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* 1980 – In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1, 400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse.
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* 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 and Florida
* 1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
Except for sabbaticals at the University of California, Davis, 1982 / 83, and at Rockefeller University, 1980 / 84, this pattern of spending summers in Colorado and Los Alamos and winters in Florida continued until Ulam died on May 13, 1984, in Santa Fe.
* Audio recording of Mayday call made from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse, Tampa Bay, Florida, May 1980 ( MP3 format ) ( updated URI, Jun 29 2005 )
Orlando, Florida: Mariner Books, 1980.
Test marketed in Florida in 1980, the service expanded to the entire southern Florida area by 1983, and then expanded to much of the eastern seaboard.
* Matt DeSalvo, ( born September 11, 1980 ) A Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Florida Marlins and formerly the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves
* 1980 Florida Pro Invitational-IFBB, Winner
Air Miami became the first affiliate in 1980, and over a dozen other airlines became part of the system, including: Marco Island Airways, Florida Airlines, Key Air, Southern International, Skyway, North American Airlines, National Commuter Airlines, Gull Air, Pompano, Finair, Slocum, Atlantic Gulf and others.
* Florida Gators football, 1980 – 1989
Orlando, Florida: Mariner Books, 1995, First edition 1980.
In 1980, Dade County, Florida voters approved an " anti-bilingual ordinance.
Between 1980 and 1982 a major effort was made in the design of the Little England theme Park in Orlando, Florida to construct a major and unique jousting stadium.
Air Florida arrived in 1980 and United Airlines in 1983-84.
Groundbreaking was held in 1980, and Southwest Florida Regional Airport opened on schedule, May 14, 1983, with a single 8400-ft runway.
The Florida Department of Natural Resources ( now the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ) named its headquarters in Tallahassee after her in 1980, which she considered a dubious honor.
* Bayfront Park, 1980 – 1990, Miami, Florida
In 1980, he returned from Florida State to become a full-time manager of the Yanks, taking them to the AL Eastern Division championship with a 103 – 59 record, but losing three consecutive games to the Kansas City Royals in the playoffs.
On November 21, 1980, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway was acquired, giving the railroad trackage as far south into Florida.
Trailing the underdog 1980 Florida Gators with their perfect season and their No. 2 ranking in jeopardy, the Georgia Bulldogs executed one of the most famous plays in college football history.
Mica was a member of the Florida House of Representatives for two terms from 1976 to 1980.
* 1980 ( age 66 ): towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida.
Richard " Ricky " Manning, Jr. ( born November 18, 1980 in Fresno, California ) is High School Football Coach in Fresno, California, and a former American football cornerback for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League.
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