Date: January 27, 1980
Cold War: American President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War. Date: March 21, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Americo-Liberian Government…
The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Date: March 3, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Iran-Iraq War Operation Morvarid Destroys Iraqi Navy in Persian Gulf November 28, 1980MGM Grand…
Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut. Date: July 23, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1980Transbrasil Flight 303 Crash in Brazil Kills 55 April 12, 1980WHO Confirms…
The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture. Date: April 9, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Soyuz 38 Launches Cuban…
A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others. Date: September 26, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Gwangju Student Democratic Reform Protests Begin, May 18, 1980Miracle…