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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.
Calendar year
Events
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January
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- 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
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March
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April
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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July
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August
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September
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- 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
Gda?sk
,
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
- 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
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- October 5
- October 10
? The 7.1 M
w
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
- 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
November
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December
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World population
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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
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Nobel Prizes
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References
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- ^
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