* 1980 – Paul London, American wrestler

* 1980 – Paul Parry, Welsh footballer

* 1980 – Paul Menard, American race car driver

* 1910 – Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – 81 Paul " Loaf " Gordon

* Newman, Paul ( 1980 ) The Classification of Chadic within Afroasiatic.

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 ).

Gary Desmond's Candy's Room, coming from Liverpool, was the first in 1980, quickly followed by Dan French's Point Blank, Dave Percival's The Fever, Jeff Matthews ' Rendezvous, and Paul Limbrick's Jackson Cage.

In 1980, Hayek, a non-practicing Roman Catholic, was one of twelve Nobel laureates to meet with Pope John Paul II, " to dialogue, discuss views in their fields, communicate regarding the relationship between Catholicism and science, and ' bring to the Pontiff's attention the problems which the Nobel Prize Winners, in their respective fields of study, consider to be the most urgent for contemporary man.

8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

Julian L. Simon and Paul Ehrlich entered in a famous scientific wager in 1980, betting on a mutually agreed-upon measure of resource scarcity over the decade leading up to 1990.

In 1980, Julian Simon repeatedly challenged environmental scientists to bet against him on trends in prices of commodities, asserting that humanity would never run out of anything ... Paul and the other scientists knew that the five metals in the proposed wager were not critical indicators and said so at the time ...

Nonetheless, after consulting with many colleagues, Paul and Berkeley physicists John Harte and John Holdren accepted Simon's challenge in late 1980 ...

* 1980 – Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer

As part of a study launched in 1980 by Ambio, a journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Paul Crutzen and John Birks circulated a draft paper in early 1982 with the first quantitative evidence of alterations in short-term climate after a nuclear war.

* 1980 – Paul Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer

* 1910 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher ( d. 1980 )

* Paul Thompson – drums ( 1971 – 1980 ; 2001 – present )

In 1980, Marc Paul Chinoy directed the 1st feature-length clay animated film ; a film based on the famous Pogo comic strip.

They include Last House on Dead End Street ( 1977 ), Paul Schrader's film Hardcore ( 1979 ), Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline ( 1979 ), the Ruggero Deodato film Cannibal Holocaust ( 1980 ), David Cronenberg's Videodrome ( 1983 ), the Nine Inch Nails film The Broken Movie ( 1993 ), the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer ( 1986 ), the Alejandro Amenábar film Tesis ( 1996 ), the film Strange Days ( 1995 ), the Anthony Waller film Mute Witness ( 1994 ), the Johnny Depp film The Brave ( 1997 ), the Joel Schumacher film 8mm ( 1999 ), the John Ottman film, Urban Legends: Final Cut ( 2000 ), and Fred Vogel's film August Underground ( 2001 ) and its sequels.

In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.

Also see the article “ Talking to the Dead and Other Amusements ” by Paul Zweig New York Times October 5, 1980, which maintains that Madame Blavatsky's revelations were fraudulent.

Gilbert was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, shared with Frederick Sanger and Paul Berg.

After graduation in 1980, he joined the Atlanta Constitution as an editorial staff artist.

In 1976, candidates supported by BJU faculty and alumni captured the local Republican party with unfortunate short-term political consequences, but by 1980 the religious right and the " country club " Republicans had joined forces.

After a year honing his inquisitorial skills, he joined the front bench in November 1980 as a Scottish affairs spokesman when Michael Foot became party leader.

She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo.

At one point during his career, in an effort to get fit after an injury, in March 1980 he joined the football club Scunthorpe United, where he played as a centre half and made 11 appearances in the Football League.

Öngür joined Dadaşlar, a band with Ersen Dinleten between 1974 – 1975 and 1979 – 1980 and Dervişan ( Dervishes ), a band with Cem Karaca between 1974 and 1978 ; in 1975, Danga participated in Erkin Koray's ' Elektronik Türküler ' ( Electronic Songs ) album.

For his third expedition in February 1980, Powell was joined by Roy P. Mackal.

When the NFL declined to approve the Raiders ' move from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1980, the team joined the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission in a lawsuit against the league alleging a violation of antitrust laws.

Oman has developed close ties to its neighbors ; it joined the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council when it was established in 1980.

Rush joined with fellow Toronto-based rock band Max Webster on July 28, 1980 to record " Battle Scar " for their 1980 release, Universal Juveniles.

Daewoo joined the shipbuilding industry in 1980 and finished a 1. 2-million-ton facility at Okpo on Geoje Island, south of Busan, in mid-1981.

Winfield took over where Colbert left off, starring in the Padres outfield from 1973 until 1980, when he joined the New York Yankees.

Susanna Hoffs joined sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson to form a band in Los Angeles in December, 1980.

In 1980 he directed Lion of the Desert, in which Quinn and Irene Papas were joined by Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, and John Gielgud.

In early 1980, Falcone joined the ‘ Office of Instruction ’ ( Ufficio istruzione ), the investigative branch of the Prosecution Office of Palermo.

Early in the incarnation of the Blues Brothers, Belushi joined the Grateful Dead on stage on April 2, 1980, for a rendition of " Good Morning Little School Girl " at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N. J ( coinciding with the Dead performing on SNL that weekend ).

Following the Iowa caucuses, Meese joined the 1980 Reagan presidential campaign full-time as chief of staff in charge of day-to-day campaign operations and senior issues adviser.

Four more Canadian-based teams joined the fold in 1979 – 80 and 1980 – 81, three of them the result of the 1979 " merger " of the NHL and World Hockey Association, further increasing coverage.

Westerwelle joined the FDP in 1980.

When Jan departed in 1980, North's brother Oliver joined on guitar, completing the final lineup.

By 1980, despite the interest of Major Label, they disbanded, and Littler joined White Brothers.

Despite these drastic measures, by the end of 1980, out of the 80, 000 soldiers strong Afghan Army, more than half had either deserted or joined the rebels.

As he ran to the square, he was joined on the road by many people, including National Hockey League star Darryl Sittler, who presented Fox with his 1980 All-Star Game jersey.