Pope John Paul II Meets Dalai Lama in Vatican City, October 9, 1980
Date: October 9, 1980
Date: October 9, 1980
Salvadoran Civil War: The Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador. Date: May 14, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 14 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Operation Nimrod: SAS Storms Iranian Embassy in London, May 5, 1980WHO Confirms Smallpox…
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". Date: December 26, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 26 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. Date: March 27, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 27 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Operation Nimrod: SAS Storms Iranian Embassy…
A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland. Date: August 1, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 1 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980The Shining Premieres in New York and Los Angeles, May…
Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. Date: July 19, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 19 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Voyager I Makes Closest Saturn Approach, Captures First Ring Images November 12, 1980USS Nautilus Decommissioned and Stricken from…
A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-five people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history. Date: November 21, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 21 π Events on this day in…