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1980

May 08, 2024

This article is about the year 1980. For other uses, see 1980 (disambiguation).

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

Clockwise from top-left: people welcoming six freed hostages back to the United States, as a result of the "Canadian Caper"; the 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, Soviet Union in what is now Russia; Pac-Man is released in the arcades becoming the highest-earning arcade game of all time; Iraq invades Iran initiating the Iran-Iraq War; students of Gwangju, South Korea uprise in response to the coup d'état of May Seventeenth; John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman outside his New York City apartment; Bologna Centrale railway station in Bologna, Italy explodes killing 85 and injuring 200; Mount St. Helens erupts killing approximately 57 people.
1980 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1980
MCMLXXX
Ab urbe condita2733
Armenian calendar1429
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԹ
Assyrian calendar6730
Baháʼí calendar136–137
Balinese saka calendar1901–1902
Bengali calendar1387
Berber calendar2930
British Regnal year28 Eliz. 2 – 29 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2524
Burmese calendar1342
Byzantine calendar7488–7489
Chinese calendar己未年 (Earth Goat)
4677 or 4470
    — to —
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4678 or 4471
Coptic calendar1696–1697
Discordian calendar3146
Ethiopian calendar1972–1973
Hebrew calendar5740–5741
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2036–2037
 - Shaka Samvat1901–1902
 - Kali Yuga5080–5081
Holocene calendar11980
Igbo calendar980–981
Iranian calendar1358–1359
Islamic calendar1400–1401
Japanese calendarShōwa 55
(昭和５５年)
Javanese calendar1912–1913
Juche calendar69
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4313
Minguo calendarROC 69
民國69年
Nanakshahi calendar512
Thai solar calendar2523
Tibetan calendar阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
2106 or 1725 or 953
    — to —
阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
2107 or 1726 or 954
Unix time315532800 – 347155199
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Events edit

January edit

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February edit

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March edit

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April edit

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May edit

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June edit

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July edit

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July 10: Fire at Alexandra Palace

August edit

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Moscow Olympic Games on August 2, 1980

September edit

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October edit

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November edit

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December edit

Main article: December 1980
 
December 8: The former Beatles member and peace activist John Lennon is shot dead outside his home in New York.

World population edit

World population
1980 1975 1985
    World 4,434,682,000 4,068,109,000   366,573,000 4,830,979,000   396,297,000
    Africa 469,618,000 408,160,000   61,458,000 541,814,000   72,196,000
     Asia 2,632,335,000 2,397,512,000   234,823,000 2,887,552,000   255,217,000
  Europe 692,431,000 675,542,000   16,889,000 706,009,000   13,578,000
  Latin America
& Caribbean 		361,401,000 321,906,000   39,495,000 401,469,000   40,068,000
  Oceania 22,828,000 21,564,000   1,264,000 24,678,000   1,850,000

Births and deaths edit

Main pages: Category:1980 births and Deaths in 1980

Nobel Prizes edit

 

References edit

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This article is about the year 1980 For other uses see 1980 disambiguation 1980 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1980 MCMLXXX was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar the 1980th year of the Common Era CE and Anno Domini AD designations the 980th year of the 2nd millennium the 80th year of the 20th century and the 1st year of the 1980s decade Clockwise from top left people welcoming six freed hostages back to the United States as a result of the Canadian Caper the 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow Soviet Union in what is now Russia Pac Man is released in the arcades becoming the highest earning arcade game of all time Iraq invades Iran initiating the Iran Iraq War students of Gwangju South Korea uprise in response to the coup d etat of May Seventeenth John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman outside his New York City apartment Bologna Centrale railway station in Bologna Italy explodes killing 85 and injuring 200 Mount St Helens erupts killing approximately 57 people Millennium 2nd millennium Centuries 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1980 in various calendarsGregorian calendar1980MCMLXXXAb urbe condita2733Armenian calendar1429ԹՎ ՌՆԻԹAssyrian calendar6730Bahaʼi calendar136 137Balinese saka calendar1901 1902Bengali calendar1387Berber calendar2930British Regnal year28 Eliz 2 29 Eliz 2Buddhist calendar2524Burmese calendar1342Byzantine calendar7488 7489Chinese calendar己未年 Earth Goat 4677 or 4470 to 庚申年 Metal Monkey 4678 or 4471Coptic calendar1696 1697Discordian calendar3146Ethiopian calendar1972 1973Hebrew calendar5740 5741Hindu calendars Vikram Samvat2036 2037 Shaka Samvat1901 1902 Kali Yuga5080 5081Holocene calendar11980Igbo calendar980 981Iranian calendar1358 1359Islamic calendar1400 1401Japanese calendarShōwa 55 昭和５５年 Javanese calendar1912 1913Juche calendar69Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 daysKorean calendar4313Minguo calendarROC 69民國69年Nanakshahi calendar512Thai solar calendar2523Tibetan calendar阴土羊年 female Earth Goat 2106 or 1725 or 953 to 阳金猴年 male Iron Monkey 2107 or 1726 or 954Unix time315532800 347155199 Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1980 Contents 1 Events 1 1 January 1 2 February 1 3 March 1 4 April 1 5 May 1 6 June 1 7 July 1 8 August 1 9 September 1 10 October 1 11 November 1 12 December 2 World population 3 Births and deaths 4 Nobel Prizes 5 ReferencesEvents editJanuary edit Main article January 1980 January 4 U S President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission 1 January 6 Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00 00 UTC January 9 In Saudi Arabia 63 Islamist insurgents are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979 2 January 14 Congress I party leader Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India 3 January 20 At least 200 people are killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapses at Sincelejo Colombia 4 January 21 The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever of 843 per troy ounce 5 2 249 50 in 2020 when adjusted for inflation January 22 Andrei Sakharov Soviet scientist and human rights activist is arrested in Moscow 6 January 26 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations 7 January 27 Canadian Caper Six United States diplomats posing as Canadians manage to escape from Tehran Iran as they board a flight to Zurich Switzerland on Swissair January 31 Burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala The Spanish Embassy in Guatemala is invaded and set on fire killing 36 people In the United States it is dubbed Spain s own Tehran 8 February edit Main article February 1980 February 2 Abscam FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation 9 February 2 3 The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot takes place 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured February 4 Abolhassan Banisadr is sworn in as the first President of Iran after winning the January 25 presidential election February 13 The 1980 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid New York 10 February 15 In Vanuatu followers of John Frum s cargo cult on the island of Tanna declare secession as the nation of Tafea February 16 A total solar eclipse is seen in North Africa and West Asia It was the 50th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130 February 22 The US upset the USSR in the Olympics a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960 February 23 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran s parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages February 25 A coup in Suriname ousts the government of Henck Arron leaders Desi Bouterse and Roy Horb replace it with a National Military Council 11 February 27 M 19 guerrillas begin the Dominican embassy siege in Colombia holding 60 people hostage including 14 ambassadors 12 March edit Main article March 1980 March 1 The Commonwealth Trade Union Council is established The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus a moon of Saturn March 3 Pierre Trudeau returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada March 4 Robert Mugabe is elected Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 13 March 8 The Soviet Union s first rock music festival starts March 14 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw Poland killing a 14 man American boxing team and 73 others 14 March 18 Fifty people are killed at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia when a Vostok 2M rocket explodes on its launch pad during a fueling operation March 19 20 The MV Mi Amigo the ship housing pirate radio station Radio Caroline sinks off the English coast the station returns aboard a new ship in 1983 March 21 U S President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 15 March 26 A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reefs gold mine in South Africa falls 1 9 kilometres 1 2 mi killing 23 workers 16 March 27 The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L Kielland collapses in the North Sea killing 123 of its crew of 212 17 March 28 The Talpiot Tomb is discovered by construction workers in Jerusalem 18 April edit Main article April 1980 April 1 The Southern African Development Coordination Conference SADCC is formed in Lusaka Zambia April 2 The St Pauls riot breaks out in Bristol April 7 The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions following the taking of American hostages on November 4 1979 April 10 In Lisbon Portugal the governments of Spain and the United Kingdom agree to reopen the border between Gibraltar and Spain closed since 1969 in 1985 April 12 1980 Liberian coup d etat Samuel K Doe overthrows the government of Liberia in a violent coup d etat assassinating President William Tolbert and 26 other people and ending over 130 years of democratic presidential succession in that country Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope a plan to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research setting off from St John s Newfoundland and running westward April 14 Iron Maiden s debut self titled album Iron Maiden is released in the U K April 18 Zimbabwe gains de jure independence from the United Kingdom with Robert Mugabe as its first Prime Minister April 24 25 Operation Eagle Claw a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters Eight United States troops are killed in a mid air collision during the failed operation 19 April 25 Dan Air Flight 1008 crashes in Tenerife killing all 146 occupants at the time it was the worst air disaster involving a British registered aircraft in terms of loss of life 20 April 26 Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappear from outside their flat in St Kilda Victoria Australia April 27 The Dominican embassy siege in Colombia ends with all remaining hostages released after the guerrillas are allowed to escape to Cuba April 30 Iranian Embassy siege Six Iranian born terrorists take over the Iranian embassy in London England SAS retakes the Embassy on May 5 one terrorist survives Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicates and her daughter Beatrix accedes to the throne 21 May edit Main article May 1980 May 1 About that Urban Renaissance an article by journalist Dan Rottenberg in Chicago contains the first recorded use of the word yuppie 22 May 2 Referendum on system of government held in Nepal May 4 Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito dies The largest state funeral in history is organized with state delegations from 128 different countries out of 154 UN members at the time May 7 Paul Geidel convicted of second degree murder in 1911 is released from prison in Beacon New York after 68 years and 245 days the longest ever time served by an inmate May 8 Global eradication of smallpox certified by the World Health Organization May 9 In Florida United States the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay A 1 400 foot 430 m section of the bridge collapses and 35 people most of them on a bus are killed 23 James Alexander George Smith Jags McCartney the Turks and Caicos Islands first chief minister is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey May 14 The Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango El Salvador May 17 Internal conflict in Peru On the eve of presidential elections Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi Ayacucho May 18 The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state kills 57 and causes US 3 billion in damage May 18 27 Gwangju Uprising Students in Gwangju South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms May 20 1980 Quebec referendum Voters in Quebec reject by a vote of 60 a proposal to seek independence from Canada May 22 Namco s Pac Man the highest earning arcade game of all time is released in Japan May 24 The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U S Embassy hostages in Tehran May 26 John Frum supporters in Vanuatu storm government offices on the island of Tanna Vanuatu government troops land the next day and drive them away May 28 A fiery bus crash near the small village of Webb Saskatchewan Canada claims 22 lives 24 June edit Main article June 1980 June 1 The first 24 hour news channel Cable News Network CNN is launched June 3 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak A series of deadly tornadoes strikes Grand Island Nebraska causing over 300m in damage killing five people and injuring over 250 June 10 Apartheid The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a statement by their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela 25 June 23 September 6 The 1980 United States heat wave claims 1 700 lives June 23 Sanjay Gandhi the politically influential son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is killed in a plane crash 26 Tim Berners Lee begins work on ENQUIRE 27 the system that will eventually lead to the creation of the World Wide Web in autumn 1990 June 25 A Muslim Brotherhood assassination attempt against Syrian president Hafez al Assad fails Assad retaliates by sending the army against them June 27 Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the sea near Ustica island Italy killing all 81 people on board The cause of the accident remains unclear U S President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771 requiring 18 to 25 year old males to register for a peacetime military draft in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan June 29 Vigdis Finnbogadottir is elected President of Iceland making her the first woman democratically elected as head of state July edit Main article July 1980 nbsp July 10 Fire at Alexandra Palace July 8 A wave of strikes begins in Lublin Poland July 9 Pope John Paul II visits Brazil seven people are crushed to death in a crowd waiting to see him at afternoon Mass at the stadium in Fortaleza July 16 Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U S president at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit Influenced by the Religious Right the convention also drops its long standing support for the Equal Rights Amendment dismaying moderate Republicans July 19 Former Turkish Prime Minister Nihat Erim is killed by two gunmen in Istanbul Turkey July 19 August 3 The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow Soviet Union As 82 countries boycott the Games athletes from 16 of them participate under a neutral flag July 30 Vanuatu gains independence Israel s Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law August edit Main article August 1980 nbsp Moscow Olympic Games on August 2 1980 August 1 Vigdis Finnbogadottir becomes the 4th President of Iceland the world s first democratically directly elected female president 28 August 2 Strage di Bologna A terrorist bombing at the Bologna Centrale railway station in Italy kills 85 people and wounds more than 200 29 August 3 The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow officially ends August 4 Hurricane Allen category 5 pounds Haiti where it kills more than 200 people 30 August 7 31 Lech Walesa leads the first of many strikes at the Gdansk Shipyard in the Polish People s Republic August 17 In Australia baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Ayers Rock Uluru reportedly taken by a dingo August 19 In one of aviation s worst disasters 301 people are killed when Saudia Flight 163 catches fire in Riyadh Saudi Arabia August 31 Victory of the strike in Gdansk Shipyard Poland The Gdansk Agreement is signed opening a way to start the first free i e not state controlled trade union in the communist bloc Solidarity Solidarnosc September edit Main article September 1980 September 1 Terry Fox is forced to end his Marathon of Hope run outside of Thunder Bay Ontario Canada after finding out that the cancer has spread to his lungs September 2 Ford Europe launches the Escort MK3 a new front wheel drive hatchback September 3 Zimbabwe breaks diplomatic and consular relations with South Africa even though it maintains a commercial mission in Johannesburg September 5 The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world s longest highway tunnel at 16 3 kilometres 10 1 mi stretching from Goschenen to Airolo beneath the Gotthard Pass September 12 Kenan Evren stages a military coup in Turkey It stops political gang violence but begins stronger state violence leading to the execution of many young activists 31 September 17 After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk Poland the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established 32 September 21 Bulent Ulusu ex admiral forms the new government of Turkey 44th government composed mostly of technocrats 33 September 22 The command council of Iraq orders its army to deliver its fatal blow on Iranian military targets initiating the Iran Iraq War 34 September 26 Oktoberfest bombing 13 people are killed and 211 injured in a right wing terror attack in Munich West Germany 35 The Mariel boatlift in Cuba officially ends 36 September 30 Digital Equipment Corporation Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet which is the first implementation outside of Xerox and the first to support 10 Mbit s speeds 37 October edit Main article October 1980 October 5 The Elisabeth blast furnace is demolished at Bilston Steelworks marking the end of iron and steel production in the Black Country region of the U K 38 British Leyland launches its new Metro a three door entry level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the Mini It gives BL a long awaited modern competitor for the likes of the Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Chevette October 10 The 7 1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X Extreme killing 2 633 5 000 and injuring 8 369 9 000 October 14 The Staggers Rail Act is enacted deregulating American railroads The 6th Congress of the Workers Party ends having anointed North Korean President Kim Il Sung s son Kim Jong Il as his successor 39 40 October 15 James Callaghan announces his resignation as leader of the British Labour Party October 18 1980 Australian federal election Malcolm Fraser s Liberal National Country Coalition government is re elected with a substantially reduced majority defeating the Labor Party led by Bill Hayden The Government also loses control of the Senate with the Australian Democrats winning the balance of power October 20 Greece rejoins the NATO military structure In continuous production since 1962 the last MG MGB roadster rolls off the assembly line at the Abingdon on Thames England factory ending production for the MG Cars marque October 21 In Major League Baseball The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League defeat the Kansas City Royals of the American League 4 1 in Game Six of the World Series to win the championship 41 October 25 Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague October 27 Six Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners in Maze prison in Northern Ireland refuse food and demand status as political prisoners the hunger strike lasts until December October 30 El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969 s Football War before the International Court of Justice October 31 The Polish government recognizes Solidarity Reza Pahlavi eldest son of the Shah of Iran proclaims himself the rightful successor to the Peacock Throne November edit Main article November 1980 November 4 1980 United States presidential election Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States November 10 12 Voyager program The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn when it flies within 77 000 miles 124 000 km of the planet s cloud tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth November 20 The Gang of Four trial begins in China 42 November 21 A fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip kills 85 people 43 A record number of viewers on this date for an entertainment program tune into the U S television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J R Ewing The Who shot J R event is an international obsession November 23 The 6 9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X Extreme Officially there were 2 483 people killed and 8 934 injured though the deaths may have been as high as 4 900 44 December edit Main article December 1980 nbsp December 8 The former Beatles member and peace activist John Lennon is shot dead outside his home in New York December 2 A missionary Jean Donovan and three Roman Catholic nuns Maura Clarke Ita Ford Dorothy Kazel all Americans are murdered by a military death squad in El Salvador while doing charity work during that country s civil war 45 December 8 Murder of John Lennon Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon formerly of the Beatles outside his New York City apartment building The Dakota 46 December 14 Four people are murdered and four others are injured by two armed robbers at Bob s Big Boy on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles in what is one of the city s most brutal crimes ever December 15 The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana Academy of the Asturian language is created December 16 During a summit on the island of Bali OPEC decides to raise the price of petroleum by 10 World population editWorld population 1980 1975 1985 nbsp World 4 434 682 000 4 068 109 000 nbsp 366 573 000 4 830 979 000 nbsp 396 297 000 nbsp Africa 469 618 000 408 160 000 nbsp 61 458 000 541 814 000 nbsp 72 196 000 nbsp Asia 2 632 335 000 2 397 512 000 nbsp 234 823 000 2 887 552 000 nbsp 255 217 000 nbsp Europe 692 431 000 675 542 000 nbsp 16 889 000 706 009 000 nbsp 13 578 000 nbsp Latin America amp Caribbean 361 401 000 321 906 000 nbsp 39 495 000 401 469 000 nbsp 40 068 000 nbsp Oceania 22 828 000 21 564 000 nbsp 1 264 000 24 678 000 nbsp 1 850 000Births and deaths editMain pages Category 1980 births and Deaths in 1980Nobel Prizes edit nbsp Physics James Watson Cronin Val Logsdon Fitch Chemistry Paul Berg Walter Gilbert Frederick Sanger Medicine Baruj Benacerraf Jean Dausset George D Snell Literature Czeslaw Milosz Peace Adolfo Perez Esquivel Economics Lawrence KleinReferences edit Suspension of United States Exports of High Technology and Grain to the Soviet Union Hearings Before the Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs United States Senate Ninety sixth Congress Second Session to Assess the Effectiveness of Trade Measures U S Government Printing Office 1980 pp 30 Anonymous AC00557303 1980 1980 4 1980 An Encyclopedia of the Events of 1979 Grolier p 343 ISBN 978 0 7172 0211 9 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 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