Biggest Events of the Year 1980

The Top Ten

1 U.S. presidential election, Republican Ronald Reagan Wins

2 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations

3 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow

4 John Lennon singer assassinated

One of the biggest personalities of music gets murdered

5 The Gwangju Massacre: airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju

6 Nigel Short, 14, is the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master

7 Mount St. Helens erupts, killing 57, and causing $2-$3 billion of damage

8 Start of Iran-Iraq war

9 US boycotts Moscow Olympics

10 Airplane is Released

admit it, I love Sports History on film 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. But once upon a time back in 1980, there was no such thing as collecting sports history on film. Some of the things I had to do was going to the movies, here's one I saw, I mean Roger Murdoch oops I mean Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in that movie, although I do admit that kid in that movie still call him Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Please listen to WZAZ in Chicago now before the station goes to dark.
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The Contenders

11 CNN launched

12 Iranian embassy siege in London, the UK

13 "Miracle On Ice", USA Hockey Team upsets Soviets

14 Alfred Hitchcock dies

15 Hollinwell incident

16 Bon Scott dies

17 Bologna Massacre

18 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Is Released

19 John Bonham dies and Led Zeppelin breaks up

20 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid

21 UEFA Euro 1980

22 1980 NBA Finals

23 Friday the 13th is released

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