Events That Happened in 1980

1980 Events

1980 Nov 7 The Eagles release Eagles Live
Eagles Live is the first live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released in 1980. The Eagles disbanded on July 31, 1980 after their concert at Long Beach. However, the ...
1980 Nov 8 Motörhead release Ace of Spades
Ace of Spades is the fourth album by the British band Motörhead. Released on 8 November 1980, it peaked at #4 on the UK album charts and reached Gold status by March 1981. It was preceded...
1980 Nov 14 Raging Bull is Released
Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It stars Robert De Niro as ...
1980 Nov 21 MGM Grand Hotel Fire
On the morning of November 21, 1980, 85 people died and more than 700 were injured as a result of a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel. This was the second largest life-loss hotel fire in United...
1980 Nov 23 Irpinia Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude (Ms) of 6.8 to 7.0 with a focal depth of 20 km. The area of severest shaking (Modified Mercalli Intensity X) was bounded by San Angelo del Lombardi, Calitri...
1980 Dec
to 1982 Jun
Deep Purple release Deep Purple in Concert
Deep Purple in Concert is an album by British hard rock band Deep Purple, of two concerts recorded by the BBC for their "In Concert" live series, recorded in 1970 and 1972. First released...
1980 Dec 5 Parliament releases Trombipulation
Trombipulation is a 1980 album by the funk band Parliament. It was released by Casablanca Records. It was the last album of original material produced by the group. Unlike previous Parlia...
1980 Dec 8 John Lennon Killed
On the morning of 8 December 1980, photographer Annie Leibovitz went to Ono and Lennon's apartment to do a photo shoot for Rolling Stone. She had promised Lennon a photo with Ono would ma...
1980 Dec 10 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
He has devoted many years of his life to the cause of human rights in Argentina and the whole of Latin America. He is an untiring and consistent champion of the principle of nonviolen...
1980 Dec 11 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Commonly Called Superfund, is Signed into Law
Superfund is the common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), a United States federal law designed to clean up abandoned haz...
1980 Dec 11 George Rogers Wins Heisman Trophy
Ball carriers can get pigeonholed as musclers or runabouts, not Rogers. S.C. backfield coach Bob Brown called him the ideal mix of bigness and quickness. New Orleans Saints coach Bum Phil...
1980 Dec 12 The Clash release Sandinista!
Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Anti...
1980 Dec 17 "Mon Oncle D'Amerique" Is Released
Mon oncle d'Amérique ("My American Uncle") is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais. The didactic film is built around the ideas of French physician, writer and philosopher Henr...
1980 Dec 28 Rendlesham Forest Incident
The Rendlesham Forest UFO case has taken on the mantle of the “British Roswell”, but in truth it is a far more significant event than Roswell. There is scarcely any other UFO case anywher...
1980 Dec 29 Cash-Landrum Incident
The Cash - Landrum case is undisputedly one of the classic UFO sighting/physical trace cases. It assumes great importance because of the traces left behind by the unknown object in the f...