Belgian cyclist

Tom Boonen

S. Postal Service and Quick-Step Floors teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Boonen won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships, and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix four times and the Tour of Flanders three times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing five times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning six stages of the Tour de France and winning the overall title of the Tour of Qatar four times.

Born

1980

October 15

Died

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1980s

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1980 Born

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1066 Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later.
1211 Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris.
1529 The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.
1582 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.

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The world in 1980

When Tom arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Blaine Gabbert 1989– American football player Didier Deschamps 1968– French footballer and manager Elisa Aguilar 1976– Spanish basketball player Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900 German philologist, philosopher, and critic (born 1844) Harold W. Gehman 1942– Jr., American admiral James Tissot 1836–1902 French painter and illustrator (born 1836) John L. Sullivan 1858–1918 American boxer (born 1858) José Miguel Carrera 1785–1821 Chilean general and politician (died 1821) Lee Iacocca 1924–2019 American automotive executive (born 1924)

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Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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