March 1980 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 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 March 1980: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of March 1980?
Events
- 01 Mar 1980 CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
- 02 Mar 1980 3rd Islander scoreless tie - Penguins in Pittsburgh
- 03 Mar 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
- 04 Mar 1980 40th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Mike Bossy.
- 05 Mar 1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49.
- 06 Mar 1980 Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time
- 08 Mar 1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 09 Mar 1980 Flemish / Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
- 10 Mar 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
- 12 Mar 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago, Illinois.
- 13 Mar 1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 metre (1:13.60).
- 14 Mar 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
- 16 Mar 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic.
- 18 Mar 1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
- 20 Mar 1980 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran.
- 21 Mar 1980 On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
- 22 Mar 1980 The Georgia Guidestones are erected in Elbert County, Georgia.
- 23 Mar 1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
- 24 Mar 1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
- 26 Mar 1980 A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reef gold mine in South Africa falls 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers), killing 23.
- 27 Mar 1980 Happy New Year opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 17 performances
- 31 Mar 1980 Jesse Owens, American athlete (Olympics-gold-1936), dies in Tucson, Arizona at age 66 (born 1913).
- 18 Mar 1980 A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in March 1980?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)
- Teri DeSario - Yes, I'm Ready
- Dan Fogelberg - Longer
- Spinners - Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl (Medley)
Top #5 songs in the UK
- The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP)
- Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful
- Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County
- Blondie - Atomic
- The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in March 1980?
How You Can Become Financially Independent By Investing In Real Estate
By: Albert J. Lowry
How to Become Financially Independent By Investing in Real Estate, covers all the most recent tax laws and shows you how you can make greater profits than ever before.
The Americans
By: Alistair Cooke
These talks are selected from Cooke’s radio broadcasts and reveal Cooke's incisive and insightful observations about Watergate, Vietnam and other news events over the past decade.
Memories Of Another Day
By: Harold Robbins
"Robbins grabs and holds the reader ..." -Publishers Weekly His characters are compelling, his dialog is dramatic, and he has a simple style.
Ordeal
By: Linda Lovelace and Mike McGrady
Good Girl Obedient Wife. Porn slave. Deep Throat was Only the Beginning... Linda Boreman, just twenty-one, met Chuck Traynor. He would become her husband.