* Steve Lacy ( Runner ) 1980, 1984 Olympic Runner, University of Wisconsin Hall of Fame

On 13 August 1980, The Hon Norman Lacy, Minister for the Arts in the Hamer Government, unveiled the plaque ( located at the eastern entrance ) that commemorates the centenary of the opening to the general public of the Exhibition Building on 29 May 1880.

* The State of the Book World, 1980: Three Talks ( 1980 ), with Dan Lacy and Ernest L. Boyer

Boethius and Consolatio Philosophiae are cited frequently by the main character Ignatius J. Reilly in the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces ( 1980 ).

* Cults and Isms, by J. Oswald Sanders, pub. 1962, 1969, 1980 ( Arrowsmith ), ISBN 0-551-00458-4.

The Eagles gave nods to disco with " One of These Nights " ( 1975 ) and " Disco Strangler " ( 1979 ), Paul McCartney & Wings did " Goodnight Tonight " ( 1979 ), Queen did " Another One Bites the Dust " ( 1980 ), The Rolling Stones did " Miss You " ( 1978 ), Chicago did " Street Player " ( 1979 ), The Beach Boys did " Here Comes the Night " ( 1979 ), The Kinks did "( Wish I Could Fly Like ) Superman " ( 1979 ), and the J. Geils Band did " Come Back " ( 1980 ).

* 1980 – Kevin J. Boyle, American politician

* 1980 — Walter J. Mead ( Professor of Economics, UCSB )

1980 saw one of the best pitching lineups the Astros ever had, with the fastball of Ryan, the knuckleball of Joe Niekro and the terrifying 6 ft 8 in frame of J. R. Richard.

Four nationwide J & D headlined tours followed through 1980.

* J. Joseph Smith ( 1904 – 1980 ), U. S. Representative from Connecticut

* Interview with J. Fieschi and B. Villien, in Cinématographe ( Paris ), October 1980

* 1980 – L. J. Smith, American football player

* Isaacs J ( 1980 ) Australian Dreaming: 40, 000 Years of Aboriginal History, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, New South Wales, ISBN 0-7018-1330-X

* 1980 – J. F. A. McManus, Canadian pathologist ( b. 1911 )

* 1980 – On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J. R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase " Who shot J. R .?

* 1980 – B. J.

While the original proofs of Hadamard and de la Vallée-Poussin are long and elaborate, and later proofs have introduced various simplifications through the use of Tauberian theorems but remained difficult to digest, a surprisingly short proof was discovered in 1980 by American mathematician Donald J. Newman.

Michael J. Flynn views the first RISC system as the IBM 801 design which began in 1975 by John Cocke, and completed in 1980.

* Van Riemsdijk, J. T. Pictorial History of Steam Power ( 1980 )

* Wertime, Theodore and Muhly, J. D .( 1980 ) eds. The Coming of The Age of Iron.

An anonymous novella Spalatro: from the notes of Fra Giacomo, published in the Dublin University Magazine in 1843, was added to the Le Fanu canon as late as 1980, being recognised as Le Fanu's work by W. J.

* Findling, J. E. ( 1980 ).

The first day of Thoth fell on 2 March in that year ( Prof. E. J. Bickerman, 1980: 115 ).

* Seldin, J. P., and Hindley, J. R., eds., 1980.

But far from being concerned about whether or not Russia will have achieved Utopia by 1980, the world is watching Moscow today primarily for clues as to whether or not there will be nuclear Armageddon in the immediate future.

And there must be many Soviet citizens who know what is going on and who realize that before they can hope to enjoy the full life promised for 1980 they and their children must first survive.

and, though he repeated, over and over again, the spectacular figures of industrial and agricultural production in 1980, the `` ordinary '' people in Russia are still a little uncertain as to how `` communism '' is really going to work in practice, especially in respect of food.

In this instance, there was a dosage of 562 during the first two hours and a total dosage of 1980 for the four-hour period, a four-fold increase.

A second, by Mickey Newbury, peaked at number 82 in 1980.

* In 1980, Gérard d ' Aboville was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean rowing solo.

George Stevens, Jr., served as director from the institute's founding until 1980.

He was followed by Jean Picker Firstenberg who held the position of President and CEO from 1980 to 2007.

After the mid-1960s, he became much less prolific, but his later work — including his final two epics, Kagemusha ( 1980 ) and Ran ( 1985 )— continued to win awards, including the Palme d ' Or for Kagemusha, though more often abroad than in Japan.

Existing americium is concentrated in the areas used for the atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted between 1945 and 1980, as well as at the sites of nuclear incidents, such as the Chernobyl disaster.

From 1980 to the present, ski-lifts have been modernized and snow-making machines installed at many resorts, leading to concerns regarding the loss of traditional Alpine culture and questions regarding sustainable development as the winter ski industry continues to develop quickly and the number of summer tourists decline.

Others, such as 1980 Hungarian film, Kojak Budapesten ( not to be confused with the 1986 comedy by the same name ) create their own scenarios involving Christie's criminal skill.

In 1980, Angela Lansbury played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd ( EMI, directed by Guy Hamilton ), based on Christie's 1962 novel.

* 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 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

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

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

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

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

By 1980 the infrequency of sightings of Mount Ararat, which looms about sixty kilometers across the Turkish border, became a symbol of worsening air pollution in Yerevan.

: female: 97 % ( 1980 est.

* 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English director and producer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.