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August 2020 1980 1980 border:none;b 3/3/3 Iran Iraq War Start Attack on Tehran Airport- Destroyed Phantom.jpg 024the column eruption 05-18-80 resize (21851940368).jpg Crowds Gather After John Lennon’s Murder, 1980 (cropped).jpg Moscova 1980 - Romania.jpg Stragedibologna-2.jpg Usburnedhelicopter.jpg Zz embassy (cropped).jpg Destruction à Conza della Campania suite au Séisme d'Irpinia du 23 novembre 1980.png Reagan 1980 campaign.jpg 350 From top to bottom, left to right: the Iran–Iraq War begins; Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people; John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, shocking the world; the 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow amid a widespread boycott led by the United States; the Bologna massacre kills 85 people in Bologna; Operation Eagle Claw fails in Iran during the Iran hostage crisis; the Iranian Embassy siege unfolds in London; the 1980 Irpinia earthquake devastates southern Italy; and the 1980 United States presidential election sees Ronald Reagan defeat Jimmy Carter, ushering in the Reagan era. 1980 1980 yes center 3 Events January January 1980 January 1 – Changes to the succession to the Swedish throne come into effect, introducing absolute primogeniture, thus placing Crown Princess Victoria first in line to the throne (heir apparent), ahead of her baby brother. Sweden is the first monarchy to adopt this rule of succession.New heir The Guardian London 1980-01-02 3 Members of the royal family may also now marry commoners without losing their place in the succession. January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.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 ... https://books.google.com/books?id=GJKvcktAQHwC&pg=PA30 1980 U.S. Government Printing Office 30– 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.[Anonymous AC00557303] 1980: 4; 1980 : An Encyclopedia of the Events of 1979 https://books.google.com/books?id=-HDc_x0hOEAC 1980 Grolier 978-0-7172-0211-9 343 January 14 – Indian National Congress party leader Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India.https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1119.html Assassination in India: A Leader of Will and Force; Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India Charlton Linda November 1, 1984 The New York Times May 17, 2017 January 20 – At least 200 people are killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapses at Sincelejo, Colombia.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bullfight-spectators-die-when-bleachers-collapse Bullfight spectators die when bleachers collapse history.com November 13, 2009 A&E Television Networks, LLC. January 12, 2017 January 21 – The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever of $843 per troy ouncehttps://www.macrotrends.net/1333/historical-gold-prices-100-year-chart Gold Prices - 100 Year Historical Chart www.macrotrends.net ($2,249.50 in 2020 when adjusted for inflation). January 22 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist and human rights activist, is arrested in Moscow.United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Human Rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union: Hearing and Markup Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Its Subcommittee on International Organizations... https://books.google.com/books?id=xb3VAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA84 1981 U.S. Government Printing Office 84– January 26 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.https://www.onthisday.com/countries/egypt?p=3 Egyptian History (Part 3) OnThisDay.com January 8, 2018 January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran, as they board a flight to Zürich, 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".Arias Arturo Taking Their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America University of Minnesota Press 2007 161 978-0-8166-4849-8 February February 1980 February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.The Investigations at a Glance; Origin Disclosure Results Inquiries Under Way The New York Times February 10, 1980 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.Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games https://www.britannica.com/event/Lake-Placid-1980-Olympic-Winter-Games Encyclopedia Britannica 20 May 2021 en 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 their first of two gold medals 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 Dési Bouterse and Roy Horb replace it with a National Military Council.Peter Meel How to Get to Know the Caribbean: A Student's Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=x-kXAAAAYAAJ 1986 Department of Caribbean Studies, Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology 978-90-6718-012-2 49 February 27 – M-19 guerrillas begin the Dominican embassy siege in Colombia, holding 60 people hostage, including 14 ambassadors.Patterns of International Terrorism, 1980: A Research Paper https://books.google.com/books?id=1VAGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA16 1981 National Foreign Assessment Center 16 February 29 – An ordinary leap day, which only appears once every four years. March 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.1980: Mugabe to lead independent Zimbabwe http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/4/newsid_2515000/2515145.stm BBC News 20 May 2021 1980-03-04 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.Ranter Harro ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62 SP-LAA Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800314-1 live https://web.archive.org/web/20051112075535/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19800314-1 November 12, 2005 2020-07-12 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network 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 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.Tom Caraccioli Jerry Caraccioli Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games https://books.google.com/books?id=YGoNAQAAMAAJ 2008 New Chapter Press 978-0-942257-40-3 82 March 26 – A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reefs gold mine in South Africa falls 1.9 km mi, killing 23 workers.Reader's Digest Association Reader's Digest Almanac and Yearbook, 1981 https://books.google.com/books?id=yyAwAAAAMAAJ 1981 Reader's Digest Association 978-0-89577-089-9 12 March 27 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. Bignell Victor Understanding systems failures Manchester University Press in association with Open University Manchester Dover, N.H 1984 9780719009730 79 March 28 – The Talpiot Tomb is discovered by construction workers in Jerusalem.Simcha Jacobovici Charles R. Pellegrino The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery That Changes History Forever https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkOwM7S4dEcC&pg=PA4 2008 HarperElement 978-0-00-724569-7 4 April 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.2020-04-02 St Pauls riots in Bristol remembered 40 years on https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-52105853 2025-09-14 en-GB April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.Blakemore Erin 2018-05-08 U.S.-Iran Tensions: From Political Coup to Hostage Crisis to Drone Strikes https://www.history.com/articles/iran-nuclear-deal-sanctions-facts-hostage-crisis 2025-09-27 HISTORY en 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'état: Samuel K. Doe overthrows the government of Liberia in a violent coup d'état, executing President William Tolbert 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.28 September 2025 Independence of Zimbabwe https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/fact-sheets/independence-zimbabwe National Archives of Australia 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.Bowden Mark The Desert One Debacle May 2006 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/05/the-desert-one-debacle/304803/2/ The Atlantic 20 September 2013 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.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fc6940f0b61346000943/8-1981_G-BDAN.pdf Report No.8/1981 Report on the accident to Boeing 727, G-BDAN on Tenerife, Canary Islands, 25 April 1980 July 1981 Air Accidents Investigation Branch 2019-06-25 April 26 – Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappear from outside their flat in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.Roberts Greg 2010-10-06 Police offer reward for 'mum mystery' https://www.smh.com.au/national/police-offer-reward-for-mum-mystery-20101006-167my.html 2025-09-07 The Sydney Morning Herald en 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.Who's who in European Institutions and Organizations https://books.google.com/books?id=SsNgAAAAIAAJ 1982 Who's Who, the International Red Series Verlag GmbH 44 May 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".http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-1980/Yuppie/ About That Urban Renaissance… ChicagoMag.com January 8, 2018 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 m on section of the bridge collapses and 35 people (most of them on a bus) are killed.Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents https://books.google.com/books?id=XIMGa9NTCCQC&pg=PA125 1982 U.S. Government Printing Office 125 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.http://www.thetelegram.com/Commuting/2009-04-17/article-1438412/Bus-tragedy-still-painful/1 The Telegram www.TheTelegram.com January 8, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175555/http://www.thetelegram.com/Commuting/2009-04-17/article-1438412/Bus-tragedy-still-painful/1 September 5, 2018 dead June 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.ANC.org.za https://web.archive.org/web/19971017203354/http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/64-90/anvil.html October 17, 1997 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.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800715-sanjay-gandhi-dies-in-a-dramatic-plane-crash-his-passing-to-leave-a-political-vacuum-821253-2014-01-22 Sanjay Gandhi dies in a dramatic plane crash, his passing to leave a political vacuum Sethi Sunil January 22, 2014 indiatoday 2017-05-17 Tim Berners-Lee begins work on ENQUIRE,http://ref.web.cern.ch/ref/CERN/CNL/2001/001/www-history/Pr/ Cern Authentication ref.web.CERN.ch January 8, 2018 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 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland, making her the first woman democratically elected as head of state. July July 1980 thumb|200px|July 10: Fire at Alexandra Palace thumb|July 18: Rede Tupi stopped broadcasting 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 18 – Rede Tupi, a Brazillian television channel in São Paulo, stopped broadcasting. 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 August 1980 thumb|200px|Moscow Olympic Games on August 2, 1980 August 1 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the 4th President of Iceland, the world's first democratically directly elected female president.The World Factbook https://books.google.com/books?id=QY7Ig1HyPi4C&pg=RA1-PA219 1996 Central Intelligence Agency 219 August 2 – Strage di Bologna: A terrorist bombing at the Bologna Centrale railway station in Italy kills 85 people and wounds more than 200.Modern Italy: The difficult democracy https://books.google.com/books?id=oBAMAQAAMAAJ 1985 Electa 92 9788843509157 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.Michael R. Hall Historical Dictionary of Haiti https://books.google.com/books?id=3RbzX4PjxtgC&pg=PA135 2012 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-7810-5 135 August 7–31 – Lech Wałęsa leads the first of many strikes at the Gdańsk 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 Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland. The Gdańsk Agreement is signed, opening a way to start the first free (i.e. not state-controlled) trade union in the communist bloc, "Solidarity" (Solidarność). September 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. Punk band Dead Kennedys release their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.https://www.metallipromo.com/deadkennedys.html 2026-05-14 www.metallipromo.com 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 km mi, stretching from Göschenen 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.Air University Review https://books.google.com/books?id=gPRqc3EicvAC&pg=RA1-PA59 1982 Department of the Air Force 59 September 17 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.World Review https://books.google.com/books?id=D4XRAAAAMAAJ 1983 University of Queensland Press 35 September 21 – Bülent Ulusu, ex admiral, forms the new government of Turkey (44th government, composed mostly of technocrats).The World Today https://books.google.com/books?id=UKlmAAAAMAAJ 1983 Oxford University Press 30 September 22 – The command council of Iraq orders its army to "deliver its fatal blow on Iranian military targets", initiating the Iran–Iraq War.Bradley N. Fultz Finding a Measured Response to Iran's Activities https://books.google.com/books?id=6Nhuvbb8sS4C&pg=PP6 2013 Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University 6 September 26 Oktoberfest bombing: 13 people are killed and 211 injured in a right-wing terror attack in Munich (West Germany).Robin Corbett Guerrilla Warfare: From 1939 to the Present Day https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4rbAAAAMAAJ 1986 Orbis 978-0-85613-469-2 206 The Mariel boatlift in Cuba officially ends.Eneida B. Guernica The Cuban Children in Exile and Their Families: In and Out of Cuba-- https://books.google.com/books?id=qt26AAAAIAAJ 2003 IKE Publications 978-0-9675885-1-3 140 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.Robert Breyer Sean Riley Switched, Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet https://books.google.com/books?id=DBJHAAAAYAAJ 1999 MacMillan Technical Pub. 978-1-57870-073-8 559 October 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.https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_915/ Black Country History BlackCountryHistory.org January 8, 2018 November 7, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015050/http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_915/ live October 10 – The 7.1 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 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.Kim Nam-Sik Spring–Summer 1982 North Korea's Power Structure and Foreign Relations: an Analysis of the Sixth Congress of the KWP* The Journal of East Asian Affairs 2 1 125–151 Institute for National Security Strategy 23253510 Lee Chong-sik May 1982 Evolution of the Korean Workers' Party and the Rise of Kim Chŏng-il Asian Survey 22 5 434–448 University of California Press 10.2307/2643871 2643871 October 15 – James Callaghan announces his resignation as leader of the British Labour Party. October 16 – The most recent atmospheric nuclear weapons test to date was conducted by China.China's Nuclear program in the 1980s https://web.archive.org/web/20070608060502/http://www.nti.org/db/china/testchr.htm#1980 2007-06-08 nti.org 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.Larry Shenk Larry Andersen Fightin' Phillies: 100 Years of Philadelphia Baseball from the Whiz Kids to the Misfits https://books.google.com/books?id=zgr8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT163 1 April 2016 Triumph Books 978-1-63319-471-7 163 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. The Chun Doo-hwan government forcibly arrests and investigates monks and personnel of the Jogye Order.Lee Hye-yeong 2021 10·27법난 https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0078632 Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 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 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 mi 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.Alan Lawrance China Under Communism https://books.google.com/books?id=a7mGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 11 September 2002 Routledge 978-1-134-74792-4 104 November 21 – A fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip kills 85 people.Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives : Proceedings of an International Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 20-24, 1990 https://books.google.com/books?id=TwVcDLZM1HkC&pg=PA237 1991 Southeastern Forest Experiment Station 237 November 23 – The 6.9 w 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.Annali di geofisica https://books.google.com/books?id=JZAVAQAAIAAJ 2007 Istituto nazionale di geofisica 61 December December 1980 thumb|200px|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.American Foreign Policy Current Documents https://books.google.com/books?id=2P4GG6IlvwAC&pg=PA1366 1982 Department of State 1366 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.The Washington Post Wadler Joyce Sager Mike 'I Just Shot John Lennon', He Said Coolly 10 December 1980 11 April 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/12/10/i-just-shot-john-lennon-he-said-coolly/41d37bda-f5dd-4133-b9eb-4bf40935ae78/ 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, United States, in what is one of the city's most brutal crimes ever.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16304659/the_los_angeles_times/ 3 suspects in restaurant slayings plead innocent Hazlett Bill December 25, 1980 Los Angeles Times January 6, 2018 Orange County Part II, p. 5 Newspapers.com December 15 – The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (Academy of the Asturian language) is created. World population World population19801975198550px   World4,434,682,0004,068,109,00010px 366,573,0004,830,979,00010px 396,297,00050px   Africa469,618,000408,160,00010px 61,458,000541,814,00010px 72,196,00050px    Asia2,632,335,0002,397,512,00010px 234,823,0002,887,552,00010px 255,217,00050px Europe692,431,000675,542,00010px 16,889,000706,009,00010px 13,578,00050px Latin America& Caribbean361,401,000321,906,00010px 39,495,000401,469,00010px 40,068,00050px Oceania22,828,00021,564,00010px 1,264,00024,678,00010px 1,850,000 Births Category:1980 births Deaths Deaths in 1980 Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – James Watson Cronin, Val Logsdon Fitch Chemistry – Paul Berg, Walter Gilbert, Frederick Sanger Medicine – Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset, George D. Snell Literature – Czesław Miłosz Peace – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Economics – Lawrence Klein References 1980s Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar