Events in 1980

310 notable events from 1980. Page 2 of 4.

• International child abduction
  Oct 25, 1980 · —
• Rupan Deol Bajaj case
  1980s · India
• Mandai massacre
  Jun 8, 1980 · India
• David Mason (murderer)
  Mar 6, 1980–May 8, 1982 · —
• Operation Scorch Sword
  Sep 30, 1980 · Iraq
• Murder of Elisa Nelson
  Nov 4, 1980 · United States
• 1980 Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux nuclear accident
  Mar 13, 1980 · France
• 1980 Tadmor prison massacre
  Jun 27, 1980 · Syrian Arab Republic
• James Paster and Stephen McCoy
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1981 · —
• 1980 Górna Grupa psychiatric hospital fire
  Oct 31, 1980 · Poland
• 100 million yen found incident
  Apr 25, 1980 · Japan
• Ikasaka Dam murder case
  Mar 1980 · Japan
• Transbrasil Flight 303
  Apr 12, 1980 · Brazil
• 1980 Pope's Cafeteria shooting
  Oct 23, 1980 · United States
• Cultural Revolution in Iran
  Jan 1, 1980 · Iran
• Jacques Fruminet
  May 28, 1980–Nov 20, 1998 · —
• Murder of Suzanne Bombardier
  Jun 22, 1980 · United States
• 1980 Camarate plane crash
  Dec 4, 1980 · Portugal
• 1980 El Asnam earthquake
  Oct 10, 1980 · Algeria
• Operation Kaman 99
  Sep 23, 1980 · Iraq
• Murder of Jack Ohrberg
  Dec 11, 1980 · United States
• Iran Air Flight 291
  Jan 21, 1980 · Iran
• 1980 Surinamese coup d'état
  Feb 25, 1980 · Suriname
• Death of Michael Rosenblum
  Feb 14, 1980 · United States
• Amsterdam coronation riots
  Apr 30, 1980 · Netherlands
• Safra massacre
  Jul 7, 1980 · Lebanon
• Cecil Johnson Jr.
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1985 · —
• 1980 Moradabad riots
  Nov 1980 · India
• Murder of Marlene Oakes
  Oct 11, 1980 · United States
• 1980 Gafsa Uprising
  Jan 27, 1980–Feb 3, 1980 · Tunisia
• John Charles Bolsinger
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1988 · United States
• Chuschi ballot burning incident
  May 17, 1980 · Peru
• Family Court of Australia attacks
  Feb 22, 1980–Jul 21, 1985 · Australia
• Deng Xiaoping's dogs
  Dec 26, 1980 · Peru
• 1980s Franciscan priest murders
  1980s · United States
• Murder of Elizabeth McCabe
  Feb 11, 1980 · United Kingdom
• Denmark Place fire
  Aug 16, 1980 · United Kingdom
• Jacques Maire case
  1980s · France
• Karlino oil eruption
  Dec 9, 1980 · Poland
• Murder of Brenda Gerow
  Jul 20, 1980 · United States
• Siege of Aleppo (1980)
  Apr 1, 1980–Feb 1981 · Syrian Arab Republic
• Murder of Jessie Earl
  May 18, 1980 · United Kingdom
• Killing of Carol Cole
  Dec 1, 1980 · United States
• Karikkan villa murder
  Oct 6, 1980 · India
• Priscilla Ford
  Nov 27, 1980 · United States
• Operation Morvarid
  Nov 29, 1980 · Qatar
• Fujimi obstetrics and gynecology hospital case
  1980 · Japan
• 1980 Hamburg arson attack
  Aug 22, 1980 · Germany
• Murder of Patricia Cubbage
  Nov 13, 1980 · United States
• Reginald Perkins
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 2000 · United States
• Alaíde Foppa
  Dec 19, 1980 · Guatemala
• Havana Peruvian embassy crisis
  until 1980 · Cuba
• 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
  Nov 14, 1980 · Guinea-Bissau
• Stanislav Rogolev
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1982 · Russian Federation
• Vernon Lee Clark
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1989 · —
• 1980 Scottish Cup final
  May 10, 1980 · United Kingdom
• Harold McQueen Jr.
  Jan 17, 1980 · —
• Manny Babbitt
  Dec 19, 1980 · United States
• Martin Priest
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1985 · —
• Yuri Sparikhin
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 2020 · Russian Federation
• 1980 Azores Islands earthquake
  Jan 1, 1980 · Portugal
• Kronzucker kidnapping
  Jul 25, 1980–Oct 1, 1980 · —
• Barra do Garças air disaster
  Jun 1, 1980 · Brazil
• Waseda University School of Commerce entrance exam leak incident
  1980s · Japan
• Arequipa UFO incident
  Apr 11, 1980 · Peru
• China Airlines Flight 811
  Feb 27, 1980 · Philippines
• Former Onomichi mayor couple murder case
  Feb 9, 1980 · Japan
• Río Negro massacres
  1980 · Guatemala
• Çorum massacre
  Jul 1980 · Türkiye
• Sin Gwang-su case
  1980s · North Korea
• Air Wisconsin Flight 965
  Jun 12, 1980 · United States
• Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy
  until 1980 · France
• Nissan Motor case
  1980s · Japan
• Murder of Patricia Jeschke
  Nov 12, 1980 · United States
• Disappearance of Randy Sellers
  Aug 16, 1980 · United States
• Daingerfield church shooting
  Jun 22, 1980 · United States
• Murders of John Greenwood and Gary Miller
  Aug 16, 1980 · United Kingdom
• Okęcie incident
  Nov 29, 1980 · Poland
• Attempted assassination of Hafez al-Assad
  Jun 26, 1980 · Syrian Arab Republic
• Buttevant Rail Disaster
  Aug 1, 1980 · Ireland
• West Street Massacre
  Nov 19, 1980 · United States
• 1980 Spanish embassy burning in Guatemala City
  Jan 31, 1980 · Guatemala
• Disappearance of Royal Marine Alan Addis
  Aug 8, 1980 · Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
• At Tiri incident
  Apr 6, 1980–Apr 12, 1980 · Lebanon
• Dunmurry train bombing
  Jan 17, 1980 · United Kingdom
• Thomas Wayne Crump
  Jul 13, 1980–Jun 17, 1982 · —
• Castelsilano air crash
  Jul 18, 1980 · Italy
• Opémiska Community Hall fire
  Jan 1, 1980 · Canada
• Bernard Bolender
  Jan 8, 1980 · —
• Murder of Guido Galli
  Mar 19, 1980 · Italy
• 1980 Pilsko incident
  Dec 27, 1980 · Poland
• Advance Airlines Flight 4210
  Feb 21, 1980 · Australia
• 1980 Ispaster attack
  Feb 1, 1980 · Spain
• Murder of Goh Beng Choo
  Nov 19, 1980 · Malaysia
• Peng Jiamu
  Jun 17, 1980 · China
• Canímar River massacre
  Jul 6, 1980 · Cuba
• Thai Airways Flight 231
  Apr 27, 1980 · Thailand
• 1980 Hebron attack
  May 2, 1980 · Palestine
• Iki dolphin incident
  Feb 29, 1980 · Japan
• Andrew Lavern Smith
  Jan 1, 1980–Jan 1, 1983 · —