What are the important events that happened on March 4, 1980? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 4, 1980: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 4, 1980 is the 64th day of the year 1980 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 20, 1980 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 320,976,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontatetragon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Quarter every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $3,390.25. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Monkey is the mythical animal and Metal is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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March 4, 1980 Historical Events
- 1980 –Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe’s first black prime minister.
Who were born on March 4, 1980?
- 1980 –Arash Markazi, American sportswriter
- 1980 –Ben Briand, Australian film director
- 1980 –Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian professional basketball player
- 1980 –Greg Lamb, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1980 –Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
- 1980 –Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (d. 2007)
- 1980 –Kamalinee Mukherjee, (Kamalini Mukherjee) Indian film actress
- 1980 –Michael Henrich, American-born ice hockey player
- 1980 –Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
- 1980 –Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby union footballer
Who died on March 4, 1980?
- 1980 –Alan Hardaker, English football administrator (b. 1912)
- 1980 –Alex Vetchinsky, British film designer (b. 1904)
- 1980 –Alfred Plé, French Olympic rower (b. 1888)
- 1980 –Eric Kerfoot, English footballer (b. 1924)
- 1980 –J. F. A. McManus, Canadian pathologist (b. 1911)
- 1980 –Johannes Martin Bijvoet, Dutch chemist and crystallographer (b. 1892)
- 1980 –Luis Piazzini, Argentine chess master (b. 1905)
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