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September 18, 1980

On September 18, 1980, soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station. 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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The year in brief

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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On September 18, 1980

  1. 1980 Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.

    1980 Soviet human spaceflight mission to the Salyut 6 space station

    Soyuz 38 was a human spaceflight mission conducted by the Soviet Union during September 1980. The Soyuz spacecraft brought two visiting crew members to the Salyut 6 space station, one of whom was an Intercosmos cosmonaut from Cuba.

Arrivals

Born on September 18, 1980

Mickey Higham 1980– Former Great Britain and England international rugby league footballer
Avi Strool 1980– Israeli footballer
Petri Virtanen 1980– Finnish basketball player

Farewells

Died on September 18, 1980

Katherine Anne Porter American journalist, fiction writer, and political activist (1890–1980)

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Other moments from 1980

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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