At A Glance

21 October 1980 at a glance

Day of the week
21 October 1980 was a Tuesday.
Irish Chart Song in 1980
The Irish chart song for 1980 was “Don't Stand So Close to Me” by The Police.
Top Film of 1980
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1980 was The Empire Strikes Back.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 1980 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 October 1980 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 21 October

  • 1978 Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
  • 1979 Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
  • 1981 Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
  • 1983 The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
  • 1984 Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.

Famous people born on 21 October

  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
  • Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
  • Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
  • Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)

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Events of 1980 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1980 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 January – Taoiseach Charles Haughey addressed the nation on television on the matter of worsening public finances.
  • 17 February – The eighth century Derrynaflan Hoard, including the Derrynaflan Chalice, was discovered in a bog in Lurgoe, County Tipperary.
  • 24 March – The first dedicated bus lane in Dublin was opened by the CIÉ bus company on Parliament Street. The 250 metre contraflow lane allowed buses and emergency service vehicles to travel in the opposite direction to other traffic.
More events of 1980 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1980

Taoiseach

Charles Haughey

Petrol (per litre)

£1.10/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.30

Average House

£23,000

Weekly Wage

£50

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