Operation Eagle Claw Disaster Kills Eight U.S. Servicemen, April 24, 1980
Date: April 24, 1980
Date: April 24, 1980
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 β π Other events on July 8 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980LOT Polish…
The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more. Date: May 27, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 27 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events…
A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-five people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history. Date: November 21, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 21 π Events on this day in…
Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4β3. Date: February 22, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 22 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1980Transbrasil Flight 303 Crash in…
Swedish tennis player BjΓΆrn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976β1980). Date: July 5, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 5 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More…
IranβIraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.) Date: November 28, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 28 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today) More events…