Historical Events In 1980

Mar 20 The Quebec National Assembly approves wording of referendum question on Sovereignty Association, and so it begins

Mar 26 Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)

Mar 09 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured

Mar 04 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe

Mar 16 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic

Mar 31 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry

Mar 07 Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried

Mar 01 Patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI

Mar 11 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw

Mar 03 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

Mar 13 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60)

Mar 08 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Mar 06 7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time

Mar 21 On TV show Dallas, JR is shot

Mar 12 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago

Mar 24 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks

Mar 01 Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater

Mar 31 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for (WBA) heavyweight boxing title

Mar 18 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50

Mar 14 World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary)

Mar 23 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt

Mar 30 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God", premieres in New York NY

Mar 27 TSE Index drops 5.3%, biggest one day loss since 1940; after attempt by Hunt Brothers of Texas to corner silver market and yup I boought silver at $50.00 U.S.

Mar 10 Willard Scott becomes the weather forecaster on the Today Show

Mar 20 The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks

Mar 13 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60)

Mar 07 Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC

Mar 20 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran

Mar 23 France performs nuclear test

Mar 13 Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto

Mar 27 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900 meter down (23 die)

Mar 31 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for (WBC) heavyweight boxing title

Mar 05 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49

Mar 06 French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)

Mar 14 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)

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