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

Feb 23   Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics on this day in history.  

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

Feb 26   Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for the first time on this day in history.  

Feb 26   In the year 1980 military coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname  

Feb 26   In the year 1980 r Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft  

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

Feb 27   On this day in history george Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78  

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

Feb 27   Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota in the year 1980.  

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

Feb 28   Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history gordie Howe becomes first NHL player to score 800 career goals  

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

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

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 in the year 1980.  

Mar 01   In the year 1980 john Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87  

Mar 01   On this day in history patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI  

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   In the year 1980 robert Mugabe forms Zimbabwe's first black government  

Mar 04   In the year 1980 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 in the year 1980.  

Mar 06   On this day in history 7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time  

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   Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist was born in the year 1980.  

Feb 29   Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player was born in the year 1980.  

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

Feb 29   Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer was born in the year 1980.  

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

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

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

Apr 02   In the year 1980 birth of ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)  

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

Jan 02   Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1980 hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies