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16 September 1980 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 September 1980 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Feels Like I'm in Love” by Kelly Marie.
- Top Film of 1980
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1980 was The Empire Strikes Back.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 September 1980 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 September 1980 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 16 September
- 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
- 1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
- 1976 Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
- 1979 Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
- 1979 The Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight.
Famous people born on 16 September
- Alexis Bledel, American actress (born 1981)
- Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1992)
- Henry V of England (1386–1422)
- Chase Stokes, American actor (born 1992)
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Events of 1980 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1980 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 2 January – Workers at British Steel Corporation go on a nationwide strike over pay called by the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, which has some 90,000 members among British Steel's 150,000 workforce, in a bid to get a 20% rise.
- 25 February – The first episode of the popular political sitcom Yes Minister is broadcast on BBC2 television.
- 31 March – National Heritage Act sets up the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Life in 1980
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
45p
Loaf of Bread
33p
Average House
£23,596
Weekly Wage
£120.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1980s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
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