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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 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 June 1980: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1980?


Events

  • 01 Jun 1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
  • 03 Jun 1980 Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
  • 05 Jun 1980 Soyuz T-2 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.
  • 07 Jun 1980 Billy Bishop Goes to War closes at Morosco NYC after 12 performances
  • 08 Jun 1980 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
  • 09 Jun 1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
  • 10 Jun 1980 A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
  • 11 Jun 1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service
  • 12 Jun 1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
  • 13 Jun 1980 Deborah Harry / Meat Loaf film, Roadie, premieres
  • 14 Jun 1980 Theme From NY, New York by Frank Sinatra hits #32
  • 15 Jun 1980 Fearless Frank opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances
  • 16 Jun 1980 Blues Brothers, premieres in Chicago
  • 17 Jun 1980 Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
  • 18 Jun 1980 Blues Brothers with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres
  • 19 Jun 1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Cape Town, 34 killed
  • 20 Jun 1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
  • 22 Jun 1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
  • 23 Jun 1980 David Letterman Show, debuts on NBC-TV daytime
  • 24 Jun 1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, first horse to win $2 million.
  • 25 Jun 1980 Fearless Frank closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
  • 26 Jun 1980 Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the sea near Palermo after an explosion occurs in the air 81 people die. A bomb or a missile is suspected to be the cause of the accident but no culprits are ever found.
  • 27 Jun 1980 1st female state police graduates
  • 28 Jun 1980 New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
  • 29 Jun 1980 Sweeney Todd closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances
  • 30 Jun 1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in June 1980?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Funkytownyoutube
  2. - Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)
  3. - Coming Up
  4. - Call Meyoutube
  5. - Biggest Part Of Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - What's Another Year
  2. - Crying
  3. - Geno
  4. - Theme From 'M*A*S*H' (Suicide is Painless)
  5. - No Doubt About It

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

Release year: 1980

Directed by: John Landis

Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy

Country: United States of America

Airplane!

Airplane!

Release year: 1980

Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Country: United States of America

The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

Release year: 1980

Directed by: Richard Rush

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield

Brubaker

Brubaker

Release year: 1980

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Starring: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander

Country: United States of America

My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard

Release year: 1980

Directed by: Tony Bill

Starring: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in June 1980?
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Hungry As The Sea by Wilbur Smith

Hungry As The Sea

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Wilbur Smith's vividly realistic novels are set on the edge of human courage and nature's fury. This master storyteller takes us to the cold South in Hungry as the Sea.

Random Winds by Belva Plain

Random Winds

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This is a powerful epic that takes you from a small village in New York at the turn of the century to war-torn London. From the bedsides of the rural poor, to the urgent need for a New York City …

Creek Mary'S Blood by Dee Brown

Creek Mary'S Blood

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Creek Indian Mary Musgrove's remarkable story and the lives of her descendants through two centuries. In Creek Mary's blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes this amazing true story

Donahue by Phil Donahue

Donahue

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DJ price clipeed at flap. DJ has edge wear, tears and some creasing. Clean pages. Binding is tight.

The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler

The Third Wave

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The Third Wave is a remarkable reflection of the devastating changes that are sweeping our planet. The Third Wave's comprehensive synthesis sheds new light on the dramatic changes in our world and on the new forms of family and marriage.