On TV...
The Alan Thicke Show |
The David Letterman Show |
Flo |
Magnum, P.I. |
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At the Movies...
Coal Miner's Daughter |
Raging Bull |
The Great Santini |
Gloria |
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The Academy Awards...(hosted
by Johnny Carson)
Best Picture is - Ordinary People
Best Actor is - Robert DeNiro
Best Actress is - Sissy Spacek |
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Some of the Celebrities Who
Died This Year:
January |
Barbara Britton |
February |
David Janssen |
March |
Dick Haymes |
April |
Raymond Bailey |
May |
Walter Kohut |
June |
Milburn Stone |
July |
Reginald Gardiner |
August |
Tex Avery |
September |
Sol Lesser |
October |
William Pabst |
November |
Steve McQueen |
December |
Col. Harland Sanders |
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World Events for 1980...
Date |
Event |
12 February |
Winter olympics are held in Lake Placid, NY |
18 May |
Mt. St. Helen's erupts in Washington |
19 July |
Summer olympics are held in Moscow, USSR |
The SONY Walkman is introduced |
4 November |
Ronald Reagan elected US President |
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