Jimmy Carter Signs Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act, April 2, 1980
Date: April 2, 1980
Date: April 2, 1980
USCGCΒ Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers. Date: January 28, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 28 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Americo-Liberian Government Overthrown in Liberia April 12, 1980Dan-Air…
Cold War: American President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the SovietβAfghan War. Date: March 21, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 21 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Quebec Rejects…
Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms. Date: May 18, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Robert Mugabe Wins Zimbabwe Election, Becomes First Black Prime Minister March 4, 1980Jimmy Carter…
Archbishop Γscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans. Date: March 23, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 23 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Quebec…
Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege. Date: May 5, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 5 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980US Severs Relations with Iran During Hostage Crisis,…
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors. Date: March 31, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events…