1980

«	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

January

• January 1 — Nando Lopes
• January 14 — Yūko Kaida
• 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, Ryan Nicolls
• March 8 — Kazuyuki Okitsu
• March 18 — Sophia Myles
• March 25 — Rodrigo Oliveira

April

• April 25 — Rika Morinaga

May

• May 26 — Jolene Andersen

June

• June 2 — Fan Churong
• June 5 — Peter Lontzek
• June 9 — Matthew Margeson
• June 20 — Marcos Souza

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 29 — Josephine Schmidt

October

• October 11 — Tomokazu Sugita
• October 13 — Mami Fukai
• October 29 — Mariana Ortiz

November

• November 2 — Vanesa Silva
• November 3 — Jimbo Salgado
• November 24 — Jahel Morga
• November 28 — Linsay Rousseau

December

• December 5 — Shizuka Itō
• December 16 — Boris Cabrera

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