( 1958 ), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway ( 1958 ), the first colour television transmission in Canada ( 1966 ), the inauguration of the Order of Canada ( 1967 ), and the establishment of " O Canada " as the country's national anthem ( 1980 ).

David Janssen ( March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980 ) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive ( 1963 – 1967 ), the starring role in the 1950s hit detective series Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1957 – 60 ), and as Harry Orwell on Harry O.

* 1980 – O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

Minor Threat's first performance was in December 1980, opening on a bill with Bad Brains, Phfat Raskals, and S. O. A.

* Foolin Around is a 1980 movie starting Gary Busey and Annette O ' Toole, which uses a Milgram experiment parody in a comedic scene.

* 1980 – Pamela O ' Connor, Scottish ice dancer

" O Canada " had served as a de facto national anthem since 1939, officially becoming Canada's national anthem in 1980 when the Act of Parliament making it so received Royal Assent and became effective on July 1 as part of that year's Dominion Day celebrations.

* 1939 – O. V. Wright, American soul singer ( d. 1980 )

* 1898 – William O. Douglas, American jurist ( d. 1980 )

Exhausted by touring, Poly Styrene left the band in mid 1979, though she is seen performing with the band in the 1980 film, D. O. A .. She released a solo album, Translucence, before joining the Hare Krishna movement ( as did Logic, who left the band aged 16 in 1977 to form a new group called Essential Logic ).

* Sharon Gless in Moviola: The Scarlett O ' Hara War ( 1980 )

Republicans made O ' Neill the target of their election campaigns in 1980 and 1982 ; nevertheless, Democrats managed to retain their majorities in both years.

In 1980, O ' Toole starred as Tiberius in the Penthouse-funded biographical film Caligula.

She and O ' Neill have one child, Liam O ' Neill ( born 1980 ).

Additionally, Miller drew a short Batman Christmas story, " Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead or Alive ", written by Denny O ' Neil for DC Special Series No. 21 ( Spring 1980 ).

In 1980, " O Canada " became the official national anthem of Canada.

* Chris O ' Dowd ( born 1980 )-an Irish actor born in Boyle, County Roscommon.

* Gilda Live ( with Gilda Radner, Anne Beatts, Lorne Michaels, Michael O ' Donoghue, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Paul Shaffer and Alan Zweibel ) ( 1980 )

In 1980, the band was invited by former Congressman David O ’ Brien Martin to play in Washington, DC on the Capitol steps and also at the Lincoln Memorial.

At the end of 1980, Glenn O ' Brien cast Freddy, along with fellow Lower East Side graffiti writer Lee Quinones, in the film New York Beat ( later released as Downtown 81 ).

* William O. Douglas ( 1898 – 1980 ), American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

His 1980 novel Headlong, the fictional story of the unexpected death of the entire British royal family in a freak accident in 1930, and the ascension of a most unlikely heir to the British throne as a result, was the loose basis of the 1991 motion picture King Ralph which stars John Goodman, Peter O ' Toole, John Hurt and Camille Coduri.