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1980 in Germany

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1980
in
Germany

Decades:
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
See also:Other events of 1980
History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1980 in Germany.

Incumbents

  • PresidentKarl Carstens (West Germany)
  • ChancellorHelmut Schmidt (West Germany)
  • General SecretaryErich Honecker (East Germany)
  • Prime Minister – Willi Stoph (East Germany)

Events

Births

  • February 2 - Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
  • February 22 - Jeanette Biedermann, German singer
  • February 28 - Stefan Konarske, German actor
  • March 9 - Volker Bruch, German television actor
  • March 18 - Juliette Schoppmann, German singer
  • March 25 - Hanno Koffler, German actor
  • May 2 - Tim Borowski, German footballer
  • May 6 - Wolke Hegenbarth, German actress
  • May 9 - Carolin Kebekus, German comedian
  • May 16 - Jens Spahn, German politician
  • June 13 - Sarah Connor, German singer
  • June 16 - Sibel Kekilli, German actress
  • July 4 - Fahri Yardım, German actor
  • July 9 - Sebastian Sylvester, German boxer
  • August 6 - Roman Weidenfeller, German football player
  • August 28 - Petra Schmidt-Schaller, German actress
  • December 4 - Stefan Pfannmöller, German canoeist
  • December 29 - Yvonne Bönisch, German judoka

Deaths

  • 27 January - Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing on 21 March 1943; (born 1905)
  • February 6Bernhard Eichhorn, German film composer (born 1904)
  • February 6Franz Schafheitlin, German actor (born 1895)
  • February 21Alfred Andersch, German writer (born 1914)
  • March 5Wilhelm Hoegner, German politician (born 1887)
  • April 22August von Finck Sr., German banker (born 1898)
  • June 8Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (born 1900)
  • June 27Walter Dornberger, German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket program (born 1895)
  • September 3 - Fabian von Schlabrendorff, German jurist, soldier, and member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler (born 1907)
  • October 18 - Hans Ehard, German politician (born 1887)
  • December 11Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, German noblewoman (born 1892)
  • December 24Karl Dönitz , German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (born 1891)

See also

References


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