* 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

* 1904 – Milburn Stone, American actor ( d. 1980 )

Milburn hoped for an Olympic comeback in 1980, but was ruled ineligible to compete at the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials for having previously competed as a professional.

After 1972, Milburn turned to professional track but resumed amateur competition in 1980 and was ranked fifth in the world.

Milburn Stone ( July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980 ) was an American television actor, a nephew of Broadway comedian Fred Stone and the son of a shopkeeper, best known for his role as " Doc " ( Dr. Galen Adams ) on the CBS western series Gunsmoke.

George William Milburn ( June 24, 1910 – 1980 ) was an English footballer who played for Leeds United and Chesterfield.

The Orioles won 100 games in 1980 thanks to Cy Young Winner Steve Stone, but the Yankees won 103 games.

The pitching staff was phenomenal, with four pitchers winning six Cy Young Awards ( Mike Cuellar in 1969 ; Jim Palmer in 1973, 1975, and 1976 ; Mike Flanagan in 1979 ; and Steve Stone in 1980 ).

* In Stephen King's 1980 novel Firestarter, the protagonist chooses Rolling Stone as an unbiased independent media source, through which she can expose the government agency hunting her.

It was number 46 on the " Top 100 LPs of 1980 " list in Rolling Stone Magazine.

Singles spawned from this album included " In The Stone ", " Can't Let Go ", and the sad David Foster-written ballad " After the Love Has Gone ", which rose to the number 2 spot on the Billboard Pop and R & B charts and won a Grammy for the Best R & B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards of 1980.

* 1980: Stone Alliance, by Márcio Montarroyos

Later acts signed to Sugar Hill Records included all-female rap / funk group The Sequence, featuring a teenage Angie Stone ( recording as " Angie B "), who had a million-selling hit in early 1980 with " Funk U Up ".

* Unlucky for Some Bernard Stone, 1980

They had been in bands together since 1980, but the Stone Roses were the first to release a record, " So Young ", in 1985.

* Stone ( 1980 ) ( co-creator, with Richard Levinson and William Link )

In October 1980, Benatar ( along with future husband Neil Giraldo ) graced the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

* Stone Lantern sign-In the Japanese garden there is a stone lantern plaque which reads " This Japanese lantern was presented to the city of New York by Mr. Bunj Sakuma a controller of Taito Ward Tokyo, in October 1980, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the New York-Tokyo sister city affiliation.

James also produced a couple of albums for his Stone City Band, releasing material by the group in 1980 and 1982 respectively.

Following a successful world tour, the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, Jones secured five nominations at the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, Song of the Year (" Chuck E .' s in Love "), and Best New Artist, which she won at the January 1980 ceremony.

Voted best jazz singer two years in a row by audiences and critics ( Playboy and Rolling Stone polls, 1980, 1981 ), her insistence on covering jazz in a career that clearly was a pop career might have damaged her marketability, but it certainly opened the door for a wider scope of music from pop singers in general.

Also in 1980 he starred with his real life son Robby Weaver in the short lived NBC police series Stone.

He was a contributing editor for Rolling Stone from 1975 to 1980, and Washington bureau chief from 1975 to 1977.

He married three times, to Daisy Muriel Firth in 1926, Marjorie Deans ( his secretary ) in 1955 and to Paula Benton Stone in 1980.

* Inspector Mouse ( 1980 ) ( written by Bernard Stone )

* The diary of Palug's Cat ( The Magic Door, Book 3 ) ( 1980 ), Newcastle upon Tyne, Galloping Dog Press ', ISBN 0-904837-24-6 ; also Swansea, Stone Lantern Audiobook on tape oclc = 20672978

* The Anathema Stone ( 1980 ) ( apa Fatal Curtain )

* David Wild 1980 – Senior Editor, Rolling Stone ; host of Musicians ( Bravo television )