1980
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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
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May
June
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
October
November
- November 2 — Vanesa Silva
- November 3 — Jimbo Salgado
- November 24 — Jahel Morga
- November 28 — Linsay Rousseau
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
