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Events from the year 1980 in Canada.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

[edit] January to June

Terry Fox on his Marathon of Hope run

January 21 - Three Soviet embassy workers are expelled after they are accused of spying
January 28 - Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, organizes the escape of American citizens from Iran
February 18 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a majority, defeating Joe Clark's PCs
February 29 - Jeanne Sauvé becomes first woman Speaker of the House of Commons
March 3 - Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Joe Clark
April 12 - Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope run across Canada in support of cancer research
May 20 - Quebec votes against separation in the 1980 Quebec referendum
June 16 - George Braden becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, as responsible government is reinstituted for the first time since 1905.

[edit] July to December

July 1 - "O Canada" becomes the official national anthem
July 30 - Queen Elizabeth II augments the Coat of Arms of Alberta with a crest and supporters
August 16 to August 23 - First Session of the Youth Parliament of Canada/Parlement jeunesse du Canada held in the Senate chambers of the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
August 27 The Winnipeg Tribune and the Ottawa Journal, two Canadian broadsheet newspapers, owned by Southam and Thomson newspapers are closed.
September 1 - Due to a return of his cancer Terry Fox curtails his run
September 1 - Saskatchewan and Alberta celebrate the 75th anniversaries of their establishment as provinces, culminating a summer full of festivals and special events
October 6 - The Quebec and Newfoundland governments sign the Churchill Falls hydro agreement.
October 6 - Trudeau announces his plan to patriate the Canadian constitution unilaterally
October 28 - The National Energy Program is introduced
November 17 - Clifford Olson rapes and kills his first victim

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] New Works

Mordecai Richler - Joshua Then and Now

[edit] Awards

See 1980 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Clark Blaise, Lunar Attractions
Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, Me Bandy, You Cissie
Vicky Metcalf Award: John Craig

[edit] Television

The Royal Canadian Air Farce makes it first television special

[edit] Film

April 14 - The National Film Board wins an Oscar for its animated films.

[edit] Sport

April 22 - Canada announces it will join the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
April 30 - Hockey player Gordie Howe finally retires

[edit] Full date unknown

Walter Wolf Racing, first Canadian Formula One constructor, closes, its assets sold to Emerson Fittipaldi.

[edit] Births

[edit] January to March

January 22 - Amy Cotton, judoka
January 28 - Nathan Marsters, ice hockey player (d.2009)
February 10 - Mike Ribeiro, ice hockey player
February 16 - Blair Betts, ice hockey player
February 21 - Yannick Lupien, swimmer
February 29 - Simon Gagné, ice hockey player
March 21 - Deryck Whibley, guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer
March 24 - Ramzi Abid, ice hockey player
March 31 - Michael Ryder, ice hockey player

[edit] April to June

April 19 - Robyn Regehr, ice hockey player
April 21 - Vincent Lecavalier, ice hockey player
April 29 - Mathieu Biron, ice hockey player
May 1 - Robin Randall, water polo player
May 4 - Andrew Raycroft, ice hockey player
May 5 - Noah Miller, water polo player
May 26 - Richard Green, soldier killed in Afghanistan (d.2002)

[edit] July to September

July 2 - Thomas Marks, water polo player
July 15 - Jonathan Cheechoo, ice hockey player
July 16 - Matt Peck, field hockey player
July 21 - Scott Frandsen, rower and Olympic silver medalist
July 27 - Paul Larmand, basketball player
August 5 - Mark Bell, ice hockey player
August 24 - Tanya Hunks, swimmer
August 29 - Perdita Felicien, hurdler and World Champion
September 9 - Félix Brillant, soccer player
September 19 - Adrian Cann, soccer player

[edit] October to December

October 13 - Marc-André Bergeron, ice hockey player
October 14 - Mike Munday, volleyball player
October 21 - Mike Danton, ice hockey player
November 4 - Erin Cumpstone, softball player
November 9 - Dominique Maltais, snowboarder and Olympic bronze medalist
November 9 - Ben Rutledge, rower, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
November 16 - Carol Huynh, freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
November 18 - Emanuel Sandhu, figure skater
December 2 - Adam Kreek, rower, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

Richard Gavin Reid

January 1 - Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect (b.1885)
March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor (b.1912)
May 17 - Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1901)

[edit] July to December

July 23 - Sarto Fournier, politician and mayor of Montreal (b.1903)
August 14 - Dorothy Stratten, model, actress and murder victim (b.1960)
September 25 - Antonio Talbot, politician (b.1900)
October 17 - Richard Gavin Reid, politician and 7th Premier of Alberta (b.1879)
October 27 - Judy LaMarsh, politician and Minister, lawyer, author and broadcaster (b.1924)

Marshall McLuhan in the early 1970s

November 4 - Elsie MacGill, the world's first female aircraft designer (b.1905)
November 18 - Conn Smythe, ice hockey manager and owner (b.1895)
November 21 - A. J. M. Smith, poet (b.1902)
November 22 - Jules Léger, diplomat and 21st Governor General of Canada (b.1913)
December 7 - W. L. Morton, historian (b.1908)
December 9 - Dorise Nielson, politician (b.1902)
December 12 - Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1912)
December 22 - Ethel Wilson, novelist and short story writer (b.1888)
December 31 - Marshall McLuhan, educator, philosopher, and scholar (b.1911)

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Ray Lawson, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1886)

Contents

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

[edit] January to June

[edit] July to December

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] New Works

[edit] Awards

[edit] Television

[edit] Film

[edit] Sport

[edit] Full date unknown

[edit] Births

[edit] January to March

[edit] April to June

[edit] July to September

[edit] October to December

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

[edit] July to December

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