Michael Myers Expelled from Congress, First Since Civil War, October 2, 1980
Date: October 2, 1980
Date: October 2, 1980
First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy. Date: February 17, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Iran Institutes Sharia Law on July 7, 1980Americo-Liberian Government Overthrown in Liberia, April…
The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids. Date: January 10, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day…
Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. Date: February 2, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Australia Wins Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay at Moscow Olympics, July 24,…
Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. Date: February 23, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Terry Fox Begins Marathon…
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. Date: August 1, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Björn Borg Wins Fifth Straight Wimbledon Title…
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 swimming event at Olympic level. Date: July 24, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in…