October 1980 calendar

October 1980
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 1980.
The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on October 1980: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1980?

Events

01 Oct 1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days.
02 Oct 1980 Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali.
03 Oct 1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris
05 Oct 1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
06 Oct 1980 Guyana adopts constitution
07 Oct 1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
08 Oct 1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
09 Oct 1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
10 Oct 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
11 Oct 1980 Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
12 Oct 1980 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA
13 Oct 1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York
14 Oct 1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
15 Oct 1980 George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids
16 Oct 1980 Brigadoon opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances
17 Oct 1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Queensland
18 Oct 1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
21 Oct 1980 Banjo Dancing opens at Century Theater NYC for 38 performances
22 Oct 1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
23 Oct 1980 Tintypes opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances
24 Oct 1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
25 Oct 1980 Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
26 Oct 1980 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
27 Oct 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
28 Oct 1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
29 Oct 1980 Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
30 Oct 1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
31 Oct 1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
02 Oct 1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.