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  • Gumi, South Korea
    Jan, 1980
    Samsung

    Entering The Telecommunications Hardware Industry

    Gumi, South Korea
    Jan, 1980

    In 1980, Samsung acquired the Gumi-based Hanguk Jeonja Tongsin and entered telecommunications hardware. Its early products were switchboards. The facility was developed into the telephone and fax manufacturing systems and became the center of Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. They have produced over 800 million mobile phones to date. The company grouped them together under Samsung Electronics in the 1980s.




  • Harefield, Greater London, England
    1980
    Magdi Yacoub

    Beginning The Harefield Hospital Transplant Programme

    Harefield, Greater London, England
    1980

    Under Yacoub's leadership, the Harefield Hospital transplant programme began in 1980.




  • Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
    1980
    Microsoft

    Operating System

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
    1980

    Microsoft entered the operating system (OS) business in 1980 with its own version of Unix, called Xenix.




  • Mexico City, Mexico
    1980
    Carlos Slim

    Grupo Galas

    Mexico City, Mexico
    1980

    in 1980, Slim consolidated his business interests by forming Grupo Galas as the parent company of a conglomerate that had interests in industry, construction, mining, retail, food, and tobacco.




  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1980
    Rosa Parks

    Parks co-founded the Rosa L. Parks scholarship foundation

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1980

    In 1980, Parks—widowed and without immediate family—rededicated herself to civil rights and educational organizations. She co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation for college-bound high school seniors, to which she donated most of her speaker fees.




  • U.S.
    1980
    Microprocessor

    The First Samples The World's First Single-Chip Fully 32-bit Microprocessor

    U.S.
    1980

    The world's first single-chip fully 32-bit microprocessor, with 32-bit data paths, 32-bit buses, and 32-bit addresses, was the AT&T Bell Labs BELLMAC-32A, with first samples in 1980, and general production in 1982. After the divestiture of AT&T in 1984, it was renamed the WE 32000 (WE for Western Electric), and had two follow-on generations, the WE 32100 and WE 32200.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1980
    New York Stock Exchange

    New York Futures Exchange was established

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1980

    In 1980, the New York Futures Exchange was established.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1980
    World Bank

    World Bank Administrative Tribunal was established

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1980

    In 1980 the World Bank Administrative Tribunal was established to decide on disputes between the World Bank Group and its staff where allegation of non-observance of contracts of employment or terms of appointment had not been honored.


  • France
    1980
    Computer animation

    NFB's French-language animation studio

    France
    1980

    The NFB's French-language animation studio founded its Centre d'animatique in 1980, at a cost of $1 million CAD, with a team of six computer graphics specialists. The unit was initially tasked with creating stereoscopic CGI sequences for the NFB's 3-D IMAX film Transitions for Expo 86. Staff at the Centre d'animatique included Daniel Langlois, who left in 1986 to form Softimage.


  • California, U.S.
    1980
    Tony Hawk

    Professional Skateboarding

    California, U.S.
    1980

    Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981, and eventually returned for the show Homecoming with Rick Reilly, where he set up a ramp and performed a skateboarding demonstration. His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excessive energy. Hawk's skills developed, and he became a professional skateboarder at age 14. He was officially the National Skateboard Association world champion for 12 consecutive years.


  • Texas, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 1, 1980
    Juneteenth

    Officially made a state holiday

    Texas, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 1, 1980

    The bill passed through the Texas Legislature in 1979 and was officially made a state holiday on January 1, 1980.


  • India
    Wednesday Jan 2, 1980
    Indira Gandhi

    The 1980 Elections

    India
    Wednesday Jan 2, 1980

    Before the 1980 elections Gandhi approached the then Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Abdullah Bukhari and entered into an agreement with him on the basis of 10-point programme to secure the support of the Muslim votes. In the elections held in January, Congress returned to power with a landslide majority.


  • Orlando, Florida, U.S.
    Jan, 1980
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy was found guilty once again and Marriage

    Orlando, Florida, U.S.
    Jan, 1980

    Six months later, a second trial took place in Orlando, for the abduction and murder of Kimberly Leach. Bundy was found guilty once again, after less than eight hours' deliberation, due principally to the testimony of an eyewitness who saw him leading Leach from the schoolyard to his stolen van. Important material evidence included clothing fibers with an unusual manufacturing error, found in the van and on Leach's body, which matched fibers from the jacket Bundy was wearing when he was arrested. During the penalty phase of the trial, Bundy took advantage of an obscure Florida law providing that a marriage declaration in court, in the presence of a judge, constituted a legal marriage. As he was questioning former Washington State DES coworker Carole Ann Boone—who had moved to Florida to be near Bundy, had testified on his behalf during both trials, and was again testifying on his behalf as a character witness—he asked her to marry him. She accepted, and Bundy declared to the court that they were legally married.


  • New York, U.S.
    1980
    Donald Trump

    Grand Hyatt Hotel

    New York, U.S.
    1980

    The Commodore Hotel reopened in 1980 as the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and that same year, Trump obtained rights to develop Trump Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.


  • Iran
    Sunday Feb 3, 1980
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    First president of Iran

    Iran
    Sunday Feb 3, 1980

    On 4 February 1980, Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as the first president of Iran.


  • Brazil
    Sunday Feb 10, 1980
    Lula da Silva

    Workers' Party

    Brazil
    Sunday Feb 10, 1980

    On 10 February 1980, a group of academics, intellectuals, and union leaders, including Lula, founded the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) or Workers' Party, a left-wing party with progressive ideas created in the midst of Brazil's military government.


  • New York, U.S.
    Feb, 1980
    Stan Lee

    1980 work

    New York, U.S.
    Feb, 1980

    Lee and John Buscema produced the first issue of The Savage She-Hulk (February 1980), which introduced the female cousin of the Hulk, and crafted a Silver Surfer story for Epic Illustrated #1 (Spring 1980).


  • U.S.
    Sunday Feb 10, 1980
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy was sentenced for a third time to death by electrocution

    U.S.
    Sunday Feb 10, 1980

    On February 10, 1980, Bundy was sentenced for a third time to death by electrocution. As the sentence was announced, he reportedly stood and shouted, "Tell the jury they were wrong!" This third death sentence would be the one ultimately carried out nearly nine years later.


  • Quebec, Canada
    1980
    Celine Dion

    The first song

    Quebec, Canada
    1980

    At age 12, she collaborated with her mother and her brother Jacques to write and compose her first song, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve", whose title translates as "It Was Only a Dream" or "Nothing But A Dream". Her brother Michel sent the recording to music manager René Angélil, whose name he discovered on the back of a Ginette Reno album.


  • Green River, Utah, United States
    1980
    Gary Ridgway

    Ridgway strangled a prostitute

    Green River, Utah, United States
    1980

    In 1980, Ridgway was arrested for allegedly choking a prostitute, but no charges were filed after he claimed that the woman had bit him.


  • Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Friday Mar 21, 1980
    Ronaldinho

    Birth

    Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Friday Mar 21, 1980

    Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was born 21 March 1980 in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.


  • Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Tuesday Apr 1, 1980
    April Fools' Day

    Pranks (U.S.)

    Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Tuesday Apr 1, 1980

    Great Blue Hill eruption prank: On April 1, 1980, Boston television station WNAC-TV aired a fake news bulletin at the end of the 6 o'clock news which reported that Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts was erupting. The prank resulted in panic in Milton, where some residents began to flee their homes. The executive producer of the 6 o'clock news, Homer Cilley, was fired by the station for "his failure to exercise good news judgment" and for violating the Federal Communications Commission's rules about showing stock footage without identifying it as such.


  • Iran
    Sunday Apr 6, 1980
    Jimmy Carter

    Economic sanctions

    Iran
    Sunday Apr 6, 1980

    On April 7, 1980, Carter issued Executive Order 12205, imposing economic sanctions against Iran and announced further measures being taken by members of his cabinet and the American government that he deemed necessary to ensure a safe release.


  • Iran
    Thursday Apr 24, 1980
    Jimmy Carter

    Operation Eagle Claw

    Iran
    Thursday Apr 24, 1980

    On April 24, 1980, Carter ordered Operation Eagle Claw to try to free the hostages. The mission failed, leaving eight American servicemen dead and causing the destruction of two aircraft.


  • Nagoya, Japan
    Apr, 1980
    3D printing

    Hideo Kodama of Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute invented two additive methods

    Nagoya, Japan
    Apr, 1980

    In April 1980, Hideo Kodama of Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute invented two additive methods for fabricating three-dimensional plastic models with photo-hardening thermoset polymer, where the UV exposure area is controlled by a mask pattern or a scanning fiber transmitter.


  • Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
    Sunday May 4, 1980
    Josip Broz Tito

    Death

    Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
    Sunday May 4, 1980

    Tito died at the Medical Centre of Ljubljana on 4 May 1980, three days short of his 88th birthday.


  • Serbia
    Sunday May 4, 1980
    Kosovo War

    Tito's Death

    Serbia
    Sunday May 4, 1980

    Provincial power was still exercised by the Communist Party, but now devolved mainly to ethnic Albanian communists. Tito's death on 4 May 1980 ushered in a long period of political instability, worsened by growing economic crisis and nationalist unrest.


  • Singapore
    Jun, 1980
    Halimah Yacob

    Marriage

    Singapore
    Jun, 1980

    Halimah married to Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee, a Malay of Arab descent.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jun 13, 1980
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Aguirre's Birth

    U.S.
    Friday Jun 13, 1980

    Isauro Aguirre, also known as Tony Aguirre, was born on June 13, 1980. Aguirre repeated two grades in school and ultimately dropped out, implying a possible learning disability.


  • New Delhi, India
    Sunday Jun 22, 1980
    Indira Gandhi

    Son's Death

    New Delhi, India
    Sunday Jun 22, 1980

    On 23 June, Gandhi's son Sanjay was killed in an air crash while performing an aerobatic manoeuvre in New Delhi.


  • Pretoria, South Africa
    1980
    Elon Musk

    The Divorce

    Pretoria, South Africa
    1980

    In 1980, Elon Musk's parents got divorced.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1980
    Bill Gates

    IBM approached Microsoft

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 1, 1980

    IBM approached Microsoft in July 1980 in reference to an operating system for its upcoming personal computer, the IBM PC. IBM first proposed that Microsoft write the Basic interpreter.


  • Texas, U.S.
    1980
    Juneteenth

    Texas was the first state to recognize the date

    Texas, U.S.
    1980

    Most states recognize it in some way, either as a ceremonial observance or a state holiday. Texas was the first state to recognize the date, in 1980.


  • Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
    Sunday Jul 27, 1980
    Jacinda Ardern

    Birth

    Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
    Sunday Jul 27, 1980

    Jacinda was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Ardern grew up as a Mormon in Morrinsville and Murupara, where her father, Ross Ardern, worked as a police officer, and her mother, Laurell Ardern (née Bottomley), worked as a school catering assistant.


  • Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
    Tuesday Aug 19, 1980
    Plane Accidents

    Saudia Flight 163

    Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
    Tuesday Aug 19, 1980

    Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011, became the world's deadliest aviation accident that did not involve a crash. On August 19, 1980, The crew performed an emergency landing at Riyadh after a fire broke out in an aft baggage compartment. The fire burned through the ceiling of the compartment and into the passenger cabin. While the crew managed to land the plane safely, the captain did not stop immediately and order an evacuation. He taxied off the runway instead, by which time everyone in the cabin had become unconscious due to fumes and unable to open any doors or evacuate. All 301 passengers and crew died of suffocation before rescue ground crews could open any door, after which the aircraft burst into flames and was consumed by fire.


  • Michigan, U.S.
    Friday Sep 12, 1980
    Jimmy Hoffa

    Death of His Wife

    Michigan, U.S.
    Friday Sep 12, 1980

    Hoffa's wife, Josephine, died on September 12, 1980. She is entombed in Michigan.


  • Baghdad, Iraq
    Wednesday Sep 17, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Iraq abrogated The Algiers Protocol

    Baghdad, Iraq
    Wednesday Sep 17, 1980

    on 17 September 1980, Iraq suddenly abrogated the Algiers Protocol following the Iranian revolution. Saddam Hussein claimed that the Islamic Republic of Iran refused to abide by the stipulations of the Algiers Protocol and, therefore, Iraq considered the Protocol null and void. Five days later, the Iraqi army crossed the border.


  • Damascus, Arkansas, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 18, 1980
    Atomic Bomb

    The Damascus Accident

    Damascus, Arkansas, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 18, 1980

    September 18–19, 1980: the Damascus Accident, occurred in Damascus, Arkansas, where a Titan missile equipped with a nuclear warhead exploded. The accident was caused by a maintenance man who dropped a socket from a socket wrench down an 80-foot (24 m) shaft, puncturing a fuel tank on the rocket. Leaking fuel resulted in a hypergolic fuel explosion, jettisoning the W-53 warhead beyond the launch site.


  • Iran
    Sunday Sep 21, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Iraqi Air Force Launched Surprise Air Strikes

    Iran
    Sunday Sep 21, 1980

    Iraq launched a full-scale invasion of Iran on 22 September 1980. The Iraqi Air Force launched surprise air strikes on ten Iranian airfields with the objective of destroying the Iranian Air Force. The attack failed to damage the Iranian Air Force significantly; it damaged some of Iran's airbase infrastructure, but failed to destroy a significant number of aircraft.


  • Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Sunday Sep 21, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Starting The Battle of Khorramshahr

    Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Sunday Sep 21, 1980

    On 22 September, a prolonged battle began in the city of Khorramshahr, eventually leaving 7,000 dead on each side. Reflecting the bloody nature of the struggle, Iranians came to call Khorramshahr "City of Blood".


  • Iran
    Sunday Sep 21, 1980
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    War with Iraq

    Iran
    Sunday Sep 21, 1980

    Iraq launched a full-scale invasion of Iran, beginning the Iran–Iraq War (September 1980 – August 1988).


  • England, U.K.
    1980
    Vodafone

    The Beginning of a Group

    England, U.K.
    1980

    In 1980, Ernest Harrison, the then chairman of Racal Electronics, agreed to a deal with Lord Weinstock of the General Electric Company to allow Racal to access some of GEC's tactical battlefield radio technology.


  • Iran
    Monday Sep 22, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    IraqI ground invasion To Iran

    Iran
    Monday Sep 22, 1980

    The next day, Iraq launched a ground invasion along a front measuring 644 km (400 mi) in three simultaneous attacks. The invasion's purpose, according to Saddam, was to blunt the edge of Khomeini's movement and to thwart his attempts to export his Islamic revolution to Iraq and the Persian Gulf states.


  • Iran
    Monday Sep 22, 1980
    Qasem Soleimani

    Iran–Iraq War

    Iran
    Monday Sep 22, 1980

    On 22 September 1980, when Saddam Hussein launched an invasion of Iran, setting off the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), Soleimani joined the battlefield serving as the leader of a military company, consisting of men from Kerman whom he assembled and trained.


  • Iraqi
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Kaman 99

    Iraqi
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1980

    Though the Iraqi air invasion surprised the Iranians, the Iranian air force retaliated the day after with a large-scale attack against Iraqi air bases and infrastructure in Operation Kaman 99. Groups of F-4 Phantom and F-5 Tiger fighter jets attacked targets throughout Iraq, such as oil facilities, dams, petrochemical plants, and oil refineries, and included Mosul Airbase, Baghdad, and the Kirkuk oil refinery.


  • The Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1980
    Bob Marley

    Marley's Last Concert

    The Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1980

    Marley's last concert occurred at the Stanley Theater (now called The Benedum Center For The Performing Arts) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1980.


  • Basra, Iraq
    Wednesday Sep 24, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    The Iranian Navy Attack

    Basra, Iraq
    Wednesday Sep 24, 1980

    On 24 September, the Iranian Navy attacked Basra, Iraq, destroying two oil terminals near the Iraqi port Faw, which reduced Iraq's ability to export oil. The Iranian ground forces (primarily consisting of the Revolutionary Guard) retreated to the cities, where they set up defences against the invaders.


  • Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Monday Sep 29, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Clearing The Iranians From The outskirts of The city

    Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Monday Sep 29, 1980

    By 30 September, the Iraqis had managed to clear the Iranians from the outskirts of the city. The next day, the Iraqis launched infantry and armoured attacks into the city. After heavy house-to-house fighting, the Iraqis were repelled.


  • Baghdad, Iraq
    Tuesday Sep 30, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Scorch Sword

    Baghdad, Iraq
    Tuesday Sep 30, 1980

    On 30 September, Iran's air force launched Operation Scorch Sword, striking and badly damaging the nearly-complete Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad.


  • Baghdad, Iraq
    Wednesday Oct 1, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Air attacks

    Baghdad, Iraq
    Wednesday Oct 1, 1980

    By 1 October, Baghdad had been subjected to eight air attacks. In response, Iraq launched aerial strikes against Iranian targets.


  • Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 2, 1980
    Muhammad Ali Clay

    Ali dominated

    Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 2, 1980

    The fight took place on October 2, 1980, in Las Vegas Valley, with Holmes easily dominating Ali, who was weakened from thyroid medication he had taken to lose weight. Holmes defeated Ali by 10th round TKO.


  • Algeria
    Friday Oct 10, 1980
    01:25:00 PM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1980 El Asnam Earthquake

    Algeria
    Friday Oct 10, 1980
    01:25:00 PM

    The 1980 El Asnam earthquake occurred on October 10 at 13:25:25 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock occurred in the Algerian town of El Asnam (now known as Chlef). l was damaged significantly enough that victims had to be transported more than 160 km (100 mi) away to the next nearest hospital. Both events caused considerable damage with at least 2,633 killed and 8,369 injured.


  • Taiwan
    1980
    International Monetary Fund

    Taiwan was ejected from the IMF

    Taiwan
    1980

    Taiwan was ejected from the IMF in 1980 after losing the support of the United States President Jimmy Carter and was replaced by the People's Republic of China.


  • Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Monday Oct 13, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    The Iraqis Launched a Second offensive on Khorramshahr

    Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Monday Oct 13, 1980

    On 14 October, the Iraqis launched a second offensive. The Iranians launched a controlled withdrawal from the city, street by street.


  • California, United States
    1980
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix began to fully pursue his career as an actor

    California, United States
    1980

    In 1980, Phoenix began to fully pursue his career as an actor, making his first appearance on a TV show called Fantasy singing with his sister Rain.


  • San Antonio, Texas, United States
    1980
    Kroger

    Kroger entered the competitive San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, United States
    1980

    Kroger entered the competitive San Antonio, Texas, market in 1980 but pulled out in mid-1993.


  • Dezful, Iran - Ahvaz, Iran
    Oct, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Saddam ordered his forces to advance towards Dezful and Ahvaz

    Dezful, Iran - Ahvaz, Iran
    Oct, 1980

    In November, Saddam ordered his forces to advance towards Dezful and Ahvaz, and lay sieges to both cities. However, the Iraqi offensive had been badly damaged by Iranian militias and air power. Iran's air force had destroyed Iraq's army supply depots and fuel supplies, and was strangling the country through an aerial siege.


  • Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
    Nov, 1980
    Microsoft

    IBM PC

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
    Nov, 1980

    After negotiations with Digital Research failed, IBM awarded a contract to Microsoft in November 1980 to provide a version of the CP/M OS, which was set to be used in the upcoming IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC).


  • U.S.
    Nov, 1980
    DC Comics

    The New Teen Titans

    U.S.
    Nov, 1980

    In November 1980 DC launched the ongoing series The New Teen Titans, by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, two popular talents with a history of success.


  • Ecuador
    1980
    Pedro López (serial killer)

    The Monster of the Andes (Full Documentary)

    Ecuador
    1980

    Lopez became known as the 'Monster of the Andes' in 1980 when he led police to the graves of 53 of his victims in Ecuador, all girls between nine and 12 years old. Three years later he was found guilty of murdering 110 young girls in Ecuador and confessed to a further 240 murders of missing girls in neighbouring Peru and Colombia.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 4, 1980
    Jimmy Carter

    The 1980 United States presidential election

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 4, 1980

    The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 1980. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter. Due to the rise of conservativism following Reagan's victory, some historians consider the election to be a realigning election that marked the start of the "Reagan Era".


  • Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Sunday Nov 9, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Capturing the city of Khorramshahr

    Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
    Sunday Nov 9, 1980

    By 24 October, most of the city was captured, and the Iranians evacuated across the Karun River. Some partisans remained, and fighting continued until 10 November.


  • Kentucky, United States
    1980
    Gary Webb

    Webb's first investigative work

    Kentucky, United States
    1980

    Webb's first major investigative work appeared in 1980, when the Cincinnati Post published "The Coal Connection," a seventeen-part series by Webb and Post reporter Thomas Scheffey.


  • U.S.
    1980
    Xerox

    Xerox announced the 5700 laser printing system

    U.S.
    1980

    In 1980, Xerox announced the 5700 laser printing system, a much smaller version of their 9700, but with revolutionary touch screen capabilities and multiple media input (word processing disks, IBM magcards, etc.) and printer 'finishing' options. This product was allegedly never intended to make the commercial markets due to its development cost, but rather to show the innovation of Xerox. It took off with many customers but was soon replaced with its smaller and lower cost 2700 Distributed Electronic Printer offering in 1982.


  • U.S.
    1980
    Sherry Dyson

    Chris left her to move in with Jackie and to prepare for fatherhood

    U.S.
    1980

    After three years of marriage to Sherry, Chris left her to move in with Jackie and to prepare for fatherhood.


  • Iraq
    Friday Nov 28, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Morvarid

    Iraq
    Friday Nov 28, 1980

    On 28 November, Iran launched Operation Morvarid (Pearl), a combined air and sea attack which destroyed 80% of Iraq's navy and all of its radar sites in the southern portion of the country.


  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Sunday Nov 30, 1980
    Johan Cruyff

    Technical advisor

    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Sunday Nov 30, 1980

    After his spell in the U.S. and a short-lived stay in Spain, Cruyff returned to play in his homeland, rejoining Ajax on 30 November 1980 as "technical advisor" to trainer Leo Beenhakker, Ajax being eighth in the league table at the time after 13 games played. After 34 games, however, Ajax finished the 1980–81 season in second.


  • U.S.
    Dec, 1980
    Nike, Inc.

    The Company Went Public

    U.S.
    Dec, 1980

    By 1980, Nike had attained a 50% market share in the U.S. athletic shoe market, and the company went public in December of that year.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Dec 6, 1980
    Robin Williams

    First major performance

    U.S.
    Saturday Dec 6, 1980

    His first major performance is as the title character in Popeye (1980). There, Williams showcased the acting skills previously demonstrated in his television work; and the film's commercial disappointment was not blamed on his performance.


  • Iran
    Saturday Dec 6, 1980
    Iran–Iraq War

    Going on the defensive

    Iran
    Saturday Dec 6, 1980

    On 7 December, Hussein announced that Iraq was going on the defensive. By the end of 1980, Iraq had destroyed about 500 Western-built Iranian tanks and captured 100 others.


  • New York, U.S.
    Monday Dec 8, 1980
    The Beatles

    Lennon's Death

    New York, U.S.
    Monday Dec 8, 1980

    In December 1980, Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City apartment.


  • U.S.
    1980
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1980 United States heat wave

    U.S.
    1980

    The 1980 United States heat wave was a period of intense heat and drought that wreaked havoc on much of the Midwestern United States and Southern Plains throughout the summer of 1980. It is among the most devastating natural disasters in terms of deaths and destruction in U.S. history, claiming at least 1,700 lives and because of the massive drought, agricultural damage reached US$20.0 billion (equivalent to $61 billion in 2018 dollars).


  • Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 16, 1980
    KFC

    Death of Creator

    Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 16, 1980

    On 16 December 1980, his promotional work making him a prominent figure in American cultural history. By the time of his death, there were an estimated 6,000 KFC outlets in 48 different countries worldwide, with $2 billion of sales annually.


  • Virginia, U.S.
    1980
    Vodafone

    Commercial Mobile Radio

    Virginia, U.S.
    1980

    In 1980, The head of Racal's military radio division, Gerry Whent, was briefed by Ernest Harrison to drive the company into commercial mobile radio. Whent visited a mobile radio factory run by General Electric (unrelated to GEC) in Virginia, USA, the same year to understand the commercial use of military radio technology.


  • Kyoto, Japan
    1980
    Nintendo

    Donkey Kong

    Kyoto, Japan
    1980

    Nintendo had some small success with this venture, but the release of Donkey Kong in 1981, designed by Miyamoto, changed Nintendo's fortunes dramatically. The success of the game and many licensing opportunities (such as ports on the Atari 2600, Intellivision and ColecoVision) gave Nintendo a huge boost in profit and in addition, the game also introduced an early iteration of Mario, then known in Japan as Jumpman, the eventual company mascot. Nintendo would continue to manufacture arcade games and systems until 1992.


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