1980
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January
Rubik's Cube
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5Federal minimum wage
set at $3.10 an hour.
Alabama def. Arkansas in
Sugar Bowl for NCAA
Championship.
Carter meets with
National Security Council
regarding Soviet
aggression in
Afghanistan.
Carter asks Senate to
delay debate on SALT II
arms treaty with USSR.
Carter proclaims US grain
embargo against USSR.
Iowa farmers angry over
grain embargo against
USSR as market prices
decline.
New Year's Day
6 7 8 9 10 11 12Indira Gandhi's Congress
Party wins election in
India.
Carter authorizes $1.5
billion loan bail out of
Chrysler Corp.
NCAA decides to sponsor
women's championships
in 5 sports.
63 people beheaded in
Saudi Arabia for 1979
raid on Grand Mosque in
Mecca.
Last broadcast of
"Rockford Files" on NBC
Honda announces it will
build Japan's first US auto
plant in Ohio.
Iran threatens oil embargo
against any UN nation
voting for sanctions.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19Conrail freight train
carrying toxic chemicals
derails in Athens, OH.
UN votes 104-18
deploring Soviet acts in
Afghanistan.
Carter praises UN
resolution calling for
Soviet withdrawal from
Afghanistan.
Paul McCartney arrested
in Tokyo for marijuana
possession.
Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
hits #1.
Studio 54 owners
sentenced to 3 years in
prison for tax evasion.
Iran says return of Shah is
a condition of releasing
American hostages.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26Pittsburgh Steelers defeat
LA Rams to win Super
Bowl.
Gold peaks at $875 a troy
ounce.
PGA begins a senior golf
tour.
Carter's State of the
Union address
In reaction to Soviet
aggression US announces
intention to sell military
equipment to China.
Black Entertainment
Television launched.
Rubik's Cube named
BATR Toy of the Year in
London.
Israel and Egypt establish
diplomatic relations.
M. L. King Jr. Day
27 28 29 30 31US Olympic Committee
calls for Moscow games
to be moved, postponed,
or cancelled.
Carter sends 1981 Budget
to Congress.
Six Iranian held US
hostages escape using
Canadian passports.
First ever Chinese
Olympic team arrives in
New York for Winter
Games.
Spanish embassy in
Guatemala seized by
terrorists is stormed by
police killing 41.
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February
Miracle on Ice
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2
Olympic torch passes
through Washington DC
on way to Lake Placid.
Reports surface of FBI
sting targeting members
of Congress with phony
bribes.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9Death toll of New Mexico
prison riot still
undetermined.
Eight Congressmen under
investigation as a result of
2 year FBI operation
ABSCAM.
Egypt ends boycott of
Israel.
Sen. Kennedy challenges
Pres. Carter to debate.
Taiwan refused Olympic
accreditation unless it
changes national anthem
and flag.
Israeli troops clash with
Palestinians in Lebanon.
Carter calls for draft
registration to include
women.
Soviets reinforce
Jalalabad, Afghanistan as
guerrilla efforts intensify.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16Illegal aliens from Haiti
pouring into Florida; INS
denies them political
asylum.
100th day of Iranian
hostage crisis
Soviet troops and Afghan
rebels battle in Kabul.
Opening ceremony for
Lake Placid Winter
Olympics
Walter Cronkite
announces retirement
from CBS News.
Elvis Costello releases
"Get Happy."
Statehood is major issue
in Puerto Rican
Republican primary.
Valentine's Day
17 18 19 20 21 22 23Buddy Baker wins
Daytona 500.
Pierre Trudeau's Liberal
Party wins Canadian
elections.
Supreme Court allows
federal abortion payments
for poor women,
overruling the Hyde
Amendment.
Production of Susan B.
Anthony dollars
temporarily halted.
Pres. candidate Reagan
criticizes Supreme Court
ruling allowing fed. gov.
to pay for abortions.
US hockey team defeats
USSR at Olympics in a
game called the Miracle
on Ice.
Skater Eric Heiden wins
5th gold medal.
President's Day
24 25 26 27 28 29US hockey wins Olympic
gold defeating Finland.
Moscow's puppet
government in
Afghanistan reportedly in
shambles.
Reagan wins New
Hampshire Republican
presidential primary.
Billy Joel wins album of
the year at Grammy
Awards.
Rep. candidates Reagan,
Bush, Baker, and
Connally debate in S.
Carolina.
Gordie Howe becomes
first NHL player to score
800 goals.
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March
Soviet BM-27 Multiple Rocket Launcher used in Afghanistan
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1
Voyager 1 probe confirms
existence of Janus, moon
of Saturn.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8Snow falls in Florida Major Soviet offensive in
Afghanistan
Rhodesia renamed
Zimbabwe.
Sen. Ted Kennedy wins
Mass. Democratic
Presidential primary.
USSR denies refugee
accusations of using
nerve gas in Afghanistan.
Soviet embassy in West
Berlin bombed by Afghan
resistance fighters.
Confrontation with
militants ends plan to
have Iran gov't take
custody of hostages.
9 10 11 12 13 14 15Plant disease destroying
much of Cuba's tobacco
crop.
Willard Scott becomes
"Today Show" weather
man.
Carter urges Congress to
ratify SALT II. Israel
seizes Arab land in east
Jerusalem.
John Wayne Gacy
convicted of 33 murders.
Ford Motor Co. found
innocent in deaths caused
by fiery Pinto.
Polish airline crash kills
87 including 22 of US
amateur boxing team.
Former Pres. Ford denies
he will seek Republican
nomination.
Daylight Saving Time
16 17 18 19 20 21 22NBC, ABC, and PBS
plan to offer subtitled
broadcasts for the deaf.
Economists predict
recession this year.
Soviet Vostok rocket
explodes on launch pad
killing 50.
Nicaragua and USSR sign
a trade agreement.
Commerce Dept. reports
inflation still on the rise.
President Carter
announces boycott of
Moscow Summer
Olympics.
Sen. Kennedy anti-
inflation plan includes
wage-price freeze.
St. Patrick's Day
23 24 25 26 27 28 29Journey releases
"Departure."
Louisville def. UCLA in
NCAAB championship.
ABC Iranian Hostage
show renamed
"Nightline."
Israel rejects US request
to halt West Bank
settlements.
Sen. Kennedy pulls off
upset wins in NY and
Conn. Primaries.
Mt. St. Helens, 123 yrs
dormant, spews ash,
steam, crater forms at
summit, north face
bulges.
Prime lending rate is
record high at 19.5%.
Baseball team owners
seek help from federal
mediators to avoid strike.
Easter
30 31Jesse Owens dies. Index of economic
indicators reports rate of
inflation at all time high
of 14.76%.
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April
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John Anderson
considering third-party
candidacy.
Fixed mortgage rate at
16.33%.
Prime lending rate
reaches 20%.
Carter wants fee on
imported oil.
France performs nuclear
test.
US performs nuclear test.
USSR performs nuclear
test.
National Guard sets up
roadblocks as tourism
around volcanic Mount
St. Helens soars.
April Fool's Day
6 7 8 9 10 11 12Post-It notes introduced. World Health Org. reports
spread of smoking in
developing nations as
tobacco co.'s seek new
markets.
Iranian diplomats ordered
to leave US by midnight.
Soviet Soyuz 35
launches.
Soviet cosmonauts dock
with Salyut 6 Space
Station.
NASA Viking 2 Mars
Lander ends
communication.
EEOC issue sexual
harassment regulations.
Andy Warhol and other
artists donate prints for
Kennedy's pres. campaign
fundraising.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19Steve Ballesteros wins
Masters.
After 3,388 performances
"Grease" closes on
Broadway.
"Kramer vs. Kramer"
wins Academy Award for
Best Picture and Dustin
Hoffman for Best Actor.
Jean-Paul Sartre dies. Arthur Ashe retires from
tennis after heart surgery.
Housing starts at lowest
level in 20 years.
Israel attacks Palestinian
guerrillas in Lebanon.
George Bush wins
Maine's Republican state
convention.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26Mariel Boatlift from Cuba
begins.
Howard Stern begins
broadcasting in Detroit.
Officials investigate Rosie
Riuz and her record
Boston Marathon time.
Bush and Kennedy are
winners in yesterday's
Pennsylvania primaries.
US military operation
Eagle Claw to save 52
hostages in Iran fails, 8
die.
Carter announces to the
public that a rescue
attempt of Iranian held
hostages failed.
Iranian militants scatter
US hostages from
embassy.
27 28 29 30Bodies of US servicemen
killed in rescue mission
displayed on Iranian TV.
Florida National Guard
called to deal with influx
of Cuban refugees.
Alfred Hitchcock dies. Carter refuses to debate
rival Kennedy.
Anderson facing legal
problems getting name on
some state ballots.
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May
Mount St. Helens erupts
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3
Tent city erected at Elgin
AFB in Florida to
accommodate Cuban
boatlift refugees.
Pope John Paul II begins
African Tour.
Genuine Risk becomes
2nd filly to win Kentucky
Derby.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10Death of Yugoslavian
President Tito announced.
Rubik's Cube introduced
into the US from
Hungary.
System processing Cuban
refugees nears collapse.
Dow Jones closes at 816.
Marines sent to help
Florida National Guard
with Cuban refugee crisis.
World Health
Organization announces
eradication of smallpox.
35 motorists die when
Liberian freighter rams
and collapses a Tampa
Bay bridge.
"Friday the 13th"
premieres.
11 12 13 14 15 16 17Henry Hill busted on drug
possession.
Cuban refugees arriving
in Key West yesterday is
highest daily total.
Numerous criminals,
mental, and terminal
cancer patients among
Cuban refugees.
Carter attempts to order
end of Cuban boatlift.
Refugee boats ignore
Coast Guard and continue
to arrive in Florida.
L.A. Lakers win NBA
championship defeating
Philadelphia 76ers.
Codex wins the
Preakness.
Mother's Day
18 19 20 21 22 23 24Mount St. Helens erupts. Apple III home computer
introduced at National
Computer Conference in
Anaheim.
Quebec independence
referendum rejected by
60% of voters.
Love Canal declared a
disaster area.
"Empire Strikes Back"
premieres.
Phil Donahue marries
Marlo Thomas.
Mt. St. Helens erupts
again.
"The Shining" premieres.
NY Islanders defeat
Philadelphia Flyers for
Stanley Cup.
25 26 27 28 29 30 31Johnny Rutherford wins
3rd Indy 500.
Haiti asks US to accept
50,000 Haitian refugees a
year.
South Korean police end
a people's uprising that
left 2,000 dead.
NASA's Pioneer
spacecraft maps surface of
Venus.
Larry Bird named NBA
rookie of the year.
Pope John Paul's visit
marks first papal visit to
France since 1814.
US threatens to veto any
UN resolution declaring
an independent
Palestinian state.
Memorial Day
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June
Mariel Boatlift landing in Key West, Florida
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CNN begins
broadcasting.
Additional troops arrive
at Ft. Chaffee, AR to
maintain order after
yesterday's Cuban refugee
riot.
Soviet Soyuz 35 returns
to Earth after linkup with
Salyut 6 Space Station.
Democrats worry about
potential convention fight
for delegates between
Carter and challenger
Kennedy.
Soyuz T2 launched to
dock with Salyut 6.
Bjorn Borg defeats John
McEnroe for Wimbledon
title.
Castro sending boatloads
of prisoners to Florida.
Justice Dept. to deport
Cuban refugee criminals.
8 9 10 11 12 13 14Bjorn Borg wins French
Open.
Richard Pryor suffers near
fatal burns free basing
cocaine.
Senate votes to end
filibuster of Carter's draft
registration bill.
Adjustable rate mortgage
announced at 13.74%
Special task force to
process huge number of
recent Cuban refugees.
Mt. St. Helens erupts for
3rd time.
Sen. Kennedy vows to
keep fighting for
Democratic presidential
nomination.
Flag Day
15 16 17 18 19 20 21Jack Nicklaus wins US
Open.
"Blues Brothers"
premieres in Chicago.
Survey shows lack of
consumer confidence in
economy.
Democratic party
platform calls for national
health insurance.
"Superman II" premieres. Roberto Duran defeats
Sugar Ray Leonard to win
WBC welterweight
championship in
Montreal.
President Carter meets
with Pope John Paul II in
Italy.
Father's Day Summer Solstice
22 23 24 25 26 27 28London demonstrators
protest cruise missile
deployment in Britain.
Morning talk show "The
David Letterman Show"
debuts.
Senate approves halting
of interest-free student
loans.
Dow Jones closes at 887. Reagan campaign begins
search for running mate.
Carter signs draft
registration bill into law.
Richard Pryor taken off
critical list at California
hospital.
29 302nd quarter losses worst
in US auto industry
history.
Queen releases "The
Game."
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July
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"O Canada" proclaimed
Canada's national anthem.
Devo releases "Freedom
of Choice."
"Airplane" premieres. Largest beer sales in
Texas history attributed to
heat wave.
Nolan Ryan 4th to strike
out 3,000.
Bjorn Borg defeats John
McEnroe for Wimbledon
title.
Independence Day
6 7 8 9 10 11 12Top 3 auto makers now
GM, Toyota, and Nissan
following decline of Ford
and Chrysler.
Fighting reported along
Iran-Iraq border.
US automakers criticize
Carter for not helping
industry.
Dow Jones closes at 897.
Seven die in stampede to
see Pope in Brazil.
Ayatollah Khomeini
orders release of hostage
Rich Queen because of
health reasons.
FDA reports that Valium
is most prescribed drug in
US.
Republican right wing
strongly opposes
moderates Bush and
Baker as potential Reagan
VP candidates.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19Over 600 arrested in Iran
for plotting to overthrow
government.
Republican National
Convention opens in
Detroit.
Ford meets with Reagan,
reportedly declines offer
to run as Republican VP.
29 nations compete in
Liberty Bell Classic in PA
as one of several
alternative events to
Moscow Olympics.
Ronald Reagan's
Republican Convention
acceptance speech, picks
George Bush as running
mate.
Sony Walkman
introduced into US
market.
Opening ceremonies for
Moscow Summer
Olympics.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26Tom Watson wins British
Open.
Zoop Zoetemelk wins
Tour de France.
Draft registration begins
in US.
Senate debates bill to
protect land in Alaska
from oil drilling.
Congress Republicans
call for investigation into
Billy Carter's dealings
with Libya.
Senate Judiciary
Committee joins
investigation of Billy
Carter's relationship with
Libya.
Peter Sellers dies. AC/DC "Back in Black"
released.
"Caddyshack" premieres.
Cuban refugees housed in
Orange Bowl ousted to
make way for Miami
Dolphins football team.
27 28 29 30 31Shah of Iran dies of
cancer in Cairo.
Ford Motor Company
reports largest 2nd quarter
loss in US history.
8 million said to be
starving in Eastern Africa.
Justice Dept. reports
Libya paid Billy Carter to
help acquire C-130
transport planes
embargoed by brother.
Chrysler's 2nd quarter
loss largest ever.
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August
Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini
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Khomeini supporters go
on hunger strike in front
of White House.
Actor's strike in CA.
Terrorist bombing of train
station in Bologna, Italy.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9Closing ceremonies of
Moscow Olympic games.
President Carter's
"Billygate" press
conference.
Riot at Cuban refugee
camp in Indiantown Gap,
PA.
Chrysler Chairman Lee
Iacocca drives first K-car
off assembly line.
Hurricane Allen, 2nd
strongest in recorded
history, heads toward
Texas coast.
Carter has lowest poll
ratings in Presidential
history.
Hurricane Allen makes
landfall between
Brownsville and Corpus
Christi.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16Jack Nicklaus wins PGA
Championship.
Dem. convention begins
at Madison Sq. Garden.
Reggie Jackson hits 400th
home run.
Kennedy withdraws from
presidential race.
Khomeini tightens
censorship in Iran.
Plane hijacked to Cuba by
refugees, 2nd in 4 days,
hijackers arrested in
Havana.
Carter-Mondale ticket
nominated for 2nd term.
17,000 Polish workers go
on strike.
"Smokey and the Bandit
II" premieres.
Census Bureau reports
80% increase in single
parent families
17 18 19 20 21 22 23Viking 1 Mars Orbiter
powers down after over
1,400 orbits.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
endorse Reagan, first
presidential endorsement
by VFW in 80 yrs.
Israel conducts biggest
raid in 2 years into
Lebanon.
Reports of US developing
new Stealth bomber that
is invisible to radar.
Billy Carter testifies
before subcommittee
investigating his dealings
with Libya.
Department of Defense
confirms the leaks
regarding Stealth aircraft
technology.
Polish government agrees
to meet with strike leader
Lech Walesa.
24 25 26 27 28 29 30Communist Party
dismisses top Polish
officials over handling of
workers' strike.
Communist Party leader
makes concessions to
striking workers in
Poland.
Concern that Polish labor
unrest might lead to
Soviet intervention.
Jetliner hijacked to Cuba
is seventh in three weeks.
Striking workers in
Poland break off
negotiations.
300th day of Iranian
hostage captivity.
Carter refuses debate with
John Anderson.
Polish gov't agrees to
strikers' demands of right
to unionize and strike.
31Poland's Solidarity labor
union forms under the
leadership of Lech
Walesa.
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September
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Gallon of gas costs $1.26. Forced busing for school
integration ordered in
Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Los
Angeles.
NATO and Warsaw Pact
military maneuvers taking
place in Europe.
Independent presidential
candidate John Anderson
ruled eligible to receive
federal matching funds.
World's longest auto
tunnel opens in Swiss
Alps.
Chris Evert Lloyd wins
US Tennis Open.
Labor Day
7 8 9 10 11 12 13Emmy Award winners
include "Taxi" and Ed
Asner for "Lou Grant."
McEnroe defeats Borg for
US Open title.
Eastern Airline flight
hijacked to Cuba.
Troops sent to violent
Cuban refugee camp in
Ft. McCoy, WI.
Britain closes embassy in
Iran, begins deporting
Iranian protesters arrested
in London.
Surgeon General
approves dispensing
marijuana pills to cancer
patients.
Apple III goes on sale to
the public for $4,300.
Dow Jones closes at 941.
Military coup in Turkey. Chemical dumping
suspected in outbreak of
mystery illnesses in area
of Memphis, Tenn.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20Polish gov't rules
regarding new unions too
strict, workers threaten
new strike.
Community backlash
expected after Cuban
refugee from Ft. McCoy,
WI is arrested for murder
of citizen.
Forced integration busing
starts in L.A.
House testimony blames
NSA aide for stealth leak.
Iran-Iraq border dispute
escalating.
Soviet Soyuz 38 carries
two cosmonauts to Salyut
6 space station.
Cuban and Soviet
cosmonauts dock with
space station.
Carrier Dome opens in
Syracuse, NY.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27Presidential debate in
Baltimore between
Republican Ronald
Reagan and Independent
John Anderson.
Iraq declares war on Iran. Iraq bombs Iranian oil
refinery, world's largest.
Iran bombs Iraqi chemical
plant in Basra.
Left and right wing
extremists continue to
clash in El Salvador.
Led Zeppelin drummer
John Bonham dies.
Surgeon General
recommends women stop
using tampons due to risk
of toxic shock syndrome.
US embassy in Beirut
under heavy guard after
attack by pro-Iranian
group.
28 29 30Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
premieres on PBS.
Poland trade unions set to
strike with promised
wages not met.
NATO war games end in
West Germany.
DIX standard for Ethernet
established.
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October
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Iranian airstrikes hit Iraqi
nuclear plant.
Larry Holmes defeats
Mohammad Ali in Las
Vegas, first time Ali is
knocked out.
Polish workers begin 1st
legal strike in Communist
nation. Reagan speech
appeals to religious right.
Banks unwilling to lend
money to independent
presidential candidate
John Anderson.
5 6 7 8 9 10 11West German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt wins
parliamentary election.
Supreme Court refuses to
intervene in school busing
cases.
Independent presidential
candidate John Anderson
is now on all 50 state
ballots after Georgia
ruling.
Talking Heads "Remain
in Light" is released.
Carter set to sign
legislation authorizing
relocation of Cuban
refugees to Puerto Rico.
Algerian earthquake kills
an estimated 4,500. Pac-
Man is released in US.
Two Soviet cosmonauts
who have set new record
for space endurance
return to Earth.
12 13 14 15 16 17 18Iraq forces within a few
miles of Iran's largest oil
refinery.
Battle rages for Iranian
Abadan oil refinery. Iraqi
planes bomb Isfafan,
Iran's 2nd largest city.
Reagan promises 1st
woman Supreme Court
Justice.
Iran bombs Baghdad.
Iran and Iraq conduct air
raids. Iran begins gas
rationing.
Major battle between
Soviet troops and Afghan
rebels reported near
Kabul.
Israeli troops target
terrorist camps in
Lebanon.
Kidnapping and killing of
black children in Atlanta
continues.
Columbus Day
19 20 21 22 23 24 25Islamic holiday ceasefire
ignored in Iran-Iraq War.
FDA recommends
warning labels on
tampons regarding toxic
shock syndrome.
Philadelphia Phillies
defeat Kansas City for
World Series title.
Census Bureau says
median family income in
US at $20,000.
Israel considers annexing
Golan Heights.
CIA official David
Barnett convicted of
spying for Soviets.
In Atlanta over 2000
volunteers search for
more missing black
children.
26 27 28 29 30 31Iraq launches missiles
against Dizful, Iran.
Terrorist bombs explode
in Jerusalem and Tel
Aviv.
Pope John Paul II
criticizes birth control and
organ transplants.
Presidential debate in
Cleveland between Carter
and Reagan.
Federal budget deficit
reported to be largest in
US history.
Soviet leader Brezhnev
meets with Polish
officials. Carter with
Lech Walesa at campaign
stop in Mich.
Polish labor unions
winning concessions.
Halloween
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Saturn's rings
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Greyhound bus drivers
plan to strike tomorrow.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8Ford and Kissinger
accuse Iran of attempting
to influence US elections.
Another black child found
dead in Atlanta is latest
victim of serial killer.
Ronald Reagan elected
40th President of US.
GOP picks up 53 seats in
House, 13 in Senate.
Voter turnout said to be
lowest in decades at
52.6%.
Steve McQueen dies of
cancer.
Joint Soviet-Polish
military exercises an
intimidation factor against
planned labor strikes.
Daylight Saving Ends Election Day
9 10 11 12 13 14 15Voyager I transmits
images of Saturn's rings
to Earth.
Labor strikes in Poland
cancelled.
ITO: Jap. imports not
cause of US auto slump.
Congress lame-duck
session tomorrow said to
be 1st since 1948.
Study shows certain type
of cholesterol prevents
heart attacks in humans.
Voyager passes out of
solar system.
Polish labor leader Lech
Walesa meets with
Communist Party boss.
Pope John Paul II visits
West Germany, first papal
visit to that country in
200 yrs.
Veteran's Day
16 17 18 19 20 21 22Brush fires burn out of
control in southern
California.
Supreme Court rules
against Kentucky law
requiring schools post 10
Commandments.
Iran attacks civilian
convoy in Kuwait
claiming they are
supplying Iraq.
CBS bans Calvin Klein's
jean ad featuring Brooke
Shields.
Polish police raid offices
of Solidarity.
Iraqi planes attack
Khomeini headquarters.
Largest TV audience in
history watch "Dallas" on
CBS to find out who shot
J.R.
Eddie Murphy debuts on
Saturday Night Live.
23 24 25 26 27 28 29Earthquake in Naples,
Italy kills more than
5,000.
Senate approves
"superfund" for clean up
of hazardous waste sites.
Sugar Ray Leonard
becomes WBC
welterweight champ after
Roberto Duran claims
"No Mas."
Arrest of Polish labor
leaders expected to result
in strikes.
Iranian hostages spend
2nd Thanksgiving in
captivity.
Italy earthquake death toll
reaches 10,000.
Soviet cosmonauts board
Salyut space station.
Syrian and Jordanian
troops square off along
border.
Thanksgiving Day
30Saudi Arabia engaged in
preventing war between
Syria and Jordan.
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George Rogers of South
Carolina wins Heisman
Trophy. IBM delivers
first PC prototype to
Microsoft.
President Carter signs
Alaska Land Bill.
Carter warns USSR not to
invade Poland. Syria-
Jordan crisis intensifies,
Soviets accused of aiding
Syria.
Led Zeppelin breaks up. US suspends aid to El
Salvador following rape
and murder of 4
American nuns.
Soviet military poised to
seize Poland. Polish gov't
cracking down on labor
unions.
7 8 9 10 11 12 13Soviets mobilize troops
along Polish border.
Syria and Jordan
withdraw troops from
their common border.
John Lennon shot and
killed in NYC.
Soviet-Poland tension;
US sends AWAC planes
to NATO, USSR sends
troops to East Germany
and Czech.
Lennon's killer, Mark
David Chapman,
undergoing psychiatric
evaluation at Bellevue
Hospital.
"Magnum PI" premieres
on CBS.
Apple Computer's Initial
Public Offering of 4.6 mil
shares at $22, largest IPO
since Ford in 1956.
President Carter vetoes
anti-busing legislation.
Nun's letter claimed US
aid to El Salvador being
used to kill civilians.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20Memorial vigils for John
Lennon held in major
cities across US and
England.
Dave Winfield becomes
highest paid baseball
player in history after
signing deal with
Yankees.
Colonel Sanders dies. Chrysler near bankruptcy.
AT&T earnings said to be
largest ever reported by a
corporation.
National Christmas tree
not lit out of respect for
Iranian hostages.
Prime lending rate at
21.5%.
Syria shells Israeli backed
Christian stronghold in
Lebanon.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27Severe food shortage
reported in Poland.
Chinese newspaper
attacks the late Mao Tse
Tung.
Solidarity rejects gov't.
offer of every other
Saturday off.
Dow Jones closes at 958.
Pope's Christmas mass
broadcast in Poland as a
concession to Solidarity.
Pope John Paul II focuses
on abortion in Christmas
message.
President-elect Reagan
expected to increase
defense spending.
First anniversary of the
Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.
Winter Solstice Christmas Day
28 29 30 31President elect Ronald
Reagan named Times
Man of the Year.
"Raging Bull" premieres. NBC airs last episode of
"The Wonderful World of
Disney."
Heat wave in California,
cold wave in New
England.
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