Historical Events for January 1980
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Months in 1980: February March April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 59 of 59
1st - 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
1st - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1st - Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
1st - International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
1st - Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
1st - Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
1st - Sweden changes order of succession to throne
1st - Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
2nd - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
3rd - Gold hits record $634 an ounce
6th - "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
6th - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
6th - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
6th - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
7th - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
8th - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
8th - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
9th - 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
10th - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
10th - Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
11th - Debut of Pretenders
12th - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
13th - "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 perfs
13th - Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
13th - Togo's constitution becomes effective
14th - Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
15th - Pam Gems' "Piaf!," premieres in London
16th - Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
17th - NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
18th - Gold reaches $1,000 an oz
18th - Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
18th - Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
20th - President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
20th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
20th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
20th - Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB
20th - Superbowl XIV: Pitts Steelers beat LA Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena
21st - Gold hits record $850 an ounce
21st - Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
22nd - Dissidents Andrei Sacharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
22nd - PGA begins a senior golf tour
22nd - West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
22nd - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
25th - Bani Sadr elected president of Iran
25th - Dutch Govt demands boycott of Olympics
25th - Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
25th - Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
26th - 175,000 pay to hear FRANK SINATRA sing in Rio de Janeiro!
26th - Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
26th - Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
26th - Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4½ minutes
27th - "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 45 perfs
27th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27
28th - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
28th - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
29th - 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
29th - Cleve Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
30th - Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in NYC
31st - Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41
