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July 29, 1980

On July 29, 1980, iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution. The year's #1 song was "Call Me" by Blondie. Dennis Kruppke, Randy Orton, Bijou Phillips would arrive in the same year.

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1980

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1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On July 29, 1980

  1. 1980 Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.

    The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a tricolour of equal horizontal bands of green, white, and red, featuring the Islamic emblem in red centred on the white band, and the Arabic Takbir written 11 times each in white Kufic script along the edges of the green and red bands.

Arrivals

Born on July 29, 1980

Ryan Braun 1980– Canadian baseball pitcher (born 1980)
Fernando González 1980– Chilean tennis player (born 1980)
Ben Koller 1980– American drummer (born 1980)
John Morris 1980– Australian rugby league footballer and coach

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The class of 1980

Others born in 1980

Dennis Kruppke 1980– German footballer
Randy Orton 1980– American wrestler
Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model
Sean Avery 1980– Canadian ice hockey player and model
Charlie Hunnam 1980– English actor
Shao Jiayi 1980– Chinese footballer

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