Explore 90 historical events and records for United States of America in 1980.
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Carter requests the Senate majority leader to delay consideration of the Treaty on the Senate floor in view of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Carter announces the US will comply with the provisions of the Treaty as long as Russia reciprocates, Brezhnev make a similar statement
Carter requests the Senate majority leader to delay consideration of the Treaty on the Senate floor in view of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Carter announces the US will comply with the provisions of the Treaty as long as Russia reciprocates, Brezhnev make a similar statement
With presidential approval, the Federal Reserve imposes a broad credit-control program that includes special reserve requirements and restraints intended to curb rapidly expanding credit and inflationary pressures.
Death of James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
Carter signs the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, extending Federal Reserve reserve requirements to all depository institutions and requiring priced access to many Federal Reserve services.
Resigns after a US commando mission fails to rescue hostages from Iran, 8 lives lost
John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open
Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests
Meets Thatcher and other leaders at the Venice G7 summit.
Releases the gospel album Saved.
Carter agrees in correspondence with Thatcher to supply Trident missiles to the United Kingdom
Cooperates with Britain over purchase of the Trident missile system.
Ronald Reagan formally accepts the Republican nomination for President
Opens on Broadway in The Elephant Man, earning praise for his stage performance as John Merrick.
Ali challenges Larry Holmes for the WBCs version of the world Heavyweight title looking to set another record as the first boxer to win the Heavyweight title four times, Ali lost by technical knockout in round eleven
Wonders tribute to Bob Marley, the reggaefied "Master Blaster (Jammin)," enters the charts, tops the R&B charts for 7 weeks
Releases The River, a double album mixing party songs, working-class stories and darker adult themes.
Appointed President of the USA, 40th President, 1st term
Foreign Minister, Sadeq Qotbzadeh, condemned the rescue effort as "an act of war". Extremists seize the US Embassy, take 66 hostages & demand the extradition of the Shah. A helicopter mission to rescue the hostages leads to political disaster
Informed at an NSC meeting that KGB agents had been identified in the US Embassy
Informed at an NSC meeting that KGB agents had been identified in the US Embassy
Death of Steve McQueen
Voyager 1 measures Saturn's magnetic field during the close flyby.
Voyager 1 images Saturn's rings and reveals intricate ring structure.
Voyager 1 studies Titan's thick atmosphere during the Saturn encounter.
Voyager 1 data establish that Titan possesses a dense atmosphere dominated by nitrogen.
Voyager 1 measurements constrain Titan's atmospheric pressure and surface temperature despite its opaque haze.
Voyager 1 flies past Saturn and studies the planet, rings and major moons.
Mission design directs Voyager 1 close to Titan, a gravity assist that sends the spacecraft out of the planetary plane.
Voyager science imagery identifies the small Saturnian moon later named Atlas.
Voyager 1 images reveal the complex braided appearance of Saturn's narrow F ring.
Voyager images show Enceladus has contrasting cratered and smoother terrains, implying differing geological ages.
Voyager imagery establishes Hyperion's strongly irregular shape and heavily cratered appearance.
Voyager observations emphasise the dramatic brightness contrast between Iapetus's hemispheres.
Voyager 1 returns detailed images of Mimas dominated by the enormous Herschel impact crater.
Voyager measurements refine Saturn's rotation period using radio and atmospheric observations.
Voyager imaging shows small moons gravitationally confining material around Saturn's F ring.
A US-led boycott reduces the number of participating nations to 80, the lowest number since 1956
Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Norma Rae"
Stars in Any Which Way You Can and directs Bronco Billy alongside Sondra Locke.
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