Page 5: Historical Events In 1980

Mar 07   Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried in the year 1980.   

Mar 07   Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Greg Chappell 235 &Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad on this day in history.   

Mar 08   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1980.   

Mar 09   Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82   

Mar 10   Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris in the year 1980.   

Mar 10   On this day in history willard Scott becomes the weather forecaster on the Today Show   

Mar 11   Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago in the year 1980.   

Mar 13   Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60) in the year 1980.   

Mar 13   Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60) in the year 1980.   

Mar 13   Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto in the year 1980.   

Mar 13   Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers) in the year 1980.   

Mar 14   World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary) in the year 1980.   

Mar 15   On this day in history tracey Wainman, age 12, the youngest Canadian skater to compete in a world championship   

Mar 16   In the year 1980 joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic   

Mar 17   In the year 1980 rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68   

Mar 18   Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50 in the year 1980.   

Mar 20   The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks in the year 1980.   

Mar 20   On this day in history the Quebec National Assembly approves wording of referendum question on Sovereignty Association, and so it begins   

Mar 20   US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran in the year 1980.   

Mar 21   Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1980.   

Mar 21   In the year 1980 on TV show Dallas, JR is shot   

Mar 23   On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

Mar 23   In the year 1980 shah of Iran arrives in Egypt   

Mar 24   On this day in history aBC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"   

Mar 24   In the year 1980 capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks   

Mar 24   In the year 1980 oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass   

Mar 26   In the year 1980 bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)   

Mar 26   Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32 in the year 1980.   

Mar 27   On this day in history elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900 meter down (23 die)   

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

Feb 29   Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player was born on this day in history.   

Feb 29   Taylor Twellman, American soccer player was born in the year 1980.   

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

Apr 02   On this day in history 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   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   Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52 in the year 1980.   

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

Jan 08   Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 in the year 1980.   

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.