Historical Events for June 1980
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Months in 1980: January February March April May July August September October November December
Results 1 - 65 of 65
1st - 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
1st - ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
1st - Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif
1st - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
1st - Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
1st - Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
2nd - "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 perfs
3rd - "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 8 perfs
3rd - Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
3rd - ESPN begins televising college world series games
3rd - Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
3rd - NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
5th - Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
6th - Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbledon title
7th - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 perfs
7th - "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9
7th - 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
7th - 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
7th - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
7th - John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open
7th - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
8th - "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 8 perfs
8th - 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
8th - 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God & Evita win
8th - 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
9th - 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
9th - Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
9th - Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
9th - Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
11th - K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
12th - Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
13th - Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1
13th - Deborah Harry/Meat Loaf film, "Roadie," premieres
13th - Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"
13th - Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation
13th - UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
14th - Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32
15th - "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances
15th - 80th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
15th - Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
15th - Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
16th - "Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
16th - Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patents
17th - Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
18th - Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
18th - Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
19th - Battle between police & demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
20th - "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi opens in 594 theaters
20th - Calif Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs & double to beat Red Sox 20-2
20th - Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
22nd - Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
22nd - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
23rd - "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime
23rd - 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
23rd - West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
24th - Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million
25th - "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
27th - 1st female state police graduates (NJ)
27th - Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0
27th - Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
27th - US revives draft registration
28th - NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
29th - "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances
29th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
30th - West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
