Historical Events In 1980
Saturday, 30 September 2023
Sep 05 World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens on this day in history.
Sep 07 In the year 1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
Sep 08 Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies on this day in history.
Sep 11 Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1980.
Sep 12 In the year 1980 lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
Sep 12 In the year 1980 military coup in Turkey
Sep 15 Bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51 in the year 1980.
Sep 17 Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay in the year 1980.
Sep 17 In the year 1980 solidarity labor union in Poland forms
Sep 18 K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
Sep 18 On this day in history soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
Sep 19 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR) in the year 1980.
Sep 21 Ernest White, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1980.
Sep 22 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins in the year 1980.
Sep 22 On this day in history john & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
Sep 22 On this day in history the war between Iran and Iraq begins
Sep 22 In the year 1980 uSS Eisenhower and Midway continued contingency operations in the northern Arabian Sea as war erupted between Iraq and Iran.
Sep 23 On this day in history big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens
Sep 25 On this day in history john Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32
Sep 26 Andrew Crawford is born in the year 1980.
Sep 26 In the year 1980 cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
Sep 26 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth on this day in history.
Sep 28 Jaromir Wagner is first to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing on this day in history.
Sep 30 On this day in history iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
Oct 01 Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days in the year 1980.
Oct 01 George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86 on this day in history.
Oct 01 In the year 1980 uSS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon
Oct 02 In the year 1980 larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali
Oct 02 In the year 1980 valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
Oct 06 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 on this day in history.
Oct 09 On this day in history princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
Oct 09 The first consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn) on this day in history.
Oct 10 In the year 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
Oct 10 On this day in history bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies
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