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Events on the year of 1980 in history

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01 Jan 1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
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01 Jan 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
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01 Jan 1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
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01 Jan 1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
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01 Jan 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
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01 Jan 1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal
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01 Jan 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
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01 Jan 1980 Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
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02 Jan 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
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03 Jan 1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce
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04 Jan 1980 President Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics
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06 Jan 1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
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07 Jan 1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
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09 Jan 1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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10 Jan 1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
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10 Jan 1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
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10 Jan 1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 minutes & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in the NHL
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11 Jan 1980 Debut of the Pretenders
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12 Jan 1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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13 Jan 1980 "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 performances
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13 Jan 1980 Togo's constitution becomes effective
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13 Jan 1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
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13 Jan 1980 "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City NY after 63 performances
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14 Jan 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens
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14 Jan 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akroyd & John Belushi opens
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14 Jan 1980 Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 seconds
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15 Jan 1980 Pam Gems' "Piaf!" premieres in London
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16 Jan 1980 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
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17 Jan 1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
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18 Jan 1980 Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3
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18 Jan 1980 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1
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18 Jan 1980 Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce
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20 Jan 1980 Super Bowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB
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20 Jan 1980 Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena
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20 Jan 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
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20 Jan 1980 Super Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, Quarterback
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20 Jan 1980 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
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21 Jan 1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce
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21 Jan 1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
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22 Jan 1980 PGA begins a senior golf tour
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22 Jan 1980 Dissidents Andrei Sacharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
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22 Jan 1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
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25 Jan 1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
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25 Jan 1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
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25 Jan 1980 Bani Sadr elected President of Iran
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25 Jan 1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics
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26 Jan 1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
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26 Jan 1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro!
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26 Jan 1980 Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
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26 Jan 1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4
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27 Jan 1980 Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
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27 Jan 1980 "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 45 performances
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27 Jan 1980 10th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 37-27
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28 Jan 1980 USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
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28 Jan 1980 37th Golden Globes Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
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29 Jan 1980 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians
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29 Jan 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
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30 Jan 1980 Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque" premieres in New York City NY
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31 Jan 1980 Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41
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01 Feb 1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
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01 Feb 1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
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02 Feb 1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors
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02 Feb 1980 Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
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03 Feb 1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
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03 Feb 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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04 Feb 1980 Bani Sadr sworn in as Premier of Iran
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04 Feb 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
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04 Feb 1980 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
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05 Feb 1980 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
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05 Feb 1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
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09 Feb 1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
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10 Feb 1980 Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly" premieres in New York NY
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10 Feb 1980 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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12 Feb 1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 16 performances
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12 Feb 1980 New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets
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12 Feb 1980 Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117
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13 Feb 1980 Apollo Computer Inc incorporated
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13 Feb 1980 New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
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14 Feb 1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
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14 Feb 1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
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14 Feb 1980 US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
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15 Feb 1980 Wayne Gretzky assists on NHL-record-tying 7 goals
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15 Feb 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 meter in 38.03 seconds
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16 Feb 1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
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16 Feb 1980 Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7 02.29 (Olympics Record)
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17 Feb 1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 mph / 285.8 km/h)
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17 Feb 1980 Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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17 Feb 1980 Mount Everest, 1st Winter Ascent by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
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18 Feb 1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
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18 Feb 1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
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19 Feb 1980 Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
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19 Feb 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1000 meter in 1 15.18
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20 Feb 1980 Actress Susan Dey of "LA Law" weds producer Bernard Sofronski
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21 Feb 1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olympics gold (giant slalom)
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21 Feb 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500 meter in 1 55.44
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22 Feb 1980 Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
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22 Feb 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law
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22 Feb 1980 USA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
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23 Feb 1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
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23 Feb 1980 Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
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23 Feb 1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
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23 Feb 1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill
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23 Feb 1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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24 Feb 1980 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 16 performances
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24 Feb 1980 Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
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24 Feb 1980 USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal
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24 Feb 1980 The United States Olympic Hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
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24 Feb 1980 Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
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25 Feb 1980 Coup ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron of Suriname
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25 Feb 1980 The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
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26 Feb 1980 Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
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26 Feb 1980 Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for the 1st time
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26 Feb 1980 Military coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
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26 Feb 1980 R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
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27 Feb 1980 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
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27 Feb 1980 Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors
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27 Feb 1980 22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers)
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27 Feb 1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
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27 Feb 1980 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
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28 Feb 1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
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28 Feb 1980 Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
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28 Feb 1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes)
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28 Feb 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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29 Feb 1980 Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
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29 Feb 1980 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals
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29 Feb 1980 Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55 minutes trapped in an elevator, England
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01 Mar 1980 CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
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01 Mar 1980 Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater
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01 Mar 1980 Patti Smith and MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
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01 Mar 1980 Snow falls in Florida
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02 Mar 1980 3rd Islander scoreless tie - Penguins in Pittsburgh
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02 Mar 1980 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
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02 Mar 1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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03 Mar 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
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04 Mar 1980 40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
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04 Mar 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
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05 Mar 1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49
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06 Mar 1980 Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time
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06 Mar 1980 French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman Novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)
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06 Mar 1980 Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th, New York City
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08 Mar 1980 Greg Chappell 235 andYallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad
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09 Mar 1980 Flemish / Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
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10 Mar 1980 Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing.
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10 Mar 1980 Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
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10 Mar 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forecaster on the Today Show
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11 Mar 1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw
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12 Mar 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
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12 Mar 1980 New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguins
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13 Mar 1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60)
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13 Mar 1980 Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
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14 Mar 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
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14 Mar 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (USSR)
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14 Mar 1980 In Poland, LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
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14 Mar 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Awards presentation
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14 Mar 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
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14 Mar 1980 World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy & Andras Sallay (Hungary)
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14 Mar 1980 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai (USSR)
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14 Mar 1980 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
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14 Mar 1980 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann (German Democratic Republic)
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16 Mar 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
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18 Mar 1980 At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
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18 Mar 1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
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20 Mar 1980 The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast.
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20 Mar 1980 The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks
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20 Mar 1980 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
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21 Mar 1980 Dallas aired its "A House Divided" episode, which led to eight months of international speculation regarding Who shot J.R.?
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21 Mar 1980 US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
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21 Mar 1980 On TV show Dallas, JR is shot
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23 Mar 1980 Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
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23 Mar 1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs Pakistan
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23 Mar 1980 Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament
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23 Mar 1980 France performs nuclear test
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23 Mar 1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
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24 Mar 1980 Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
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24 Mar 1980 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54
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24 Mar 1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline with Ted Koppel"
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24 Mar 1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
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26 Mar 1980 Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
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27 Mar 1980 "Happy New Year" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 17 performances
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27 Mar 1980 "Reggae" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 21 performances
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27 Mar 1980 Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
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27 Mar 1980 The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
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27 Mar 1980 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900 meter down (23 die)
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27 Mar 1980 Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years
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30 Mar 1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God" premieres in New York NY
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30 Mar 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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31 Mar 1980 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
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31 Mar 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for (WBC) heavyweight boxing title
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31 Mar 1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for (WBA) heavyweight boxing title
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31 Mar 1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
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01 Apr 1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi Vice Premier Tariq Aziz
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02 Apr 1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
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02 Apr 1980 United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
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06 Apr 1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
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06 Apr 1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
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06 Apr 1980 Post It Notes, introduced
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07 Apr 1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
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07 Apr 1980 The United States severs relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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09 Apr 1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Isles
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09 Apr 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 Cosmonauts to Salyut 6
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09 Apr 1980 The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
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11 Apr 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
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11 Apr 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
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11 Apr 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
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12 Apr 1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
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12 Apr 1980 Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
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12 Apr 1980 Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.
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12 Apr 1980 US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games
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12 Apr 1980 BCMA (Black Consciousness Movement of Azania) forms
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13 Apr 1980 "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances
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13 Apr 1980 "Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances
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13 Apr 1980 US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow
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13 Apr 1980 44th Golf Masters Championship Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275
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13 Apr 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
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13 Apr 1980 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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13 Apr 1980 "TASS" denounced US boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics
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14 Apr 1980 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs. Kramer, " D Hoffman and Sally Field win
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14 Apr 1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
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14 Apr 1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
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16 Apr 1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
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16 Apr 1980 Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
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16 Apr 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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18 Apr 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from the UK
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18 Apr 1980 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
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20 Apr 1980 Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament
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20 Apr 1980 Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
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20 Apr 1980 Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift
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21 Apr 1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit, Michigan
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21 Apr 1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:12:11
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21 Apr 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champion; she hadn't run entire course
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23 Apr 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
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24 Apr 1980 Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
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24 Apr 1980 US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
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25 Apr 1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
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25 Apr 1980 Oakland A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
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26 Apr 1980 Iran begins scattering US hostages from the US Embassy
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26 Apr 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
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26 Apr 1980 Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats St Louis Cardinals)
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26 Apr 1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
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26 Apr 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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27 Apr 1980 Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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28 Apr 1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
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28 Apr 1980 Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
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30 Apr 1980 "Barnum" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 854 performances
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30 Apr 1980 Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned Queen of the Netherlands
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30 Apr 1980 The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
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30 Apr 1980 Beatrix becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
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30 Apr 1980 Queen Beatrix of Netherlands, Wilhelmina Armgard, ascends to the throne
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30 Apr 1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
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30 Apr 1980 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, abdicates
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30 Apr 1980 Ronald Harwood's "Dresser", premieres in London
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01 May 1980 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden NYC for 588 performances
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01 May 1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
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01 May 1980 American Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice) / T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
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01 May 1980 Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff
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02 May 1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
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02 May 1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour
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02 May 1980 Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.
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03 May 1980 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
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03 May 1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final HR
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03 May 1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL
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04 May 1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
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04 May 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
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05 May 1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building
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05 May 1980 Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
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07 May 1980 Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried
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08 May 1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
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08 May 1980 World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
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08 May 1980 The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
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09 May 1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
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09 May 1980 In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
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09 May 1980 In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
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10 May 1980 "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
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11 May 1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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11 May 1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
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12 May 1980 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
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13 May 1980 An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
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13 May 1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 homeruns in 5th inning vs New York Mets
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14 May 1980 "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances
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14 May 1980 Department of Health & Human Services begins operation
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14 May 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside the park homerun, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3
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14 May 1980 Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II
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15 May 1980 Shawn Weatherly, (SC (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA
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15 May 1980 1st trans-US balloon crossing
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15 May 1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
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15 May 1980 Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980
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16 May 1980 Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes
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16 May 1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
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16 May 1980 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
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16 May 1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
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17 May 1980 Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours
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17 May 1980 Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
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17 May 1980 General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
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17 May 1980 On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi, Ayacucho, starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
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17 May 1980 (Vivekananda Selva) Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on 1 foot for 33 hours
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17 May 1980 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2
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17 May 1980 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live
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18 May 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
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18 May 1980 Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
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18 May 1980 Belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms
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18 May 1980 China People's Republic launch 1st intercontinental rocket
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18 May 1980 Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
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18 May 1980 Fernando Belaunde Terry elected President of Peru
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18 May 1980 Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
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19 May 1980 "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
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19 May 1980 Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
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20 May 1980 In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
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20 May 1980 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
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20 May 1980 Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
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20 May 1980 Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157
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20 May 1980 In a referendum, 59.5% of Qu
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21 May 1980 "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
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21 May 1980 "Empire Strikes Back" premeires
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21 May 1980 Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at Frankfurt
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21 May 1980 Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from US service academy
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22 May 1980 Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man.
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22 May 1980 Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
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23 May 1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
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24 May 1980 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
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24 May 1980 Iran rejects a call to the World Court to release US hostages
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24 May 1980 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2
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25 May 1980 "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
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25 May 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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25 May 1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
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26 May 1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
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26 May 1980 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st National League-er to record 6, 1-hitters
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26 May 1980 Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
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27 May 1980 The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
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27 May 1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
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28 May 1980 2 Oakland Athletics steal home in 1st inning
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28 May 1980 Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
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28 May 1980 Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
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29 May 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 performances
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29 May 1980 J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City
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29 May 1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
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29 May 1980 Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Jr, National Urban League president
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29 May 1980 J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
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29 May 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
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30 May 1980 1st papal visit to France since 1814
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30 May 1980 Tiger relief pitcher John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
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30 May 1980 Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
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30 May 1980 Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
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31 May 1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
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31 May 1980 Police & youthful rebels battle in Zurich
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01 Jun 1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
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01 Jun 1980 ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
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01 Jun 1980 Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
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01 Jun 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
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01 Jun 1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
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01 Jun 1980 Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
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03 Jun 1980 Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
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03 Jun 1980 ESPN begins televising college world series games
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03 Jun 1980 Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
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03 Jun 1980 New York Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
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03 Jun 1980 The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross.
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05 Jun 1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 Cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
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07 Jun 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 performances
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07 Jun 1980 "Cars, " by Gary Numan hits #9
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07 Jun 1980 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
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07 Jun 1980 Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
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07 Jun 1980 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
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08 Jun 1980 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
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08 Jun 1980 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God and Evita win
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08 Jun 1980 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
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09 Jun 1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
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09 Jun 1980 Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
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09 Jun 1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
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10 Jun 1980 The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
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11 Jun 1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (San Francisco)
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11 Jun 1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge
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12 Jun 1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
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13 Jun 1980 Deborah Harry / Meat Loaf film, "Roadie, " premieres
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13 Jun 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"
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13 Jun 1980 Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation
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13 Jun 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"
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13 Jun 1980 UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
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14 Jun 1980 Theme From NY, New York by Frank Sinatra hits #32
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14 Jun 1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2937 Gibbs, #2938 Hopi & #3160 Angerhofer
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15 Jun 1980 "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances
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15 Jun 1980 80th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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15 Jun 1980 Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
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15 Jun 1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
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16 Jun 1980 "Blues Brothers, " premieres in Chicago
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16 Jun 1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patents
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17 Jun 1980 Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
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17 Jun 1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2586 Matson
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18 Jun 1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres
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18 Jun 1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
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18 Jun 1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
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18 Jun 1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
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18 Jun 1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline
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18 Jun 1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
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19 Jun 1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Cape Town, 34 killed
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20 Jun 1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
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20 Jun 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
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20 Jun 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray
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22 Jun 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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22 Jun 1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
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23 Jun 1980 "David Letterman Show, " debuts on NBC-TV daytime
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23 Jun 1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
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23 Jun 1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
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24 Jun 1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million
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25 Jun 1980 "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
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27 Jun 1980 1st female state police graduates (NJ)
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27 Jun 1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
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27 Jun 1980 US revives draft registration
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27 Jun 1980 Italian Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 mysteriously explodes in mid air while en route from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 on board. Also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster
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27 Jun 1980 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0
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28 Jun 1980 New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
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28 Jun 1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 to 60
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29 Jun 1980 "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances
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29 Jun 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
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30 Jun 1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
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01 Jul 1980 Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
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01 Jul 1980 "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
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03 Jul 1980 1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
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03 Jul 1980 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
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04 Jul 1980 Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000
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05 Jul 1980 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
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06 Jul 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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06 Jul 1980 Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)
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07 Jul 1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
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07 Jul 1980 Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Universe) as 29th Miss USA
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07 Jul 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
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07 Jul 1980 Shawn Weatherly, of the USA, crowned 29th Miss Universe
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07 Jul 1980 Institution of sharia in Iran.
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07 Jul 1980 During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
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08 Jul 1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
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08 Jul 1980 All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
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09 Jul 1980 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil
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09 Jul 1980 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years
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10 Jul 1980 Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
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10 Jul 1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen
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10 Jul 1980 Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5
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11 Jul 1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
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15 Jul 1980 A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage.
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15 Jul 1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record
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16 Jul 1980 Polish railway workers block railway to Russia
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16 Jul 1980 Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit
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17 Jul 1980 Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes President
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17 Jul 1980 Zenko Suzuki becomes Premier of Japan
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17 Jul 1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president
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18 Jul 1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
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18 Jul 1980 Quett Masire installed as President of Botswana
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18 Jul 1980 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
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18 Jul 1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
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19 Jul 1980 David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver
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19 Jul 1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott
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19 Jul 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics begin, US & others boycott
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20 Jul 1980 109th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield Gullane
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20 Jul 1980 Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France
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20 Jul 1980 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
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21 Jul 1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs the Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
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23 Jul 1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
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23 Jul 1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter
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23 Jul 1980 Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
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24 Jul 1980 The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
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25 Jul 1980 Train crash at Winsum, 9 die
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27 Jul 1980 Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead
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27 Jul 1980 Sally Little wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
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28 Jul 1980 Fernando Bela
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29 Jul 1980 Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
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30 Jul 1980 Houston Astro pitcher J R Richard suffers a stroke
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30 Jul 1980 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain and France
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30 Jul 1980 Vanuatu gains independence.
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30 Jul 1980 Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law
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30 Jul 1980 British New Hebrides becomes independent & takes name Vanuatu
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31 Jul 1980 John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges
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31 Jul 1980 Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
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01 Aug 1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
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01 Aug 1980 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03
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01 Aug 1980 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
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01 Aug 1980 Patrick Depailler, French Grand Prix driver was killed in a crash at Hockenheim during a private test session.
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02 Aug 1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed
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02 Aug 1980 US swimmers set 3 world records at National championships
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02 Aug 1980 Bologna massacre: a terrorist bombing of the Central Station at Bologna, Italy, kills 85 people and wounds more than 200.
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03 Aug 1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
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03 Aug 1980 Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame
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03 Aug 1980 Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
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04 Aug 1980 John andYoko begin recording "Double Fantasy"
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04 Aug 1980 Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills
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05 Aug 1980 Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager
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05 Aug 1980 New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
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06 Aug 1980 University administration declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles and post-season play due to transcript and curriculum abuses
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07 Aug 1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed
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08 Aug 1980 LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open
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08 Aug 1980 The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland.
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09 Aug 1980 Belgian constitution revised
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10 Aug 1980 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill, New York
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10 Aug 1980 8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley
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10 Aug 1980 Allen, the most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx
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10 Aug 1980 Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship for 5th time
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11 Aug 1980 Angola revises its constitution
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11 Aug 1980 Mohammed Ali Radjai appointed Premier of Iran
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11 Aug 1980 Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer
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12 Aug 1980 The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.
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13 Aug 1980 Suriname President Johan Ferrier ousted
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13 Aug 1980 Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR
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14 Aug 1980 17,000 workers strike in Gdansk, Poland
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14 Aug 1980 Democratic Convention in NYC nominates Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale
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14 Aug 1980 In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike
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14 Aug 1980 Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
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16 Aug 1980 Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath
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16 Aug 1980 Cozy Powell quits Rainbow
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16 Aug 1980 Jools Holland quits Squeeze
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17 Aug 1980 "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances
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17 Aug 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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17 Aug 1980 George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401
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19 Aug 1980 George Brett ends hitting streak at 30
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19 Aug 1980 Saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die
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20 Aug 1980 Mt Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone
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20 Aug 1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
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20 Aug 1980 Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season
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20 Aug 1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mt Everest
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20 Aug 1980 UN Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is its capital
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21 Aug 1980 Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway
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22 Aug 1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale
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24 Aug 1980 Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
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24 Aug 1980 Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland Premier Babiuch
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25 Aug 1980 "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances
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25 Aug 1980 Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs
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26 Aug 1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick
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27 Aug 1980 Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea
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31 Aug 1980 80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton
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31 Aug 1980 After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity.
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31 Aug 1980 Flood in Ibadan after 12 hours of heavy downpour killed over 300 people and properties worth million destroyed.
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31 Aug 1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
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01 Sep 1980 Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
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01 Sep 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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01 Sep 1980 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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01 Sep 1980 Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
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04 Sep 1980 Yes performs its last concert (Madison Square Garden)
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05 Sep 1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
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05 Sep 1980 The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
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06 Sep 1980 94th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61)
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06 Sep 1980 College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for
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06 Sep 1980 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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06 Sep 1980 Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14
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06 Sep 1980 Susan Powell (Okla), 21, crowned 53rd Miss America 1981
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07 Sep 1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
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07 Sep 1980 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes
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07 Sep 1980 Cape Verde adopts its constitution
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07 Sep 1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs. St. Louis)
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07 Sep 1980 John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest US Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title
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07 Sep 1980 Oakland Athletics pitch record 78th complete game of season
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07 Sep 1980 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic
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08 Sep 1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
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10 Sep 1980 Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
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10 Sep 1980 Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick
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11 Sep 1980 Chile adopts its constitution
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11 Sep 1980 Ron LeFlore (91st) and Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record
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11 Sep 1980 Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of president Pinochet.
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12 Sep 1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey
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12 Sep 1980 Military coup in Turkey.
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13 Sep 1980 1st United Negro College Fund
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14 Sep 1980 "Charlie & Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 performances
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14 Sep 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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14 Sep 1980 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
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15 Sep 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary"
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16 Sep 1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
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17 Sep 1980 "Divine Madness" starring Bette Midler, premieres
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17 Sep 1980 Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria
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17 Sep 1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death
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17 Sep 1980 After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
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17 Sep 1980 Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
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17 Sep 1980 Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
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18 Sep 1980 "Les Miserables, " opens at Palais des Sports, Paris
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18 Sep 1980 Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base
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18 Sep 1980 Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
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19 Sep 1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)
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20 Sep 1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium
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20 Sep 1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his average below .400 for good
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20 Sep 1980 Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium
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20 Sep 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
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21 Sep 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
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21 Sep 1980 Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
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21 Sep 1980 LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
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22 Sep 1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
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22 Sep 1980 Iraq invades Iran.
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22 Sep 1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
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22 Sep 1980 John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
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23 Sep 1980 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens
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24 Sep 1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
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25 Sep 1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres
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25 Sep 1980 Chevy Chase calls Cary Grant a homo on Tomorrow show (suit follows)
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26 Sep 1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
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26 Sep 1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
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26 Sep 1980 At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people died and 211 were injured.
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26 Sep 1980 Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
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26 Sep 1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
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27 Sep 1980 WHOT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM and 92.5 FM
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28 Sep 1980 "Charlie & Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 17 performances
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28 Sep 1980 Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
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28 Sep 1980 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing
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29 Sep 1980 Malcolm McDowell wed Mary Steenburgen
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30 Sep 1980 Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
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30 Sep 1980 1,754 turn out to see the Phillies play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
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30 Sep 1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
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01 Oct 1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
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02 Oct 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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02 Oct 1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
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02 Oct 1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
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03 Oct 1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris
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05 Oct 1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
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05 Oct 1980 Kathy Whitworth / Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
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05 Oct 1980 Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
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06 Oct 1980 Guyana adopts constitution
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06 Oct 1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
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07 Oct 1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
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08 Oct 1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
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08 Oct 1980 British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
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08 Oct 1980 USSR and Syria sign peace treaty
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09 Oct 1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
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09 Oct 1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
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09 Oct 1980 Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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09 Oct 1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot.
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10 Oct 1980 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs in the Algerian town of El Asnam. Around 3,500 die and 300,000 are left homeless.
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10 Oct 1980 FMLN was founded in El Salvador.
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10 Oct 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
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10 Oct 1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
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10 Oct 1980 Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in the AL Championship series
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11 Oct 1980 Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
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11 Oct 1980 Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
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12 Oct 1980 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA
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12 Oct 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
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13 Oct 1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York
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14 Oct 1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
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14 Oct 1980 Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
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14 Oct 1980 Bob Marley's last concert
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15 Oct 1980 George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids
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15 Oct 1980 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein
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16 Oct 1980 "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances
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17 Oct 1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Queensland (2-52 & 1-39)
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17 Oct 1980 As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican
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18 Oct 1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
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18 Oct 1980 Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
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19 Oct 1980 Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
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21 Oct 1980 "Banjo Dancing" opens at Century Theater NYC for 38 performances
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21 Oct 1980 1st and only time Phillies win World Series (in 98 years)
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21 Oct 1980 Michael Gorbatsjov elected member of Politburo
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21 Oct 1980 Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history
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21 Oct 1980 1st (& only) time Phillies win the World Series (in 98 years) (World Series #77)
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22 Oct 1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
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22 Oct 1980 New South Korean constitution comes into effect
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23 Oct 1980 "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances
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23 Oct 1980 Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness
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23 Oct 1980 Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness
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24 Oct 1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
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24 Oct 1980 John Lennon releases " (Just Like) Starting Over" in the UK
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24 Oct 1980 The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
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24 Oct 1980 John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK
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24 Oct 1980 Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
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25 Oct 1980 Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 Oct 1980 Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
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25 Oct 1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
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26 Oct 1980 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
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26 Oct 1980 St. Louis Cardinals sack Baltimore Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
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27 Oct 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
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27 Oct 1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
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29 Oct 1980 Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
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30 Oct 1980 El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
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30 Oct 1980 Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
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30 Oct 1980 NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
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31 Oct 1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
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31 Oct 1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)
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03 Nov 1980 Ianford Wilsons "5th of July, " premieres in New York City
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03 Nov 1980 Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland Athletics
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04 Nov 1980 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)
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04 Nov 1980 Libyan invasion in Chad
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04 Nov 1980 Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide
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04 Nov 1980 Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
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08 Nov 1980 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn
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09 Nov 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
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09 Nov 1980 Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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10 Nov 1980 Poland acknowledges Solidarity union
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10 Nov 1980 Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare
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11 Nov 1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
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11 Nov 1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars
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12 Nov 1980 New York City Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana
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12 Nov 1980 US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
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13 Nov 1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
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13 Nov 1980 US spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
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14 Nov 1980 Guinee-Bissau Premier Vieira fires President Luis Cabral
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14 Nov 1980 Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
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15 Nov 1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,
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16 Nov 1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards
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17 Nov 1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in the UK
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17 Nov 1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
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18 Nov 1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
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18 Nov 1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
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18 Nov 1980 "Heaven's Gate" premiers
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19 Nov 1980 CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields
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20 Nov 1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
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20 Nov 1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
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20 Nov 1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
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21 Nov 1980 Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
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21 Nov 1980 It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas"
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21 Nov 1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
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21 Nov 1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating
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21 Nov 1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
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21 Nov 1980 Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager
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21 Nov 1980 John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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22 Nov 1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak
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23 Nov 1980 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10
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23 Nov 1980 National Black Independent Party forms
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23 Nov 1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
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24 Nov 1980 Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
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25 Nov 1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
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25 Nov 1980 Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, President Lamizana flees
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25 Nov 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
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26 Nov 1980 Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP
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26 Nov 1980 Columbia mated to SRBs & external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building
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27 Nov 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
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28 Nov 1980 Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid – The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
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30 Nov 1980 "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater NYC after 38 performances
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30 Nov 1980 "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 16 performances
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30 Nov 1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 341 performances
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01 Dec 1980 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
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01 Dec 1980 Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
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01 Dec 1980 US Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
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02 Dec 1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
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02 Dec 1980 Salvadoran Civil War: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a military death squad.
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03 Dec 1980 New York Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty
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04 Dec 1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
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04 Dec 1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
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04 Dec 1980 English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.
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06 Dec 1980 Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
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08 Dec 1980 "Bravo" network premieres on cable TV
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08 Dec 1980 John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City.
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10 Dec 1980 Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
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10 Dec 1980 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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11 Dec 1980 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
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11 Dec 1980 Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, New South Wales vs Victoria
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12 Dec 1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
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13 Dec 1980 "Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 16 performances
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14 Dec 1980 "Onward Victoria" opens / closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance
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14 Dec 1980 Nancy Lopez / Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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14 Dec 1980 New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat the New York Jets 21-20
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14 Dec 1980 Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
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14 Dec 1980 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
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14 Dec 1980 Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24
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14 Dec 1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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15 Dec 1980 ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 yrs of administrative hassles in Warsaw
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15 Dec 1980 New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15 million
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15 Dec 1980 Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena
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15 Dec 1980 ZBZ Sangha (now ZBZ Bodhidharma) officially registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw
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16 Dec 1980 President-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as Secretary of State
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17 Dec 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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17 Dec 1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published
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18 Dec 1980 Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden
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18 Dec 1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws
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18 Dec 1980 IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike
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18 Dec 1980 Vietnam adopts constitution
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19 Dec 1980 Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts
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19 Dec 1980 Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages
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19 Dec 1980 Mutual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
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20 Dec 1980 USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
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20 Dec 1980 NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio
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21 Dec 1980 Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
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22 Dec 1980 President-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) & James Watt (Interior)
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22 Dec 1980 Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds
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23 Dec 1980 Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York NY
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24 Dec 1980 Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
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24 Dec 1980 Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds
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27 Dec 1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
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28 Dec 1980 Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US
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28 Dec 1980 M
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29 Dec 1980 Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A
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30 Dec 1980 "Wonderful World of Disney, " last performance on NBC-TV
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31 Dec 1980 A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18
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31 Dec 1980 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
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31 Dec 1980 Senegal President Leopold Senghor resigns
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