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Dolly Rebecca Parton was born #80yearsagotoday in TN. The 4th of 12 children, Parton began performing at a young age. After moving to Nashville, Parton embarked on a music career. As of this writing, Parton has recorded 50 studio albums, won 11 Grammys, and written over 3,000 songs.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
#80YearsAgoToday #RealFactComics #1 docu-comics series debuted @DC.com featuring a
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January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Diane Hall was born #80yearsagotoday. Pursuing an acting career, Hall adopted her mother's maiden name, Keaton. After appearing on Broadway, Keaton appeared in her first film, "Lovers and Other Strangers" in 1970. Keaton appeared in over 60 films and won an Oscar and 2 Golden Globes.
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James LaRue Avery was born #80yearsagotoday in Suffolk, VA. Appearing in nearly 50 films and doing extensive voice work, Avery is perhaps best known for his role as Phillip "Uncle Phil" Banks in the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
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#80yearsagotoday, "Ebony" released its first issue. Founded by John H. Johnson, the initial press run of 25,000 quickly sold out. The magazine went bankrupt in 2020.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball #80yearsagotoday. Robinson, a shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs, broke the color barrier in baseball by signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson played in six World Series for the team over the course of ten seasons.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Clifton Duncan Davis was born in Chicago, IL #80yearsagotoday. After a brief stint as a songwriter, Davis embarked on an acting career, appearing in several Broadway plays. He later branched out into television and eventually landed the role of Rev. Reuben Gregory in NBC's "Amen."
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October 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Donny Edward Hathaway was born #80yearsagotoday in Chicago. After dropping out of college, Hathaway found work as a producer, songwriter, and session musician before he began recording. Scoring a record deal in 1969, Hathaway is now known for "This Christmas," and "The Ghetto, Pt. 1"
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October 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
World War II, the deadliest war in human history, officially ended #80yearsagotoday when Supreme Allied Commander, Douglas McArthur, accepted the official Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
George Orwell published his second-to-last novel "Animal Farm" #80yearsagotoday. A political satire, "Animal Farm" was Orwell's allegory about the Stalin-era Soviet Union. In 2005, "Time Magazine listed it as one of 100 best English-language novels of the previous 100 years.
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August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers #80yearsagotoday. The surrender came 6 days after the bombing of Nagasaki and 9 days after the bombing of Hiroshima. The 2 bombings, the only times nuclear weapons were used in warfare, killed between 150,000 to 260,000 people.
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May 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Adolf Hitler, alongside his new wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in his bunker as the Soviet Army approached Berlin. Karl Dönitz succeeded him as President of Germany and agreed to Germany's surrender days later.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#80yearsagotoday, Benito Mussolini, along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by communist partisans in a small village in Northern Italy. Mussolini had been captured the day before as he attempted to flee Italy disguised as a German soldier.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President of the United States #80yearsagotoday. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage earlier that day.
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The Death of President Roosevelt, April 12, 1945 - Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Unfinished portrait of FDR by artist Elizabeth Shoumatoff (1888-1980), April 12, 1945 President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, 76 years ago. He had been inaugurated on January 20th for...
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April 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#80yearsagotoday, Booker T. Washington became the first African-American to be depicted on a US postage stamp.
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African American Subjects on U.S. Postage Stamps - Who we are - About.usps.com
A list of stamps issued in honor of African Americans and their contributions.
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The battle of Iwo Jima started #80yearsagotoday when the US Marines invaded the Japanese Island. The battle lasted for five weeks and resulted in about 25,000 casualties.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#80YearsAgoToday #HocusAndPocus debuted in #ActionComics #83 #TwoAmateurMagicians #DocAndFlannelhead who #thinkTheyveCraftedTrueMagic but it was coincidence & #Superman whoHelped✨they #disappeared in 1947 aft3MoreAppearances but #ENelsonBridwell #makesThemReappear in 1981’s #MrAndMrsSuperman feature
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