September 1980 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1980?

Events

01 Sep 1980 Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
04 Sep 1980 Yes performs its last concert
05 Sep 1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
06 Sep 1980 94th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova
07 Sep 1980 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes
08 Sep 1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
10 Sep 1980 Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
11 Sep 1980 Chile adopts its constitution
12 Sep 1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey
13 Sep 1980 1st United Negro College Fund
14 Sep 1980 Charlie & Algernon opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 performances
15 Sep 1980 Paul McCartney releases Temporary Secretary
16 Sep 1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
17 Sep 1980 Divine Madness starring Bette Midler, premieres
18 Sep 1980 Les Miserables, opens at Palais des Sports, Paris
19 Sep 1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, Arkansas).
20 Sep 1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium
21 Sep 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
22 Sep 1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
23 Sep 1980 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens
24 Sep 1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
25 Sep 1980 Chevy Chase calls Cary Grant a homo on Tomorrow show
26 Sep 1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
27 Sep 1980 WHOT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM and 92.5 FM
28 Sep 1980 Charlie & Algernon closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 17 performances
29 Sep 1980 Malcolm McDowell wed Mary Steenburgen
30 Sep 1980 Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet, which is the first implementation outside of Xerox, and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.
11 Sep 1980 A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.