1980: Difference between revisions

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«	1980	»

The year 1980 (MCMLXXX) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by four years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-Fiction

Takara launches the Diaclone toyline in Japan.
Lamb & Company is founded.
May 18 — Mount St. Helens erupts, inspiring the creation of the fictional Mount St. Hilary.
June 1 — CNN is launched to television screens worldwide.

Births

???? — Joe Kyde, Antti Lang, Walker Howard, Lutz Scheffer, Jean-Francois Beaulieu

January

February

February 5 — Mitsuaki Kanuka
February 6 — Mamiko Noto
February 10 — Yūki Tamaki
February 20 — Yūichi Nakamura, Yoann Sover
February 23 — John-Paul Bove
February 26 — Echigoya Kosuke

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Fiction

Knights of Unicron

The Knights of Unicron release Look What The Bot Dragged In, which becomes the best-selling pop-metal debut ever. Behind the Music pack-in booklet

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 * [[Lamb & Company]] is founded.
 * [[May 18]] — [[Mount St. Helens]] erupts, inspiring the creation of the fictional [[Mount St. Hilary]].
+* [[June 1]] — [[CNN]] is launched to television screens worldwide.
 ====Births====
-* ???? — [[Brianne Drouhard]], [[Joe Kyde]]
+* ???? — [[Joe Kyde]], [[Antti Lang]], [[Walker Howard]], [[Lutz Scheffer]], [[Jean-Francois Beaulieu]]
+=====January=====
+* [[January 1]] — [[Nando Lopes]]
+* [[January 14]] — [[Yūko Kaida]]
+* [[January 16]] — [[Marcelo Salsicha]]
+* [[January 20]] — [[Georgia Reed]]
+* [[January 21]] — [[Kevin Kraus]]
+* [[January 26]] — [[Sanae Kobayashi]]
+* [[January 30]] — [[Ji Guanlin]]
 =====February=====
+* [[February 5]] — [[Mitsuaki Kanuka]]
+* [[February 6]] — [[Mamiko Noto]]
 * [[February 10]] — [[Yūki Tamaki]]
+* [[February 20]] — [[Yūichi Nakamura]], [[Yoann Sover]]
 * [[February 23]] — [[John-Paul Bove]]
+* [[February 26]] — [[Echigoya Kosuke]]
 =====March=====
-* [[March 6]] — [[Crystal Reid]]
+* [[March 6]] — [[Crystal Reid]], [[Ryan Nicolls]]
 * [[March 8]] — [[Kazuyuki Okitsu]]
+* [[March 18]] — [[Sophia Myles]]
+* [[March 25]] — [[Rodrigo Oliveira]]
 =====April=====
+* [[April 1]] — [[Angela Brusa]]
+* [[April 20]] — [[Monika Pikuła]]
 * [[April 25]] — [[Rika Morinaga]]
+* [[April 29]] — [[Adrien Antoine]]
+=====May=====
+* [[May 8]] — [[Takanori Hoshino]]
+* [[May 16]] — [[Toshitsugu Takashina]]
+* [[May 26]] — [[Jolene Andersen]]
+* [[May 31]] — [[Giuliana Atepi]]
 =====June=====
+* [[June 2]] — [[Fan Churong]]
+* [[June 5]] — [[Peter Lontzek]]
 * [[June 9]] — [[Matthew Margeson]]
+* [[June 17]] — [[Christoph Drobig]]
+* [[June 20]] — [[Marcos Souza]]
+* [[June 25]] — [[Philippe Lacheau]]
+* [[June 27]] — [[Wojciech Żołądkowicz]]
 =====July=====
+* [[July 10]] — [[Brianne Drouhard]]
 * [[July 14]] — [[Yigit Koroglu]]
+* [[July 16]] — [[Frédérik Zacharek]]
+* [[July 24]] — [[Gergely Horváth-Töreki]]
+=====August=====
+* [[August 4]] — [[Daniel Ross]]
+* [[August 7]] — [[Andrew Morgado]]
+* [[August 9]] — [[Stephen Schneider]]
+* [[August 19]] — [[Balázs Simonyi]]
+* [[August 30]] — [[Diouc Koma]]
+=====September=====
+* [[September 10]] — [[Mikey Way]]
+* [[September 21]] — [[Karine Foviau]]
+* [[September 28]] — [[Thiago Zambrano]]
+* [[September 29]] — [[Josephine Schmidt]]
 =====October=====
+* [[October 11]] — [[Tomokazu Sugita]]
 * [[October 13]] — [[Mami Fukai]]
+* [[October 16]] — [[Ozan Ünal]]
+* [[October 23]] — [[Myeong-jun Kim]]
+* [[October 29]] — [[Mariana Ortiz]]
 =====November=====
 * [[November 2]] — [[Vanesa Silva]]
 * [[November 3]] — [[Jimbo Salgado]]
+* [[November 10]] — [[Ahn Young-mi]]
+* [[November 24]] — [[Jahel Morga]]
+* [[November 28]] — [[Linsay Rousseau]]
 =====December=====
+* [[December 5]] — [[Shizuka Itō]]
 * [[December 16]] — [[Boris Cabrera]]
+* [[December 21]] — [[Melanie Isakowitz]]
+===Fiction===
+====''Knights of Unicron''====
+The [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] release ''Look What The Bot Dragged In'', which becomes the best-selling pop-metal debut ever. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|''Behind the Music'' pack-in booklet}}
-[[Category:Lists]]
+[[Category:Fictional events by year]]
 [[Category:Real-world events by year]]