Historical Events In 1980

Feb 22   In the year 1980 uSA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal  

Feb 23   In the year 1980 13th Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid NY  

Feb 23   In the year 1980 eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics  

Feb 23   On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island  

Feb 23   In the year 1980 oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill  

Feb 23   Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 in the year 1980.  

Feb 24   In the year 1980 the U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY.  

Feb 25   Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname on this day in history.  

Feb 26   In the year 1980 egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for the first time  

Feb 26   Military coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname in the year 1980.  

Feb 26   R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history 22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers)  

Feb 27   George Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe  

Feb 27   In the year 1980 terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota  

Feb 28   "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes) in the year 1980.  

Feb 28   On this day in history ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies  

Feb 28   In the year 1980 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 29   Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals on this day in history.  

Feb 29   Gordie Howe becomes first NHL player to score 800 career goals on this day in history.  

Feb 29   Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55 minutes trapped in an elevator, England on this day in history.  

Feb 29   In the year 1980 yigal Allon, former Israeli foreign minister and supporter of Israeli independence, dies at age 61.  

Feb 29   Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61 in the year 1980.  

Mar 01   Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater on this day in history.  

Mar 01   John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Mar 01   Patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI on this day in history.  

Mar 01   In the year 1980 snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida  

Mar 03   In the year 1980 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island  

Mar 04   On this day in history robert Mugabe forms Zimbabwe's first black government  

Mar 04   Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe in the year 1980.  

Mar 05   In the year 1980 earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49  

Mar 05   In the year 1980 jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60  

Mar 06   7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time in the year 1980.  

Mar 06   On this day in history french Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)  

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Feb 29   On this day in history birth of ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist  

Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player  

Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of taylor Twellman, American soccer player  

Feb 29   Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29   Chris Conley, American musician was born in the year 1980.  

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer  

Apr 02   In the year 1980 birth of adam Fleming, English news reporter  

Apr 02   Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004) was born in the year 1980.  

Jan 01   In the year 1980 frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70  

Jan 02   Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44 in the year 1980.  

Jan 03   In the year 1980 amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52  

Jan 07   On this day in history carl White, rocker, dies  

Jan 08   In the year 1980 oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90  

Jan 10   On this day in history george Meany, labor leader, dies at 86  

Jan 11   In the year 1980 death of barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)  

Jan 12   On this day in history hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies