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September 30, 1980

On September 30, 1980, ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation. 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 (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 30, 1980

  1. 1980 Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

    Computer networking technology

    Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN). 3. It is an example of an open standard.

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Born on September 30, 1980

Martina Hingis 1980– Swiss tennis player (born 1980)
Milagros Sequera 1980– Venezuelan tennis player (born 1980)
Toni Trucks 1980– American actress (born 1980)

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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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