1980 Calendar
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1980 Historical Event(s)
- February 16, 1980 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- March 21, 1980 – US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
- May 17, 1980 – General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
- June 3, 1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska takes five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and $300 million in damages all told, according to National Weather Service and American Red Cross statistics on the deadly storm.
- August 1, 1980 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the country’s first democratically elected female head of state
- August 19, 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
- September 1, 1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
- September 18, 1980 – Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
- September 22, 1980 – Iraq invades Iran.
- December 26, 1980 – Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
Who Were Born On 1980?
- January 7, 1980 – Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish television presenter
- January 11, 1980 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
- April 25, 1980 – Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor
- May 2, 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
- May 17, 1980 – Davor Džalto, Serbian/Croatian art historian
- July 7, 1980 – John Buck, American baseball player
- August 30, 1980 – Derrick Ward, American football player
- September 13, 1980 – Viren Rasquinha, Indian hockey player
- September 21, 1980 – Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
- November 24, 1980 – Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler