1980 in Germany

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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)
• September 30 - Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1922)
• 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