Date: January 10, 1980
Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. Date: June 1, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Rendlesham Forest Unexplained Lights Sightings December 26, 1980Solidarity Founded in Gdańsk, Poland, September 17, 1980Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Elected Iceland’s First…
Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport. Date: October 29, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day…
USCGC 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 → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Aeroflot Flight 4225 Crashes Near Almaty, 166 Killed…
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay. Date: September 17, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Quebec Rejects Independence Referendum, 60% Vote, May 20, 1980Miami Riots After McDuffie Acquittal, May…
Lake Peigneur in Louisiana drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. Date: November 20, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events…
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador. Date: October 10, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980First Winter Ascent of Mount Everest by Wielicki and Cichy, February 17, 1980Hague Convention…