Page 9: Historical Events In 1980
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 21 Star Wars movie "The Empire Strikes Back" premieres 


May 22 Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue marry 


May 24 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56 


May 24 Iran rejects a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages 


May 24 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 


May 24 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2. 


May 25 "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances 


May 26 Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6 


May 27 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2000 killed 


May 28 In this year, Nottingham Forrest claims 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid. 


May 29 Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Jr, National Urban League president 


May 29 In this year, 53rd National Spelling Bee Jacques Bailly claims spelling elucubrate. 


May 29 In this year, 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly claims spelling elucubrate. 


May 29 J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6400000 in NYC 


May 29 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year 


May 30 Carl Radle, bassist (Derek and Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment. 


May 30 The inaugural papal visit to France since 1814 


May 30 Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million. 


May 31 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38. 


May 31 Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich. 


Jun 01 Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif. 


Jun 01 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543 Machado and #3411. 


Jun 01 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting. 


Jun 01 [Richard] Rube Marquard, US baseball pitcher, dies at 90 


Jun 03 Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35. 


Jun 03 ESPN begins televising college world series games. 


Jun 03 In this year, Jimmy Carter claims enough delegates for renomination 


Jun 05 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70. 


Jun 05 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station. 


Jun 06 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title. 


Jun 07 Henry [Valentine] Miller, US writer (Tropic of Capricorn), dies at 88 


Jun 09 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers severe burns in a drug mishap and is hospitalized for two months. 


Jun 09 Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73 


Jun 09 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth 


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