What day of the week was August 1, 1980?

The day of the week August 1st, 1980 fell on was a Friday.

Romain Barras the French decathlete was born on 01 August in 1980. As was Krisztina Fazekas Zur the Hungarian-American canoe racer , Bryan Fisher the English-American actor , Mancini the Brazilian footballer , Esteban Paredes the Chilean footballer .

Patrick Depailler the French race car driver (b. 1944) died on this day in 1980. As did Strother Martin the American actor (b. 1919) .

A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork the Ireland. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. Patrick Depailler the French Grand Prix driver was killed in a crash at Hockenheim during a private test session.