Timeline
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking U.S. Hostages, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, April 7, 1980. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
LAKE PLACID, NY - FEB 22: Team USA celebrates their 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union in the first final round match Men's Ice Hockey event at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980. The game was dubbed "the Miracle on Ice". The USA went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland 4-2 in the gold medal game. (Photo by Steve Powell /Getty Images)
Actor Larry Hagman, as J.R. Ewing, lying on floor wincing in pain after being shot in scene fr. TV series Dallas. (Photo by Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)
On this day in 1999, two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, south of Denver.
Mt. St. Helens eruption, ca. 1980.
ATLANTA JUNE 01: Ted Turner attends official CNN Launch event at CNN Techwood Drive World Headquarters in Atlanta Georgia, June 01, 1980 (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images
TOPSHOT - A PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activist holds a banner 'Fur is dead' during Roberto Cavalli's Spring/Summer 2006 women's collections, 30 September 2005 in Milan. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
POLAND - AUGUST 01: Agreement signature of Gdansk, Poland In August, 1980-From Left to Right: Mieczyslaw Jagielski , representative of the government and Lech Walesa. (Photo by Marc BULKA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
A promotional still from the American television series 'Dallas' shows the cast assembled on the property of the Southfork ranch, on the outskirts of Dallas, Texas, 1979. From left, American actors Steve Kanaly (as Ray Krebbs), Patrick Duffy (as Bobby Ewing), Victoria Principal (as Pamels Barnes Ewing), (sitting), Barbara Bel Geddes (as Eleanor Southworth 'Miss Ellie' Ewing), Jim Davis (1909 - 1981) (as John Ross 'Jock' Ewing), Larry Hagman (as John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing, Jr.), Charlene Tilton (as Lucy Ewing) (in red), and Linda Gray (as Sue Ellen Ewing). (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 12/9/80-New York: Crowds gathered outside the luxury apartment Dakota 12/9 read newspaper headlines telling of the shooting death of former Beatle John Lennon. Lennon was killed in fornt of the luxury apartment building late 11/8 by a deranged man who apparently had been stalking him for several days, according to police. Ph: Jerry Soloway
A page from the Codex Leicester, 1508-12 (sepia ink on linen paper) (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images)
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