County Cork Train Crash Kills 18, Injures 170+ – August 1, 1980

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 1980Solidarity Founded in Gdańsk, Poland, September 17, 1980ANC Publishes Nelson Mandela’s…

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 1980Iraq Invades…

General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations. Date: May 17, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Iran Air Flight 291…

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…

In Norco, California, United States, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase. Date: May 9, 1980 Read more…

The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox. Date: May 8, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Irpinia Earthquake Shakes Southern Italy, Kills Thousands – November 23, 1980Miami Overtown and Liberty City Riots…