1980 in Germany

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See also:

Other events of 1980
History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1980 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Karl Carstens (West Germany)
Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt (West Germany)
General Secretary – Erich Honecker (East Germany)
Prime Minister – Willi Stoph (East Germany)

Events

18 to 29 February - 30th Berlin International Film Festival
20 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
26 September - Oktoberfest bombing
5 October - West German federal election, 1980
6 November - The Third Schmidt cabinet led by Helmut Schmidt was sworn in.

Births

February 22 - Jeanette Biedermann, German singer
February 28 - Stefan Konarske, German 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 6 — Bernhard Eichhorn, German film composer (born 1904)
February 6 — Franz Schafheitlin, German actor (born 1895)
February 21 — Alfred Andersch, German writer (born 1914)
March 5 — Wilhelm Hoegner, German politician (born 1887)
April 22 — August von Finck Sr., German banker (born 1898)
June 8 — Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (born 1900)
June 27 — Walter 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 11 — Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, German noblewoman (born 1892)
December 24 — Karl Dönitz , German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (born 1891)

See also

1980 in German television

References

Years in Germany (1870–present)
19th century	Pre-1870 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1980 in Europe

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