Historical Events In 1980

Feb 22   On this day in history uSA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal  

Feb 23   On this day in history 13th Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid NY  

Feb 23   Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics in the year 1980.  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill  

Feb 23   On this day in history robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62  

Feb 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1980 coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname  

Feb 26   Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for the first time in the year 1980.  

Feb 26   Military coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname on this day in history.  

Feb 26   R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft in the year 1980.  

Feb 27   In the year 1980 22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers)  

Feb 27   In the year 1980 george Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78  

Feb 27   Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe in the year 1980.  

Feb 27   Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota on this day in history.  

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

Feb 28   Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies in the year 1980.  

Feb 28   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 29   Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals in the year 1980.  

Feb 29   In the year 1980 gordie Howe becomes first NHL player to score 800 career goals  

Feb 29   Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55 minutes trapped in an elevator, England in the year 1980.  

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

Feb 29   In the year 1980 yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61  

Mar 01   On this day in history hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater  

Mar 01   On this day in history john Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87  

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

Mar 01   Snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida on this day in history.  

Mar 03   France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island in the year 1980.  

Mar 04   Robert Mugabe forms Zimbabwe's first black government on this day in history.  

Mar 04   On this day in history robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe  

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

Mar 05   Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 06   French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar) on this day in history.  

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Feb 29   Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of taylor Twellman, American soccer player  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer  

Feb 29   In the year 1980 birth of chris Conley, American musician  

Apr 02   Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1980.  

Apr 02   Adam Fleming, English news reporter was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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   Carl White, rocker, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86 in the year 1980.  

Jan 11   Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913) died on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies in the year 1980.