1980 in the United Kingdom

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1980 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1980 in the United Kingdom .

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Publications

Births

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Rishi Sunak
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Khalid Abdalla

Deaths

January

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Cecil Beaton
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Lady Evelyn Beauchamp

February

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Edith Summerskill

March

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Ludwig Guttmann

April

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Cicely Courtneidge
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Alfred Hitchcock

May

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Margaret Cole
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Reginald Foort

June

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Billy Butlin

July

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Peter Sellers

August

September

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Alexander Hood
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John Bonham

October

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Nicholas Llewelyn Davies

November

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Imogen Hassall
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Rachel Roberts

December

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Oswald Mosley
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John Lennon

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