Sep 12 1980 International Frog Jumping Contest in Calaveras County CA, the town of Slippery Rock PA. Sep 15 1980 The Pritkin diet center in Santa Monica CA, a hot air ballooning competition 12. Sep 17 1980 Roller-skating group in Houston, the dispute over the Sugar Hill (NH) post office 14.Sep 16 1980 Figure skaters Tai Babalonia and Randy Gardner, U. Sep 18 1980 Deaf students performing a musical, The Charlie Daniels Band 15.

“We have got a fairly active area of low pressure coming in from the Atlantic,” said Met Office forecaster Emma Sharples.

A controller based at Swanwick, Hampshire was reportedly confused when the F-15s said they planned to fly in the Wash area for refuelling and assumed the pilots meant the geographic Wash.

However, the F-15 crews meant they were flying into a “Was Aerial Tactics Area” further north – the same refuelling zone that the RAF tanker was headed towards for refuelling.

Sep 08 1980 Carroll O'Connor's Beverly Hills pub, female truckers 7.

Sep 09 1980 Pittsburgh's Tough Guy Contest, home lingerie parties 8.