1980
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 - 1980 - 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Events
- March 3 - Pierre Trudeau returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
- April 30 - Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- May 18 - Mount Saint Helens erupts
- Summer Olympic Games in Moscow USSR
- War begins between Iran and Iraq
- Invasion of Afghanistan by USSR
- November - Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter in the U.S. presidential election
- December 30 - After 25 years, the longest-running prime-time TV series The Wonderful World of Disney is cancelled by NBC.
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1980 in film
- 1980 in literature
- 1980 in music
- 1980 in sports
- January 20 - Super Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers (31) def. Los Angeles Rams (19)
- 1980 in television
Births
- February 11 - Matthew Lawrence, actor.
- February 11 - Natasha Bobo, actress.
Deaths
- January 3 - Joy Adamson, conservationist and author of Born Free (killed by a servant in northern Kenya).
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, film director
- March 31 - Jesse Owens, American athlete
- June 7 - Henry Miller, writer
- July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor
- October 25- Victor Galindez, boxing light heavyweight world champion, in car race accident.
- December 2 - Romain Gary, writer
- December 8 - John Lennon, musician
- December 31 - Marshall McLuhan (author)
- Clement Martyn Doke South African linguist
- Physics - James Watson Cronin, Val Logsdon Fitch
- Chemistry - Paul Berg, Walter Gilbert, Frederick Sanger
- Medicine - Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset, George D Snell
- Literature - Czeslaw Milosz
- Peace- Adolfo Perez Esquivel
- Economics - Lawrence Klein
Books