1980 (01 jan)
Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1980 (01 jan) Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
1980 (01 jan) International Decade of Water &
Sanitation begins
1980 (01 jan) Sweden changes order of succession to
throne
1980 (01 jan) 54th Australian Womens Tennis Barbara
Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
1980 (01 jan) Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
1980 (01 jan) Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of
Senegal
1980 (02 jan) 68th Australian Men Tennis Guillermo
Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
1980 (03 jan) Gold hits record $634 an ounce
1980 (04 jan) President Carter announces US boycott of
Moscow Olympics
1980 (06 jan) Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35
straight games without a defeat
1980 (06 jan) "1940's Radio Hour" closes at
St James Theater New York City NY after 105 performances
1980 (06 jan) Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins
elections in India
1980 (07 jan) Minnesota ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL
record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1980 (08 jan) Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out
opponent-Canucks 3-0
1980 (08 jan) NCAA decides to sponsor women's
championships in 5 sports
1980 (09 jan) 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1980 (10 jan) Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie
allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 minutes & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never
again plays in the NHL
1980 (10 jan) Last broadcast of "Rockford
Files" on NBC
1980 (11 jan) Debut of the Pretenders
1980 (12 jan) Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free
throw streak of 57 games
1980 (13 jan) "King of Schnorrers" closes at
Playhouse Theater New York City NY after 63 performances
1980 (13 jan) Head of narcotic brigade arrested for
drug smuggling in Belgium
1980 (13 jan) Togo's constitution becomes effective
1980 (14 jan) "Blues Brothers" movie with
Dan Akroyd & John Belushi opens
1980 (14 jan) Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2
13-digit #s in 28 seconds
1980 (15 jan) Pam Gems' "Piaf!" premieres in
London
1980 (16 jan) Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10
days on marijuana possession
1980 (17 jan) NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
1980 (18 jan) Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce
1980 (18 jan) Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits
#1
1980 (18 jan) Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian
Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
1980 (20 jan) President Jimmy Carter announces US
boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1980 (20 jan) Super Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers beat
Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh,
Quarterback
1980 (20 jan) US female Figure Skating championship
won by Linda Fratianne
1980 (20 jan) US male Figure Skating championship won
by Charles Tickner
1980 (21 jan) Gold hits record $850 an ounce
1980 (21 jan) Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89'
3" basketball field goal
1980 (22 jan) PGA begins a senior golf tour
1980 (22 jan) Dissidents Andrei Sacharov & Jelena
Bonner banished to Gorki
1980 (22 jan) West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st
World Series Cup
1980 (25 jan) Highest speed attained by a warship, 167
kph, USN hovercraft
1980 (25 jan) Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo
jail & deported
1980 (25 jan) Bani Sadr elected President of Iran
1980 (25 jan) Dutch Government demands boycott of
Olympics
1980 (26 jan) 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing
in Rio de Janeiro!
1980 (26 jan) Islanders & Whalers play a NHL
penalty-free game
1980 (26 jan) Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic
relations
1980 (26 jan) Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a
mile in under 4½ minutes
1980 (27 jan) "Comin' Uptown" closes at
Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 45 performances
1980 (27 jan) 10th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 37-27
1980 (28 jan) 37th Golden Globes Dustin Hoffman &
Sally Field wins
1980 (29 jan) 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with
help of the Canadians
1980 (29 jan) Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles
Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
1980 (30 jan) Edward Albee's "Lady from
Dubuque" premieres in New York City NY
1980 (31 jan) Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in
Guatemala City, killing 41
1980 (01 feb)
Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
1980 (01 feb) Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to
Mutual Broadcasting System
1980 (02 feb) FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting
operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for
political favors
1980 (03 feb) Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President
Carter's envoy
1980 (03 feb) 30th NBA All-Star Game East beats West
144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 (03 feb) Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6
for heavyweight boxing title
1980 (04 feb) Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
1980 (04 feb) Joanne Carner win LPGA Whirlpool Golf
Championship of Deer Creek
1980 (05 feb) 32nd NHL All-Star Game Wales beat
Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
1980 (05 feb) Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott
of Israel
1980 (09 feb) Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to
score 8, 3-point goals in a game
1980 (10 feb) Ianford Wilsons "Talley's
Folly" premieres in New York NY
1980 (10 feb) Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden
Golf Classic
1980 (12 feb) New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs
Winnipeg Jets
1980 (12 feb) "Canterbury Tales" opens at
Rialto Theater NYC for 16 performances
1980 (12 feb) Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top
wicket-taker with 117
1980 (13 feb) Apollo Computer Inc incorporated
1980 (13 feb) New Zealand beats West Indies by one
wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980 (14 feb) 13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake
Placid NY
1980 (14 feb) US launches Solar Maximum Mission
Observatory to study solar flares
1980 (14 feb) "West Side Story" opens at
Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
1980 (15 feb) Wayne Gretzky assists on
NHL-record-tying 7 goals
1980 (15 feb) Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500
meter in 38.03 seconds
1980 (16 feb) Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km
north of Lyons, France
1980 (16 feb) Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7 02.29
(Olympics Record)
1980 (17 feb) Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6
MPH/285.8 kph)
1980 (17 feb) Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf
Classic
1980 (18 feb) Billy Wyman said he will leave the
Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
1980 (18 feb) Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party
wins Canada's elections
1980 (19 feb) Botham a century & 13 wickets in
Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 (19 feb) Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1000
meter in 1 15.18
1980 (20 feb) Actress Susan Dey of "LA Law"
weds producer Bernard Sofronski
1980 (21 feb) Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to
win Olympics gold (giant slalom)
1980 (21 feb) Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500
meter in 1 55.44
1980 (22 feb) Afghanistan declares martial law
1980 (22 feb) USA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en
route to a gold medal
1980 (23 feb) Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating
golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 (23 feb) Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece,
causes 37-million-gallon spill
1980 (23 feb) 13th Winter Olympics games close at Lake
Placid NY
1980 (23 feb) France performs nuclear test at Muruora
Island
1980 (24 feb) Rangers score 5 power-play goals against
Islanders
1980 (24 feb) USA Olympics hockey team beats Finland
(4-2) & wins gold medal
1980 (24 feb) "Canterbury Tales" closes at
Rialto Theater NYC after 16 performances
1980 (24 feb) Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf
Classic
1980 (25 feb) Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1980 (26 feb) Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors
for the 1st time
1980 (26 feb) Military coup under Desi Bouterse in
Suriname
1980 (26 feb) R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs
Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
1980 (27 feb) 22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe,
Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers)
1980 (27 feb) Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections
in Zimbabwe
1980 (27 feb) Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in
Bogota
1980 (28 feb) "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La
Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes)
1980 (28 feb) US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test
Site
1980 (29 feb) Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to
score 800 career goals
1980 (29 feb) Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55 minutes
trapped in an elevator, England
1980 (01 mar)
CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
1980 (01 mar) Hilbert van der Duim becomes world
champion all-round skater
1980 (01 mar) Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred
Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI
1980 (01 mar) Snow falls in Florida
1980 (02 mar) 3rd Islander scoreless tie-Penguins in
Pittsburgh
1980 (02 mar) Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf
Classic
1980 (02 mar) Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw
streak of 57 games
1980 (03 mar) France performs nuclear test at Muruora
Island
1980 (04 mar) 40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike
Bossy
1980 (04 mar) Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins
parliamentary election in Zimbabwe
1980 (05 mar) Earth satellites record gamma rays from
remnants of supernova N-49
1980 (06 mar) 7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation -
Susan Lucci loses for 1st time
1980 (06 mar) French Academy, founded in 1635, elects
it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)
1980 (06 mar) Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton
Club) opens at 200 W 48th NYC
1980 (08 mar) Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for
217 stand at Faisalabad
1980 (08 mar) US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test
Site
1980 (09 mar) Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40
injured
1980 (09 mar) Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf
Tournament
1980 (10 mar) Willard Scott becomes the weather
forecaster on the Today Show
1980 (11 mar) Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in
dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw
1980 (12 mar) Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of
murdering 33 in Chicago
1980 (12 mar) New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs
Pittsburgh Penguins
1980 (13 mar) Eric Heiden skates world record 1000
meter (1:13.60)
1980 (13 mar) Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of
3 women in a fiery Pinto
1980 (14 mar) 3rd Emmy Sports Awards presentation
1980 (14 mar) Polish airliner crash kills all 87
aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
1980 (14 mar) World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund
West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy & Andras Sallay (Hungary)
1980 (14 mar) World Ice Pairs Figure Skating
Championship in Dortmund won by Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai (USSR)
1980 (14 mar) World Ladies Figure Skating Championship
in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
1980 (14 mar) World Men's Figure Skating Championship
in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann (German Democratic Republic)
1980 (16 mar) Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf
Classic
1980 (18 mar) Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad
while being refueled, killing 50
1980 (20 mar) The Mi Amigo ship containing England's
pirate Radio Caroline sinks
1980 (20 mar) US appeals to International Court on
hostages in Iran
1980 (21 mar) On TV show Dallas, JR is shot
1980 (23 mar) Border completes 150 in each inning of
Test Cricket vs Pakistan
1980 (23 mar) Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA
National Golf Tournament
1980 (23 mar) France performs nuclear test
1980 (23 mar) Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1980 (24 mar) 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
Louisville beats UCLA 59-54
1980 (24 mar) ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis
program renamed "Nightline"
1980 (24 mar) Capitol Records releases some rare
Beatles tracks
1980 (26 mar) Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10
years (The Police)
1980 (27 mar) "Happy New Year" opens at
Morosco Theater NYC for 17 performances
1980 (27 mar) "Reggae" opens at Biltmore
Theater NYC for 21 performances
1980 (27 mar) Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold
mine crash 1900 meter down (23 die)
1980 (27 mar) Mount St Helens becomes active after 123
years
1980 (30 mar) Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser
God" premieres in New York NY
1980 (30 mar) Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper
Golf Open
1980 (31 mar) Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for (WBC)
heavyweight boxing title
1980 (31 mar) Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for (WBA)
heavyweight boxing title
1980 (31 mar) President Jimmy Carter deregulates
banking industry
1980 (01 apr)
Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1980 (02 apr) Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to
score 50 goals in a season
1980 (06 apr) Gordie Howe completes a record 26th
season
1980 (07 apr) Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran
during hostage crisis
1980 (08 apr) Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals
tie NHL record vs Kings
set NHL rec of 2
shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
1980 (09 apr) Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded
playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
1980 (09 apr) Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut
6
1980 (11 apr) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
regulates sexual harrassment
1980 (11 apr) Paul McCartney releases "Coming
Up"
1980 (12 apr) Brewers beat Red Sox 18-1
1980 (12 apr) Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1
(Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1980 (13 apr) Steve Ballesteros becomes youngest
winner of the Masters
1980 (13 apr) Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2568
Maksutov
1980 (14 apr) E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759
Idomeneus & #2830 Greenwich
1980 (15 apr) E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb
1980 (16 apr) L Brozek discovers asteroid #2696 Magion
1980 (18 apr) Zimbabwe's (Rhodesia) formal
independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)
1980 (21 apr) Bill Rodgers wins his 3rd Boston
Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified
as women's champ as
she had not run the entire course
1980 (23 apr) Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
1980 (24 apr) US miltary operation to save 52 hostages
in Iran, fails, 8 die
1980 (25 apr) Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage
rescue bungle in Iran
1980 (26 apr) Iran begins scattering US hostages from
the US Embassy
1980 (26 apr) Longest jump by a jet boat is set at
120'
1980 (26 apr) Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th
1-hitter (beats Cards)
1980 (28 apr) Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of
State, resigns
1980 (30 apr) Queen Beatrix of Netherlands ascends to
the throne
1980 (30 apr) Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in
London
1980 (01 may)
"Day in Hollywood, Night in Ukraine" opens at John
Golden NYC for 588 performances
1980 (01 may) 15th Academy of Country Music Awards:
Barbara Mandrell wins
1980 (01 may) American Book Award: William Styron
(Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
1980 (01 may) Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of
5th period in a playoff
1980 (02 may) Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men
arrested for murder
1980 (02 may) Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall
(Part II)" is banned in South Africa
1980 (02 may) Pope John Paul II begins African tour
1980 (02 may) US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test
Site
1980 (03 may) 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on
Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
1980 (03 may) Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits
his 521st & final homerun
1980 (03 may) Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes
4th to win 100 games in American League & National League
1980 (04 may) Dodgers bat out of order against
Phillies in 1st inning
1980 (04 may) Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's
Internationalional Golf Tournament
1980 (04 may) White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires
catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since
Dale Long in 1958
1980 (05 may) Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends;
British commandos & police stormed the building
1980 (07 may) Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried
1980 (07 may) Samm-Art Williams' "Home"
premieres in NYC
1980 (08 may) Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22,
in a playoff game
1980 (08 may) World Health Organization announced
smallpox had been eradicated
1980 (09 may) 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter
rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
1980 (10 may) "Happy New Year" closes at
Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
1980 (11 may) Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf
Tournament
1980 (11 may) Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third,
& home in one inning for Phillies
1980 (12 may) 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie
Anderson & son Chris)
1980 (13 may) Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2
homeruns in 5th inning vs New York Mets
1980 (14 may) "Musical Chairs" opens at
Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances
1980 (14 may) Bucky Dent hits an inside the park
homerun, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3
1980 (14 may) Department of Health & Human
Services begins operation
1980 (14 may) Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II
1980 (15 may) 1st trans-US balloon crossing
1980 (15 may) Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders
in playoffs
1980 (15 may) Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th
Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980
1980 (16 may) 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles
Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
1980 (16 may) Brian May of rock group Queen collapses
on stage with hepatitis
1980 (16 may) Former Buggles members Geoff Downes
& Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes
1980 (16 may) Paul McCartney releases "McCartney
II" album
1980 (17 may) (Vivekananda Selva) Kumar Anandan sets
record of balancing on 1 foot for 33 hours
1980 (17 may) 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard
Codex wins in 1:54.2
1980 (17 may) Major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed,
300 injured
1980 (17 may) Paul & Linda McCartney appear on
Saturday Night Live
1980 (18 may) Belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms
1980 (18 may) China People's Republic launch 1st
intercontinental rocket
1980 (18 may) Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf
Classic
1980 (18 may) Fernando Belaunde Terry elected
President of Peru
1980 (18 may) Mount St Helens blows its top in
Washington State, 60 die
1980 (19 may) "Blackstone" opens at Majestic
Theater NYC for 104 performances
1980 (19 may) Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in
a car crash
1980 (20 may) 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara
Falls NY) are evacuated
1980 (20 may) Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
1980 (20 may) Fire in nursing home in Kingston
Jamaica, kills 157
1980 (20 may) In a referendum, 59.5% of Québec voters
reject separatism
1980 (21 may) "Empire Strikes Back"
premeires
1980 (21 may) Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at
Frankfurt
1980 (21 may) Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to
graduate from US service academy
1980 (22 may) Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
1980 (23 may) ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by
Neil Burton
1980 (24 may) "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits
#56
1980 (24 may) Iran rejects a call to the World Court
to release US hostages
1980 (24 may) Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat
Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2
1980 (25 may) "Musical Chairs" closes at
Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
1980 (25 may) Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning
Golf Classic
1980 (25 may) Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump
record (7'8")
1980 (26 may) Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties
high jump record at 7'8"
1980 (26 may) Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st National
League-er to record 6, 1-hitters
1980 (26 may) Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1
Hungarian) to Salyut 6
1980 (27 may) South Korean police ends people's
uprising; 2,000 killed
1980 (28 may) 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
1980 (28 may) Joe Darby does a standing long jump of
12'5"
1980 (28 may) Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup
1 in Madrid
1980 (29 may) "Billy Bishop Goes to War"
opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 performances
1980 (29 may) 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques
Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
1980 (29 may) Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan
Jr, National Urban League president
1980 (29 may) J Turners "Juliet & Her
Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
1980 (29 may) Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for
NBA rookie of year
1980 (30 may) 1st papal visit to France since 1814
1980 (30 may) Tiger relief pitcher John Hiller, 37,
(who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
1980 (30 may) Turner's painting "Juliet & Her
Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
1980 (30 may) Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting
streak after 31 games
1980 (31 may) "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band
peaks at #38
1980 (31 may) Police & youthful rebels battle in
Zurich
1980 (01 jun)
Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif
1980 (01 jun) H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543
Machado & #3411
1980 (01 jun) Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins
broadcasting
1980 (03 jun) Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard
Soyuz 35
1980 (03 jun) ESPN begins televising college world
series games
1980 (03 jun) Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for
renomination
1980 (05 jun) Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut
6 space station
1980 (06 jun) Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for
Wimbeldon title
1980 (07 jun) John McEnroe beats Bj”rn B”rg for US
Open
1980 (07 jun) Temperance Hill wins Belmont Stakes
(50:1 long shot)
1980 (07 jun) Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a
2-hitter
1980 (09 jun) Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns
from free basing cocaine
1980 (09 jun) Phillies & SF Giants end their game
at 3:11 AM
1980 (09 jun) Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1980 (11 jun) E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531
Cambridge
1980 (11 jun) K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO
service (SF)
#2614 Torrence
C Shoemaker
discovers asteroids #2459 Spellmann, #2511 Patterson &
1980 (12 jun) Reagan said he would submit to periodic
medical tests
1980 (13 jun) Paul McCartney releases
"Waterfall"
1980 (13 jun) Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in
"Abscam" investigation
1980 (13 jun) UN Security Council calls for South
Africa to free Nelson Mandela
1980 (14 jun) E Bowell discovers asteroid #2937 Gibbs,
#2938 Hopi & #3160 Angerhofer
1980 (15 jun) Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a
baseball game
1980 (17 jun) C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2586
Matson
1980 (18 jun) "Blues Brothers" with Dan
Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
1980 (18 jun) C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891
McGetchin
1980 (18 jun) E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569
Madeline
1980 (18 jun) Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies
2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1980 (20 jun) Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight
title from Sugar Ray
Leonard at Olympic
Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
1980 (22 jun) Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip
Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 (24 jun) Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup,
1st horse to win $2 million
1980 (27 jun) Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants
8-0
1980 (28 jun) NYC transit fare rises from 50cents to
60cents
1980 (01 jul) Steve Overt
runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1980 (02 jul) Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey
Hart are arrested for incitement
1980 (03 jul) 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat
Yankees 7-0
1980 (07 jul) 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses
English Channel
1980 (07 jul) Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female
nominated to Supreme Court
1980 (07 jul) Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip
Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 (08 jul) NL beats AL 4-2 in 51st All Star Game
(Dodger Stadium LA Calif)
1980 (09 jul) 7 die in a stampede to see the pope in
Brazil
1980 (09 jul) Walt Disney's "The Fox & The
Hound" released
1980 (10 jul) Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage
Richard I Queen
1980 (10 jul) Willie Jones hospitalized for heat
stroke with record 46.5ø C temp
1980 (11 jul) American hostage Richard I Queen freed
by Iran
1980 (15 jul) Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a
catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record
1980 (16 jul) Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by
Republicans in Detroit
1980 (17 jul) Ronald Reagan formally accepts
Republican nomination for president
#3341 Hartmann,
#3452 Hawke & #3696 Herald
E Bowell discovers
asteroids #2554 Skiff, #2555 Thomas, #2587 Gardner,
1980 (18 jul) Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops
charts
1980 (18 jul) Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches
into orbit
1980 (19 jul) 22nd modern Olympic games opens in
Moscow; US & others boycott
1980 (19 jul) David Bowie appears in role of Elephant
Man in Denver
1980 (19 jul) Moscow Summer Olympics begin, US &
others boycott
1980 (21 jul) Jean-Claude Droyer climbs the Eiffel
Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
1980 (23 jul) Billy Carter admits to being paid by
Libya
1980 (23 jul) River of No Return Wilderness Area
designated by Jimmy Carter
1980 (23 jul) Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1
Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
1980 (28 jul) Fernando Bela£nde Terry becomes
president of Peru
1980 (30 jul) British New Hebrides becomes independent
& takes name Vanuatu
1980 (31 jul) John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas
is arrested on drug charges
1980 (31 jul) Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard
Soyuz 36
1980 (01 aug)
Gerd Wessig of East Germany set the high jump record
1980 (02 aug) US swimmers set 3 world records at
National championships
1980 (03 aug) Duke Snider & Al Kaline enter
baseball's Hall of Fame
1980 (05 aug) NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3
triples in a game
1980 (06 aug) University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools
ineligible for conference titles & post-season play due to transcript &
curriculum abuses
1980 (08 aug) LBV Conference Center & Club Lake
Villas open
1980 (10 aug) Allen, the most powerful hurricane in
Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx
1980 (10 aug) Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship for
5th time
1980 (11 aug) Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer
1980 (13 aug) Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k
woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR
1980 (19 aug) Saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes
on landing at Riyadh, 301 die
1980 (20 aug) NY Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle
Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
1980 (20 aug) Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo
ascent Mt Everest
1980 (20 aug) UN Security Council condemns (14-0, US
abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is its capital
1980 (31 aug) Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
1980 (05 sep)
World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1980 (06 sep) Chantal Langlace sets women's record for
fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
1980 (06 sep) College football longest losing streak
of 50 games ends for Macalaster U of St Paul, Minn beating Mount Senario 17-14
1980 (07 sep) 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
1980 (07 sep) Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to
score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1980 (10 sep) Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of
striking out 18
1980 (12 sep) Military coup in Turkey
1980 (15 sep) Paul McCartney releases "Temporary
Secretary"
1980 (17 sep) Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
1980 (18 sep) Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban)
to Salyut 6 space station
1980 (19 sep) Titan II missile explosion (Damascus,
AR)
1980 (20 sep) Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's
memory at Yankee Stadium
1980 (20 sep) Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as
3 horses drop out
1980 (21 sep) LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard
interception
1980 (21 sep) Richard Todd of the Jets completes 42
passes in a game (NFL record)
1980 (22 sep) Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a
border dispute; war begins
1980 (22 sep) John & Yoko sign a recording
contract with Geffen Records
1980 (23 sep) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens
1980 (25 sep) Chevy Chase calls Cary Grant a homo on
Tomorrow show (suit follows)
1980 (26 sep) Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending
"freedom flotilla"
1980 (26 sep) Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1980 (27 sep) WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station)
begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
1980 (28 sep) Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly the
Atlantic standing on the wing
1980 (30 sep) 1,754 turn out to see the Phillies play
the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1980 (30 sep) Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein
1980 (01 oct)
Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of
176 days
1980 (02 oct) Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight
title defeating Muhammad Ali
1980 (02 oct) Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep
expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
1980 (05 oct) Yanks set AL attendance mark at
2,627,417
1980 (09 oct) 1st consumer use of home banking by
computer (Knoxville Tn)
1980 (09 oct) Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces
Philippe Junot
1980 (10 oct) 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes
strikes NW Algeria
1980 (10 oct) Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope
network dedicated
1980 (10 oct) Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals
in the AL Championship series
1980 (11 oct) Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space
endurance record of 184 days
1980 (13 oct) Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in
Buffalo, NY
1980 (14 oct) Bob Marley's last concert
1980 (14 oct) Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to
name a woman to Supreme Court
1980 (18 oct) Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting
NBA record (double
1980 (19 oct) Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
1980 (21 oct) 1st (& only) time Phillies win the
World Series (in 98 years) (World Series #77)
1980 (22 oct) New South Korean constitution comes into
effect
1980 (23 oct) Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns,
due to illness
1980 (24 oct) John Lennon releases "(Just Like)
Starting Over" in UK
1980 (24 oct) Polish government legalizes independent
labor union Solidarity
1980 (25 oct) Barbra Streisand's "Guilty,"
album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1
for 3 weeks
1980 (26 oct) St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL
record tying 12 times
1980 (27 oct) Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed
record of 94.37 kph
1980 (30 oct) Honduras & El Salvador settle their
boundary dispute
1980 (30 oct) NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
1980 (31 oct) Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon
altitude record (16,806 m)
1980 (04 nov) Islanders start
15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)
1980 (04 nov) Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy
Carter (R) by a landslide
1980 (08 nov) Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th
moon of Saturn
1980 (10 nov) Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie,
CBS pays the $12.55 fare
1980 (11 nov) Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard
Soyuz 37
1980 (11 nov) Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals
against North Stars
1980 (12 nov) NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying
marijuana
1980 (12 nov) US space probe Voyager I approaches
77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
1980 (15 nov) Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to
West Germany,
1980 (17 nov) John Lennon releases "Double
Fantasy" album in UK
1980 (18 nov) "Heaven's Gate" premiers
1980 (19 nov) CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad
featuring Brooke Shields
1980 (20 nov) Billy Martin named AL Manager of the
Year (Oakland A's)
1980 (20 nov) Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes
1st solar-powered flight
1980 (20 nov) UA withdraws $44 million movie
"Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1980 (21 nov) Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode
(Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating
1980 (21 nov) Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
kills 84
1980 (21 nov) Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as
Yankee's 25th manager
1980 (21 nov) John & Yoko pose nude for
photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1980 (22 nov) Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills
1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak
1980 (23 nov) 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that
devastated southern Italy
1980 (24 nov) Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
1980 (25 nov) Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains
WBC welterweight championship
1980 (26 nov) Columbia mated to SRBs & external
tank at Vehicle Assembly Building
1980 (27 nov) Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut
6 space station, launched
1980 (01 dec)
Mel Harris appears on MASH in "Cementing
Relationships"
1980 (01 dec) US Justice Department sues Yonkers
citing racial discrimination
1980 (01 dec) 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George
Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
1980 (02 dec) 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by
death squads in El Salvador
1980 (03 dec) New York Federal jury finds
Representatives Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
1980 (04 dec) Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak
(13-0-2) (Colorado Rockies)
1980 (04 dec) 2 months after death of drummer John
Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1980 (05 dec) Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency
Museum opens
1980 (06 dec) Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
1980 (06 dec) NASA launches Intelsat V
1980 (08 dec) "Bravo" network premieres on
cable TV
1980 (09 dec) 61ºF in Boston at 1 AM
1980 (10 dec) Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
1980 (10 dec) USSR performs underground nuclear test
1980 (11 dec) Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class
debut, New South Wales vs Victoria
1980 (12 dec) US's copyright law amended to include
computer programs
1980 (13 dec) "Perfectly Frank" closes at
Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 16 performances
1980 (14 dec) Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander
penalty shot
1980 (14 dec) At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of
silence in memory of John Lennon
1980 (14 dec) New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing
streak, beat New York Jets 21-20
1980 (14 dec) "Onward Victoria" opens/closes
at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance
1980 (14 dec) Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards
against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24
1980 (14 dec) Nancy Lopez/Curtis Strange win LPGA J C
Penney Golf Classic
1980 (14 dec) USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern
Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 (15 dec) New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes
highest-paid player, 10 years $15 million
1980 (15 dec) Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad
capital N'djamena
1980 (15 dec) ZBZ Sangha (now ZBZ Bodhidharma)
officially registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw
1980 (16 dec) President-elect Reagan announces
Alexander Haig as Secretary of State
1980 (17 dec) Great Britain performs nuclear test at
Nevada Test Site
1980 (17 dec) Mauritania provisional constitution
published
1980 (18 dec) Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison
Square Garden
1980 (18 dec) Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van
Agts abortion laws
1980 (18 dec) IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically
ill, ends hunger strike
1980 (18 dec) Vietnam adopts constitution
1980 (19 dec) Anguilla becomes a British dependency
separate from St Kitts
1980 (19 dec) Iran requests $24 billion in US
guarantees to free hostages
1980 (19 dec) Mutual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio
Theater
1980 (20 dec) USSR formally announces death of Alexei
Kosygin
1980 (20 dec) NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win
over Dolphins without audio
1980 (21 dec) Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127
consecutive game receptions
1980 (22 dec) President-elect Reagan appoints Jean
Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) & James Watt (Interior)
1980 (22 dec) Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds
1980 (23 dec) Sam Shepard's "True West"
premieres in New York NY
1980 (24 dec) Americans remembered Iran hostages by
shining lights for 417 seconds
1980 (27 dec) Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest
NBA free throw streak of 78
1980 (28 dec) México terminated fishing agreements
with US
1980 (29 dec) Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB
to Launch Complex 39A
1980 (30 dec) "Wonderful World of Disney"
last performance on NBC-TV
1980 (31 dec) A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is
bombed killing 18
1980 (31 dec) New York Islanders greatest shutout
margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
1980 (31 dec) Senegal President Leopold Senghor
resigns