310 notable events from 1980 — murders, wars and air crashes. Page 1 of 4.
- 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
from May 18, 1980 · United States · Natural disaster
- Gwangju Uprising
May 18, 1980–May 27, 1980 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Murder of John Lennon
Dec 8, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Ken McElroy
Jul 8, 1980 · Attack (other)
- Iranian Embassy siege
Apr 30, 1980–May 5, 1980 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Operation Eagle Claw
Apr 24, 1980–Apr 25, 1980 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Herb Baumeister
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1995 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Saudia Flight 163
Aug 19, 1980 · Saudi Arabia · Aviation accident
- Bologna massacre
Aug 2, 1980 · Italy · Bombing & explosion
- Kramatorsk radiological accident
1980s · Ukraine · Industrial & structural disaster
- Death of Azaria Chamberlain
Aug 17, 1980 · Australia · Attack (other)
- Canadian Caper
1980 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Mariel boatlift
Apr 15, 1980–Oct 31, 1980 · Cuba · Maritime disaster
- Itavia Flight 870
Jun 27, 1980 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Randall Woodfield
Oct 9, 1980–Feb 15, 1981 · United States · Attack (other)
- Rendlesham Forest incident
from Dec 1980 · United Kingdom · Scandal & controversy
- 1980 Irpinia earthquake
Nov 23, 1980 · Italy · Earthquake
- Clifford Olson
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1981 · Canada · Murder & homicide
- Timothy White (abduction victim)
Feb 13, 1980 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing
Aug 1980 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Toyota Shoji
1980s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Internal conflict in Peru
from May 17, 1980 · Peru · War & armed conflict
- Serhiy Tkach
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 2005 · Ukraine · Murder & homicide
- 1980 Turkish coup d'état
Sep 12, 1980 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Piersanti Mattarella
Jan 6, 1980 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
Mar 14, 1980 · Poland · Aviation accident
- Nagoya female university student kidnapping murder case
Dec 2, 1980 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Carol Bundy
Jun 1, 1980–Aug 4, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- MGM Grand fire
Nov 21, 1980 · United States · Fire
- Zhdanovskaya Station murder
Dec 26, 1980 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Toyama-Nagano consecutive female kidnapping murder case
Feb 23, 1980 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Norco shootout
May 9, 1980 · United States · Shooting
- Giarre murder
Oct 31, 1980 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of John Favara
Jul 28, 1980 · United States · Disappearance
- Sumpul River massacre
May 14, 1980 · Honduras · Massacre
- Murder of Sherri Jarvis
Nov 1, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Bofors scandal
1980s · Sweden · Scandal & controversy
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces
Jan 1, 1980 · Iran · Terrorism
- Itoman scandal
1980s–1990s · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Dan-Air Flight 1008
Apr 25, 1980 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Coup d'état of May Seventeenth
May 17, 1980 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Paul Michael Stephani
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1982 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Oktoberfest bombing
Sep 26, 1980 · Germany · Terrorism
- Pierre Chanal
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1988 · Crime & justice
- New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
Feb 2, 1980–Feb 3, 1980 · United States · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá
Feb 27, 1980–Apr 27, 1980 · Colombia · War & armed conflict
- Cash–Landrum incident
Dec 29, 1980 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 1980 Miami riots
Jan 1, 1980 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1980 Totonero
Mar 23, 1980 · Italy · Scandal & controversy
- Telford child sexual exploitation scandal
1980 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- Murders of Dean and Tina Clouse
Dec 1, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Glasgow ice cream wars
1980s · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Martin Lee Sanders
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- 1980 Shinjuku bus fire
Aug 19, 1980 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Kanagawa metal bat parents murder case
Nov 29, 1980 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Mourmelon disappearances
Jan 4, 1980–Aug 8, 1987 · France · Murder & homicide
- Joseph Christopher
Sep 22, 1980–Jan 1, 1981 · Murder & homicide
- Otłoczyn railway accident
Aug 19, 1980 · Poland · Rail accident
- Oxford child sex abuse ring
1980 · United Kingdom · Scandal & controversy
- I-70 Strangler
Jun 1, 1980–Oct 1, 1991 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Gulf Breeze UFO incident
1980s · United States
- Murder of Dorothy Jane Scott
May 28, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Tammy Terrell
Oct 4, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Gdańsk Shipyard Strike of 1980
1980 · Poland · Riot & unrest
- Disappearance of Laureen Rahn
Apr 27, 1980 · United States · Disappearance
- Flick affair
1980s · Germany · Scandal & controversy
- Henryk Kukuła
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1990 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo
Aug 1, 1980 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Shizuoka gas explosion
Aug 16, 1980 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Charles T. Sinclair
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1990 · Murder & homicide
- 1980 Liberian coup d'état
Apr 12, 1980 · Liberia · War & armed conflict
- Aeroflot Flight 4225
Jul 8, 1980 · Kazakhstan · Aviation accident
- Kumano family seven-person murder case
Jan 31, 1980 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Dunand case
1980s · France · Crime & justice
- Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Oct 25, 1980 · Netherlands · Kidnapping & hostage
- Charles Albanese
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1981 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Tsukasa-chan kidnapping murder case
Aug 1980 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Saudia Flight 162
Dec 22, 1980 · Qatar · Aviation accident
- Huddersfield sex abuse ring
1980s–2013 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- James Winkles
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1981 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador
Dec 2, 1980 · El Salvador · Murder & homicide
- Christine Falling
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1982 · Murder & homicide
- Castration serial murders
1980–1986 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster
Mar 18, 1980 · Russian Federation · Bombing & explosion
- Gundolf Köhler
Sep 26, 1980 · Germany · Terrorism
- Murders of William Redmond and Helen Phelps
Dec 31, 1980 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Viña del Mar psychopaths
Aug 5, 1980–Nov 1, 1981 · Chile · Murder & homicide
- Kawaji Prince Hotel fire
Nov 20, 1980 · Japan · Fire
- Nojeh coup plot
Jul 10, 1980 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Korean Air Lines Flight 015
Nov 19, 1980 · South Korea · Aviation accident
- 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal
1980 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Frank Amato
Sep 20, 1980 · Murder & homicide
- 1980 Mount Fuji rockfall
Aug 14, 1980 · Japan · Accident
- Murder of Patsy Morris
Jun 16, 1980 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Opernhauskrawalle
May 1980 · Switzerland · Riot & unrest
- Viktor Bolkhovsky
Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Keith Zettlemoyer
Oct 13, 1980 · Murder & homicide
- 1980 Paris synagogue bombing
Oct 3, 1980 · France · Bombing & explosion
- Zushi Kaisei High School Happo-one mountaineering accident
Dec 26, 1980 · Japan
- Murder of Valerio Verbano
Feb 22, 1980 · Italy · Murder & homicide