Historical Events In 1980

Apr 09 Israeli troops move into Leanon

Apr 01 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist

Apr 14 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus & #2830 Greenwich

Apr 18 Zimbabwe's (Rhodesia) formal independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)

Apr 03 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Apr 28 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns

Apr 13 Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2568 Maksutov

Apr 11 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment

Apr 15 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb

Apr 13 Steve Ballesteros becomes youngest winner of the Masters

Apr 28 Alfred Hitchcock Diedfrom Liver Failure and Heart Problems

Apr 30 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London

Apr 22 Jane Froman singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72

Apr 04 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

Apr 26 Iran begins scattering US hostages from the US Embassy

Apr 15 Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75

Apr 21 Bill Rodgers wins his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course

Apr 23 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die

Apr 28 Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies

Apr 08 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist

Apr 11 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"

Apr 26 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'

Apr 02 Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season

Nov 18 Conn Smythe founder o fthe NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs dies at age 85

Nov 20 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes first solar-powered flight

Nov 22 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak

Nov 11 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37

Nov 21 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating

Nov 08 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn

Nov 12 NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana

Nov 10 Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare

Nov 12 US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn

Nov 23 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy

Nov 04 Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide

Nov 25 Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship

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