The 1980 Timeline

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1980

POLITICS and HISTORY

Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States of America, after a landslide victory over Jimmy Carter...
Zimbabwe achieves Black African majority rule. Robert Mugabe becomes the first Prime Minister.
Mount St Helens erupted (Washington state, USA), 36 die
Bjorn Borg defeats John McEnroe to win his fifth successive Wimbledon title
the 22nd Olympic Games are held in Moscow, and are boycotted by over 50 nations
War begins between Iraq and Iran when Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to gain control over Abadan and the Shatt al Arab waterway.

MUSIC

The Rose by Bette Middler...from the movie
Don\'t Stand So Close To Me by The Police
Fade to Grey by Visage
Going Underground by The Jam
I Don\'t Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
Rapture by Blondie
Turning Japanese by The Vapors
Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles

TV and at the MOVIES

The Dukes Of Hazzard (Those Good Ole Boys and the General Lee)
Diff\'rent Strokes (What you looking at Willis?)
Soap , the bubbliest take off of all the soaps
The Love Boat sailed through another season
Dallas asked us \'who shot JR?\'
Battlestar Gallactica (I never watched that)
Kramer vs Kramer won the Best Movie at the Oscars
Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs Kramer) was Best Actor
Sally Field (Norma Rae) was Best Actress
The Empire Strikes Back told us who Luke\'s father really was
Airplane! had us all laughing in the aisles

People who died in 1980

Alfred Hitchcock (b.1899, film director)
John Lennon (b.1940 musician, assassinated in New York)
Peter Sellers (b.1925, British comedian)
Mae West (b.1890, film actress)
Steve McQueen (b.1930, actor)
Jimmy Durante (b.1893, american co

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