Date: April 12, 1980
USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers. Date: January 28, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Jimmy Carter Announces U.S. Boycott of Moscow Olympics…
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team. Date: March 14, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Pope John Paul II…
Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans. Date: March 23, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Chun…
The 43rd government of Turkey is overthrown in a coup d'état led by General Kenan Evren. Date: September 12, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Vanuatu Gains Independence on July 30, 1980LOT Polish Airlines…
Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. Date: October 9, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Quebec Rejects Independence Proposal in Referendum, May 20, 1980Jimmy Carter…
Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. Date: March 4, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Iran-Iraq War Operation Morvarid Destroys Iraqi Navy in Persian…