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September 26, 1980

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 24, 1980, covering September 26, 1980.

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    Album cover for The Game by Queen

    The Game

    Queen

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    Peak
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    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hold Out by Jackson Browne

    Hold Out

    Jackson Browne

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    Peak
    1
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    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for Diana by Diana Ross

    Diana

    Diana Ross

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    Peak
    3
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    31
  4. 4
    Album cover for Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones

    Emotional Rescue

    The Rolling Stones

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    Peak
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    11
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    Album cover for Panorama by The Cars

    Panorama

    The Cars

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    Peak
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    4

Notable Births

Patrick Friesacher

1980Patrick Friesacher, Austrian racing driver[†]

Patrick Friesacher is an Austrian racing driver. He is the longest-serving Red Bull driver, and also drove for the Minardi Formula One team during the first half of the 2005 season.

Brooks Orpik

1980Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player[†]

Richard Brooks Orpik is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). A stay-at-home defenseman and locker room leader, Orpik is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, winning with the Penguins in 2009 and with the Capitals in 2018.

Daniel Sedin

1980Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player[†]

Daniel Hans Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former winger who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Henrik played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. During his career, Daniel was known as a goal-scorer, while Henrik was known as a playmaker. Sedin tallied 393 goals and 648 assists in 1,306 games played in the NHL, ranking him as the Canucks' second-highest points scorer all time, behind only his brother Henrik.

Henrik Sedin

1980Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player[†]

Henrik Lars Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former centre who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He additionally served as the Canucks' captain from 2010 until his retirement. Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Daniel played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. Henrik, a skilled passer, was known as a playmaker while Daniel was known as a goal-scorer. Sedin tallied 240 goals and 830 assists, for 1,070 points, in 1,330 NHL games, ranking him as the Canucks' all-time leading points scorer.

Historical Events

Oktoberfest bombing

1980A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.[†]

The Oktoberfest bombing was a far-right terrorist attack. On 26 September 1980, 13 people were killed and more than 200 injured by the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) at the main entrance of the Oktoberfest festival in Munich, West Germany. The bombing was attributed to the right-wing extremist and geology student Gundolf Köhler, who was instantly killed in the attack as the bomb exploded prematurely.

Historical Context for September 26, 1980

In 1980, the world population was approximately 4,447,606,236 people[†]