Historical Events for October 1980
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Months in 1980: January February March April May June July August September November December
Results 1 - 65 of 65
1st - Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
2nd - Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
2nd - Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
3rd - 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris
4th - Mike Schmidt's 2-run HR clinches NL East title for Phillies
5th - Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
5th - Kathy Whitworth/Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
5th - Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
6th - Guyana adopts constitution
6th - John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
7th - Belgium 3rd govt of Martens resigns
8th - Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
8th - British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
8th - USSR & Syria sign peace treaty
8th - USSR performs nuclear test
9th - 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
9th - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
9th - Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
10th - 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
10th - Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
10th - Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in AL Championship series
11th - Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
11th - Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
11th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
12th - "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 perfs
12th - 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in LA
12th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
13th - 14th Country Music Assn Award:[approx]
13th - Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, NY
14th - Bob Marley's last concert
14th - Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
14th - Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
15th - George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids
15th - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein
16th - "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances
16th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
17th - 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW v Qld (2-52 & 1-39)
18th - Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
18th - Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
19th - Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
21st - "Banjo Dancing" opens at Century Theater NYC for 38 performances
21st - 1st (& only) time Phillies win World Series (in 98 years)
21st - Michael Gorbatsjov elected member of Politburo
21st - Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history
22nd - 4th govt of Martens forms in Belgium
22nd - New South Korean constitution comes into effect
23rd - "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances
23rd - McCosker (168) & Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW v WA
23rd - Soviet PM Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness
24th - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
24th - Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
24th - John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK
24th - Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
25th - Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
25th - Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
26th - 10th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3
26th - 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
26th - St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
27th - Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
27th - Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
30th - Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
30th - NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
31st - Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)
31st - Polish government recognizes Solidarity
31st - Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
