Jimmy Carter Signs Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act, April 2, 1980

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team. Date: March 14, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980MV Summit Venture Collides…

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 → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Vanuatu gains independence. Date: July 30, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Iran Air Flight 291 Crashes in Alborz Mountains, 128 Killed January 21, 1980Sangoulé Lamizana Ousted in Upper Volta Coup by Saye Zerbo…

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan), killing all 166 people on board. Date: July 8, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Egypt and…

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 1980Zimbabwe Joins…