Historical Events for February 1980
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Months in 1980: January March April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 56 of 56
1st - Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1st - Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
2nd - FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors
3rd - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
3rd - Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
3rd - Mohammed Ali tours Africa as Pres Carter's envoy
4th - Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
4th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
5th - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
5th - Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
9th - Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
10th - Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in NYC
10th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
12th - "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 16 performances
12th - NY Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets
12th - Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
13th - Apollo Computer Inc incorporated
13th - NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
14th - "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
14th - 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
14th - US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
15th - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
15th - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
16th - Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
16th - Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record)
17th - Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)
17th - Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
18th - Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
18th - Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
19th - Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
19th - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18
20th - Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
21st - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44
21st - Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)
22nd - Afghanistan declares martial law
22nd - USA beats USSR in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
23rd - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
23rd - Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
23rd - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
23rd - Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill
24th - "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 16 performances
24th - Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
24th - Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
24th - USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal
25th - Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
26th - Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
26th - Milt coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
26th - R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
27th - 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
27th - Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
27th - Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
27th - Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
28th - "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
29th - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals
29th - Michael Bracey ends 59 h 55 m trapped in an elevator, England
