First Winter Ascent of Mount Everest by Wielicki and Cichy, February 17, 1980
Date: February 17, 1980
Date: February 17, 1980
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…
After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. Date: August 26, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1980Solidarity Founded in Gdańsk, Poland, September 17, 1980US Congress…
On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru. Date: May 17, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act. Date: April 2, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Vanuatu Gains Independence on July 30, 1980USS Nautilus Decommissioned and Stricken from…
In Florida, United States, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 430-meter (1,400 ft) section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 46 metres (150 ft) into the water and die. Date: May 9, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…