Year 1980 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1980

The year 1980 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1980 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
08 May	The World Health Organization announced the elimination of smallpox (smallpox).
01 June	The cable news network CNN) began airing the television network for the first time.
18 June	Shakuntala Devi multiplied the two 13 digit numbers and gave the correct answer in 28 seconds.
23 June	Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay Gandhi dies in a plane crash.
27 June	81 killed in Italian plane crash in Terihins Sea.
07 July	Sharia law came into force in Iran.
30 July	The country of Vanuato received independence.
22 September	The ongoing border conflict between Iran and Iraq transformed into a war.
18 October	The first Himalayan car rally was flagged off from Brabourne Stadium in Bombay (now Mumbai).
26 October	Israeli President Yitzhak Nawon became the first Israeli President to visit Egypt.
23 November	2600 people died due to earthquake in Italy.
02 August	The suicide bombings took place in Italy, in which 85 people died.
12 December	The US changed the copyright law to include computer programs.
02 January	The strike at the national level was the first defeat in fifty years by employees working at the British Steel Corporation plant.
07 January	Three years after the Emergency, Indira Gandhi returned to power with an overwhelming majority.
17 January	NASA launches FLATTSCOM-3.
21 January	US President Jimmy Carter announced boycott of Moscow Olympics.
25 January	The famous philanthropist Mother Teresa was awarded the Bharat Ratna.
22 February	The declaration of military rule in Afghanistan was announced.
03 March	Pierre Tridieu was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada for the second time.
16 April	The US conducted a nuclear test in Nevada.
26 January	Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations
13 February	The Winter Olympics were played in Lake Placid New York.
03 March	Pierre Trudeau takes over as Prime Minister of Canada.
14 April	Iron Maiden's first self-titled album Iron Maiden was published.
26 May	2,000 protesters were killed by South Korean military government forces and pro-democracy protesters.
01 June	The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN) was launched.
19 July	Former Turkish Prime Minister Niht Erim was killed by 2 gunmen in Istanbul, Turkey.
02 August	85 people were killed and over 200 injured in a terrorist bombing at a railway station in Bologna city, Italy
26 September	The terrorist attack in the city of Octoburfest killed 13 people and injured 211.
15 October	James Callaghan resigned as leader of the British Labor Party.
21 November	The fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip killed 85 people.
08 December	Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon outside his apartment in New York City.
27 January	With the assistance of Canadian government officials, six American diplomats who had avoided capture in the Iran hostage crisis escaped to Zurich, Switzerland.
22 February	At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.
01 March	Commonwealth Trade Union Council, CTUC has been established.
01 March	Hilbert van der Duim has become world champion and became the all-round skater.
04 March	Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union waselected to head the first government in Zimbabwe.
21 March	Dallas airs its "A House Divided" episode, which sparks international speculation about who shot JR
27 March	Nelson Bunker Hunt and his brother failed in their attempt to turn the world market into silver, causing a panic on the commodity and futures exchanges.
08 April	Islander Potwin's 2 shorthand goals tie NHL Record vs. Kings and set NHL2 short hand playoff goals in the 1 period.
12 April	Terry Fox submerged his artificial legs into the Atlantic Ocean in St. John, Newfoundland and Labrador, and running its own 'Marathon of Hope' towards the Pacific Ocean in Vancouver, British Columbia to raise funds across Canada for cancer research. Start
05 May	Six days after the British Special Air Service was seized by the Iranian Arab separatists, the Iranian embassy attacked.
08 May	The World Health Organization officially announced the abolition of smallpox on 8 May 1980. Chickenpox was considered the most devastating infectious disease, which is caused by Variola major or variola minor. This is the only disease that has been erased all over the world.
17 May	South Korean Army General Chun Do-Hawan expanded martial law across the country on 17 May 1980 and seized the government's control. He later became the President of South Korea on 1 September 1980.
17 May	On the eve of Peru's general election, the Maoistguriilla Group Shining Path started a polling place in the city of Catchchi, Ayachuko, starting Peru's internal conflict.
18 May	Stratovolkano Mount Saint Helens torn on 18 May 1980 in Skemania, Washington. It is counted as the most economically disastrous volcanic phenomenon in American history, killing 57 people. It also destroyed 250 houses, 47 bridges, 24 km railway, 298 km highways.
18 May	Stratovolcano Mount Saint Hallens exploded, 57 people killed in the southern Washington state, hundreds of square miles dropped into barren land and damaged more than US $ 1 billion.
22 May	The Arcade Game PAC Man was released by Namko on 22 May 1980. It is one of the most famous arcade games and one of the highest grossing video games of all time.
22 May	PAC-Man, an arcade game that became a symbol of the popular culture of the 1980s, made his debut in Japan.
01 June	Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel, owned by Time Warner Turner Broadcasting System Division. The 24-hour cable news channel was established in 1980 by the American media proprietor Ted Turner.
01 June	CNN was launched as the first television network to provide 24 -hour television news coverage.
14 June	Latch Walsa and her colleagues started the strikes at the Dansk Shipyard, after which solidaritovments were established in Poland.
05 July	Swedish tennis player Byorn Borg won his fifth Wimbledon final and became the first male player to win the championship in the Ena round five times.
24 July	At the Moscow Olympics, Australia's confidence -confident team won the gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 meter medlel, the only time when the United States, who was boycotting these games, has not won this competition at the Olympic level. .
31 July	U.S.S.R has conducted a nuclear test at Semi-Palletisk in East Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R, this test has emphasized the country and its progress.
02 August	A terrorist bomb blast occurred at Italy's Central Station Bologna, killing 85 people and injured more than 200.
14 August	Latch Walsa and her colleagues started the strikes at the Dansk Shipyard, after which solidaritovments were established in Poland.
17 August	The two -month -old Australian Azaria Chamberlane was taken from his family's camp by a dingo from Ularu, for which his mother would be convicted of murder.
05 September	St. Gothdard Tunnel (internal picture) opened Inswepers as the world's longest highway tunnel on 24.51 km (15.3miles) spread from Goschan to Erolo.
11 September	The famous Marlborough diamond was stolen from Johri in London during the daylight robbery in the store.
17 September	Polish Trade Union Solidarity was established as the first dependent labor union in the Soviet-Block country.
24 September	Iraqi aircraft have bombed Iran's Kharg Island crude oil export terminal. Currently it is burning out of control, producing huge amounts of smoke and debris. The war is about sovereignty on the lower access to the Shaatt-al-Arab waterway. It demarcates the border between Iraq and Iran.
26 September	Afghanistan's Marxist rule and its protector are improvement in security in Kabul. This is in response to a new wave of terrorist attacks led by the anti -Moslem communist tribe. The terrorist group also launched a successful attack on a power station by the rebels earlier this week.
27 September	The fight between the world's two largest oil producing countries has intensified. Western economies, who strongly rely on oil, have started feeling worried. Although they are not yet in a terror because most of the Western countries have large reserves.
30 September	Iran continued bombing oil installations in Baghdad, as Iraq's planes bombed the oil refineries in the Persian Gulf.
25 October	Action on the Hague Convention on Civil aspects of The International Child kidnapping, a multilateral treaty to return a child mercilessly, which provides an involuntary method, was concluded in the Hague.
20 November	Due to an oil stage drilling accident, the lake peigneur to U.S. To migrate to a salt mine under Louisiana state, which makes whirlpools suck the entire material of the lake.
21 November	More than 83 million people gave Dallas 'TV episodes' Hu Done It 'to' Hu R J.
02 December	American missionaries Maur Clarke, Jean Donovan, Ieta Ford and Dorothy Kajel were assassinated by a military death squad in Al Salvador.
04 December	The English rock group was officially dissolved by Zepelin.
24 December	Witnesses reported that the unexplained lights were seen several times in the sky near RAF Woodbridge in Randleshm Forest, Safok, England.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
03 July	Harbhajan Singh / Player / India
01 December	Mohammad Kaif / Politician / India
01 January	Vidya Balan / Actress / India
03 July	Harbhajan Singh / Cricketer / India
03 July	Harbhajan Singh / Player / India
04 March	Kamalini Mukherjee / Actress / India
04 March	Rohan Bopanna / Tennis Player / India
05 April	Carolina Moraes / Football Player / India
05 July	Zayed Khan / Actor / India
07 November	Karthik / Writer / India
07 February	Prachi Shah / Actress / India
08 February	Jaideep Ahlawat / Actor / India
08 October	Rajesh Sharma / Politician / India
10 May	Yogendra Singh Yadav / Soldier / India
13 September	Viren Rasquinha / Hockey Player / India
14 December	Juhi Parmar / Actress / India
20 April	Arin Paul / Writer / India
20 July	Gracy Singh / Actress / India
21 September	Kareena Kapoor / Actress / India
21 January	Kim Sharma / Actress / India
27 May	Mukesh Chhabra / Actor / India

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