Operation Eagle Claw: 8 U.S. Servicemen Die in Iran Hostage Crisis, April 24, 1980

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 1980Robert Mugabe Wins Zimbabwe Election, Becomes First Black Prime Minister March 4, 1980Chun Doo-hwan…

A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today. Date: September 11, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980John…

Zimbabwe joins the United Nations. Date: August 25, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Final Train March 31, 1980Jimmy Carter Announces U.S. Boycott of Moscow Olympics March 21,…

Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed. Date: April 12, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station. Date: September 18, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Pope John Paul II Meets Dalai Lama in Vatican City, October…